Football World Cup final rematch for Brazil and Germany (AFP)

by Martin Parry Fri Aug 15, 1:16 PM ET BEIJING (AFP) - A fired up Brazil Friday set up a World Cup final rematch against Germany for a place in the women's Olympic gold medal decider while Japan take on defending champions the United States. A spectacular strike by Daniela and a goal from Marta fired Brazil into the women's semi-finals as the South Americans overcame 2000 Olympic champions Norway 2-1. Germany beat Sweden 2-0 after extra time to secure their place in the last four for a repeat of the World Cup final in China last year that the Germans won. In other matches, the United States struggled past Canada 2-1 in a storm-disrupted marathon in Shanghai that took more than four hours to complete. And goals from Homare Sawa and Yuki Nagasato blasted Japan into the women's semis at the expense of arch-rivals China. Brazil... [read full story]