Women’s soccer takes its traditional place kicking off the Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the Opening Ceremony, in various cities in Brazil.
Competition at the Rio Games will start at 12 p.m. ET, with South Africa playing Sweden in Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Stadium, which will host track and field in the second week of the Games.
Later, host Brazil begins its quest to win the nation’s first Olympic soccer gold medal. It plays China in the other Group E match at 3 p.m. ET, also at Olympic Stadium.
The U.S. women, eyeing a fourth straight Olympic title, open against New Zealand at 6 p.