26th Jul 2012 | General
Football Raises the Olympic Curtain
A day before the Opening Ceremony, a host of big names will be action as the men's football gets underway.
Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s female footballers got the Olympics off and running with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand and the hosts are 12/1 (WilliamHill) to go all the way. Hotly fancied USA (5/2 Coral) survived a scare at 2-0 down before beating France 4-2.
On Thursday it’s the men’s turn with Team GB again rated as a 12/1 shot for gold with Bluesquare. Stuart Pearce’s side were given the runaround by Brazil (6/4 Boylesports) in their final warm-up match but will hope to fair better against Senegal in their opener.
Other teams to watch out for are Spain (5/2 Coral), who have included three of their Euro 2012 champions, and Uruguay (7/1 Ladbrokes) who have Premier League star Luis Suarez in their ranks.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 12:38 26th Jul, 2012 but subject to change
