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SAO PAULO -- Matildas coach Alen Stajcic doesnt believe in omens.And he hopes the rest of the Australian Olympic team dont either after his womens footballers opened the nations Rio campaign with a horror show.Not only did the first Australians in action at the Rio Games lose 2-0 to Canada.They also copped the fastest goal in Olympic womens football - 20 seconds.And conceded another when their goalkeeper was sprawled near the halfway line.All against a Canadian outfit who played 75 minutes with 10 players after a send off.Oh, and the result also means their next match against superpowers Germany becomes that much more important.Its not the start you want, is it, to an Olympic campaign, a grim-faced Stajcic said after Wednesdays demoralising defeat at Sao Paulos Arena Corinthians.The Matildas are removed from the rest of the Australian Olympic teams troubled preparation in Rio which has included a burning building. But they just may have burnt their Olympic bridge - in record time.In just 20 seconds, the Australians were a goal down.Laura Alleway sent a sluggish sideways pass towards her defensive counterpart Alanna Kennedy, who didnt sense snooping Canadian captain Christine Sinclair until too late.Sinclair intercepted, charged at goal, and arrowed a poised pass to teammate Janine Beckie who tapped in the gift from barely one metre out.The Australians then dominated - 11 shots to two by halftime - but couldnt score.Stajcic was more perplexed at Australias lacklustre second half when they failed to press their numerical advantage.I dont think the goal in the first minute was the decisive factor, Stajcic said.I think our second half performance for 45 minutes was the decisive factor in the result.We just lacked the creativity to be able to get in behind them ... we just werent good enough.We werent clever enough on the ball and lacked the creativity needed to break a defence like that down. I cant remember one chance in the second half, to be honest.Next up, an encounter against the dual World Cup-winning Germans in Sao Paulo on Saturday from 1800 (0700 AEST Sunday), before a last group game against Zimbabwe three days later.You have got to pick yourself up ... we havent spent one month (training) in Brazil to have a sulk now, Stajcic said.The top two teams from each of the three, four-team groups qualify for the knockout stages along with the two best-placed sides that finish third.Daniel Descalso Jersey . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Cole Hamels Cubs Jersey . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. 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Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sonny Gray still remembers the first time he faced the Pittsburgh Pirates as if it happened yesterday, not three seasons ago when he was a rookie.The Oakland As right-hander made his major league debut at PNC Park on July 10, 2013, and he pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen in a 5-0 loss to the Pirates. He struck out three and allowed one hit.Gray will face Pittsburgh again on Friday, only this time he will start for the As in the opener of a three-game interleague series at the Oakland Coliseum. He is bound to have flashbacks to his big league debut.Ive got pretty cool memories, small memories I guess with the Pirates, Gray said Thursday before the Athletics 12-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants. That was a fun day.In terms of wins and losses, this season hasnt been much fun for Gray, who is 3-6 with 5.03 ERA. He will take a five-game losing streak into his start Friday, and he hasnt had a victory since April 22 at Toronto.Since being reinstated from the disabled list on June 5 after missing two weeks with a strained right trapezius, Gray has pitched well but has nothing to show for it. He is 0-1 with a 3.23 ERA in his past five starts.I still feel good ever since coming off the DL, said Gray, who went 33-20 with a 2.88 ERA in his first three seasons with the As. I still think it was the right choice to make. I didnt necessarily have to go on the DL, but thats the route we decided to go. Looking back at it, I think it was still the right call.Gray and the As will face a red-hot Pirates pitcher, Jeff Locke. In his past two starts, the left-hander is 2-0 with a 0.66 ERA, six strikeouts and zero walks.dddddddddddd He outdueled Madison Bumgarner in a 1-0 victory against the Giants on June 20. Five days later, he pitched the Pirates to a 6-1 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers and Kenta Maeda.Before winning back-to-back games, Locke went 0-2 with an 18.69 ERA in losses to the Colorado Rockies and the New York Mets, who combined to hit .455 against him. Somehow, he was able to bounce back.The guys pitching, and hes confident out there, even going through that rough patch, those back-to-back games you wouldnt really wish on anybody at this level, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said after Lockes victory against the Dodgers. Hes handled it like a pro and just pitched through it.Locke (7-5, 5.12 ERA) said a key to his turnaround was to stop being a perfectionist.Trying to make better pitches instead of perfect pitches, Locke said. If its a fastball away, just get it away.Locke has faced the As one time, on June 13, 2013, at PNC Park. He is 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA against Oakland.The Pirates, who had an off day Thursday, have won four of their past six games. they snapped a six-game road losing streak Wednesday with an 8-1 victory against the Seattle Mariners.The As are 6-2 over their past eight games and have won back-to-back series, taking three of four from both the Los Angeles Angels and the Giants.Weve definitely been playing well as of the last 10 games or so, Gray said.The As scored 34 runs in the four-game series against the Giants. ' ' '