Egypt Beats Spain 2-1 to Reach Men’s Football Quarterfinals at Paris Olympics

 Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group C - Spain vs Egypt - Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux, France - July 30, 2024. Ibrahim Adel of Egypt and Mohamed Elneny of Egypt celebrate after the match. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group C - Spain vs Egypt - Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux, France - July 30, 2024. Ibrahim Adel of Egypt and Mohamed Elneny of Egypt celebrate after the match. (Reuters)
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Egypt Beats Spain 2-1 to Reach Men’s Football Quarterfinals at Paris Olympics

 Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group C - Spain vs Egypt - Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux, France - July 30, 2024. Ibrahim Adel of Egypt and Mohamed Elneny of Egypt celebrate after the match. (Reuters)
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Group C - Spain vs Egypt - Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux, France - July 30, 2024. Ibrahim Adel of Egypt and Mohamed Elneny of Egypt celebrate after the match. (Reuters)

Ibrahim Adel scored a pair of goals and Egypt advanced to the men's football quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics atop its group by beating Spain 2-1 on Tuesday.

Spain had already reached the knockout round and was vying for a first-place finish in Group C but was instead leapfrogged by determined Egypt in Bordeaux.

In the other match of the group, the Dominican Republic played to a 1-1 tie with Uzbekistan, which had already been eliminated. The draw in Paris was not enough to get the Dominican Republic into the next round.

The quarterfinal matchups won't be determined until Wednesday's games are complete. The top two teams in each of the four groups advance.

Adel's first goal came off a cross from Zizo late in the first half. His second came in the 62nd minute, when he worked around Spanish goalkeeper Alejandro Iturbe, who had come forward to stop him.

Samu Omorodion scored for Spain in the final moments of regulation but the comeback fell short.

In the group's other match, Rafael Nunez converted on a penalty early in the second half to put the Dominican Republic in front, but Alisher Odilov tied it in the 58th.



Djokovic Pulls Out of Montreal Event After He Advances at Olympics 

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in their men's singles second round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 29, 2024. (AFP)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in their men's singles second round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 29, 2024. (AFP)
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Djokovic Pulls Out of Montreal Event After He Advances at Olympics 

Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in their men's singles second round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 29, 2024. (AFP)
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to his win over Spain's Rafael Nadal in their men's singles second round tennis match on Court Philippe-Chatrier at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 29, 2024. (AFP)

Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from a US Open tuneup tournament in Montreal after his victory over Rafael Nadal at the Paris Olympics.

The 37-year-old Djokovic beat Nadal in straight sets on Monday at Roland Garros to reach the third round of the Summer Games.

Djokovic had been planning to play in the National Bank Open, an ATP Masters 1000 event that begins Aug. 6. The tournament announced his withdrawal.

Djokovic has won a record 24 Grand Slam singles titles but has never won Olympic gold.

“While we’re disappointed that Novak will be unable to take part in this year’s tournament, we understand his decision and wish him the best at the Olympics and the remainder of his season,” National Bank Open tournament director Valérie Tétreault said.

Roman Safiullin took Djokovic’s spot in the main draw.