Late Senegal goal denies Team GB glory at their first London 2012 match

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By Andrew Warshaw at Old Trafford in Manchester

July 26 – On the eve of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony and more than half a century after their last appearance at the Olympic football tournament, Britain’s men came within nine agonising minutes of pulling off an historic victory tonight but ultimately ran out of steam as party-poopers Senegal ruined Ryan Giggs’ special night.

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