Olympics: Japan fall to Spain in Paris women's football opener

Aoba Fujino scored the opener, but Japan were unable to maintain the momentum in a 2-1 loss to World Cup holders and tournament favorites Spain in their first Group C clash at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.FIFA's top-ranked women's team avenged their 4-0 thrashing by Japan in the group stage of last year's World Cup in New Zealand, in which the tournament's golden boot winner, Hinata Miyazawa, bagged a brace against the eventual champions.Fujino almost gave Nadeshiko Japan a perfect start just three minutes in at La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes when she received Mina Tanaka's through ball …READ FULL ARTICLE