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Ghana's female national team failed to qualify for the Olympic Games on Saturday after being thrashed 5-1 by Brazil in a play-off in Beijing.Cristiane scored two goals to help her country qualify for the Beijing Olympics later this year.Marta opened the scoring in the 19th minute and Cristiane made it 2-0 just before the interval.Aline, Cristiane and Rosana added second-half goals to make it 5-0 before Anita Amankwa scored for Ghana.Brazil was the final team to qualify after the play-off match at Workers Stadium.The Canarinha, ranked fourth in the world, were reduced to the play-off after losing out to Argentina in the South American qualifiers.Ghana were left with the play-off option after finishing second in the African qualifying campaign.The draw for the men's and women's Olympic tournament takes place Sunday in Beijing.Source: BBC
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