The American women shutout Greece 3-0.

The American women shutout Greece 3-0.
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IRAKLION, Greece -- Mia Hamm had a goal after assisting on a nifty pass to Shannon Boxx, leading the U.S. women's soccer team to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Greece Wednesday.
Hamm outmaneuvered two defenders for a 16-yard shot that banked off the left post. In between, Abby Wambach continued her remarkable scoring run with her 15th goal in 16 games as the Americans overwhelmed a team that qualified for the tournament only because it represents the host nation.
Women's soccer is barely recognized in Greece, and eight of the team's 18 players are Greek-Americans who have played for U.S. colleges. The Americans out-shot their opponents 26-1, and Greece's lone shot was wide of the net. Briana Scurry got her 70th career shutout without having to make a save.
Other action
In other women's soccer games, it was Japan 1, Sweden 0; Germany 8, China 0, and Brazil 1, Australia 0.
Men's soccer competition also began. At Volos, Greece, Mali held Mexico to a scoreless tie, keeping alive Africa's bid for a three gold triumphs in a row.
Nigeria won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games and Cameroon at Sydney in 2000. Mali remains one of four African nations chasing the title in Greece. The others are Tunisia, Morocco and Ghana.
Mexican striker Omar Bravo twice came close to a goal and Rafael Marquez missed an open target, and then the Mexicans repeatedly were turned back by Mali's offside trap.
In other games, Tunisia and Australia played to a 1-1 tie, Argentina routed Serbia-Montenegro 6-0, and Greece played to a 2-2 stalemate with South Korea.
Archery
ATHENS, Greece -- South Korean Park Sung-hyun set an individual world record of 682 points today during the ranking round of the Olympic archery competition. Park broke the 72-arrow mark of 679, set in May by Italian Natalia Valeeva.
The team of Park, Lee Sung-jin and Yun Mi-jin also set a world record of 2,030 for the 216-arrow ranking round. The mark of 1,994 also was set by South Korea, at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Yun was a member of that team.
The archery competition will be the first Olympic event at Panathinaiko, site of the 1896 Games.