By Doug Harrison, CBC SportsDeanne Rose and Christine Sinclair scored to give the Canadian women's soccer team back-to-back Olympic bronze medals with Friday afternoon's 2-1 victory over host Brazil. Beatriz scored the lone goal for the Brazilians, who had yielded just one goal in their previous five matches in the Olympic tournament. "I was not going to leave this tournament without a medal around my neck," said a tearful Sinclair after the match. The Brazilian women won silver in 2004 and 2008, finishing sixth at the 2012 Games. Milestone dayEarlier in the match, Sinclair nearly gave Canada the 1-0 advantage when she drilled a shot off the crossbar.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2016 17:54 UTC