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SPORTS A17
Thursday 9 March 2017

POINT
DIRK-STER

France midfielder Camille Nowitzki becomes 6th player to reach 30,000
Abily (10) battles for the
ball against United States career points
midfielder Rose Lavelle
(16) during the first half of a Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki (41) of Germany acknowledges
SheBelieves Cup women’s cheers from fans during a time out after Nowitzki scored his 30,000th
soccer match, Tuesday, career point in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los
March 7, 2017, in Washington. Angeles Lakers in Dallas, Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

Associated Press Associated Press
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U.S. women
lose

consecutive
home games

for 1st time
since ‘00

WASHINGTON (AP) — The
U.S. women’s soccer team
lost consecutive home
games for the first time in
17 years, stumbling to a
3-0 defeat to France on a
rainy Tuesday night in the
SheBelieves Cup.
The Americans have
faltered since winning the
2015 Women’s World Cup.
They were knocked out
of last summer’s Olympics
with a penalty-kicks loss to
Sweden in the quarterfinals
and after winning the
opener of this tournament
against Germany, lost 1-0
to England last weekend in
New Jersey.
The U.S. had not lost back-
to-back matches at home
since a pair of exhibitions
against Norway in February
2000.

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