Olympics: Japan's women's football ambitions ended by Sweden

Japan were knocked out in the last eight in the Tokyo Olympics women's football tournament on Friday in a 3-1 loss to Sweden, their dream of a first Olympic title on home soil shattered despite a promising showing against the 2016 runners-up.Nadeshiko Japan, the 2012 London Games silver medalists who failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro tournament, had Mina Tanaka cancel out Magdalena Eriksson's early first-half opener.But Stina Blackstenius' 53rd-minute strike and Kosovare Asllani's penalty proved too much for the hosts in the second half at an empty Saitama Stadium as the hosts b…READ FULL ARTICLE