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 American media has been criticised by Olympic spectators for counting the medal tallies in a way that presents the United States as the most successful nation so far at the Games in Tokyo

Medal tallies are typically ranked by whoever has the most gold medals. So a nation in second could have won 50 medals, but if only five of them were gold then they'd be behind a country that had won six medals as long as all six of them were gold.

Fans have pointed out how in America, they rank the US at the summit of the medal table (the above was highlighted last week - the US now have 64 medals and China 62)

At the time of writing, the United States has 64 medals, where as China has 62. But China has won 29 golds, seven more than the US and on most traditional tables, that would put them in top position.

Last week, the quirk was noticed by one China-based Washington Post reader who pointed it out over Twitter and said: Come on @WashingtonPost, the US is getting beaten in the medal count by both China and Japan. Why can’t you show this correctly in your table?'

The medal table is put together in a similar way by the New York Times, and followers pointed out that it is typically how the US counts Olympic medals.

'America has generally measured by total medals. America is also projected to get 10-15 more golds than Japan and China so it will even out in the end,' one reply read.

Another Twitter user said to the New York Times: 'I remember America use to do medal count with gold, but once they lost the lead on that they started going with total medals instead.'

Thanks Another sports fan said that America often counts medals by the overall total in the Olympics

One spectator went further, saying: 'Just wondering why the country with the most gold metals isn’t on top? I’m American but still think this is a bit misleading.'

The official Olympics website even ranks China in first position and the United States second.

But another sports fan suggested that the United States have always ranked their medal table on overall total medals rather than total golds.

'The way America rounds Olympic medals has always been interesting to me,' they said. 'Most of the other countries rank by gold medal count, but they do it by total medal count.'

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Jose Mourinho At Ruben Kazan

 Jose Mourinho:- 🗣️ "I remember one day in Kazan. We went to Kazan in the Champions League. In that match all my strikers were injured. No Milito, no Eto'o, I was really in trouble and Mario was the only one.

"Mario gets a yellow card in minute 42, 43. So when I go to the dressing room at half-time, I spend 14 minutes of the 15 speaking only for Mario.

"Mario I cannot change you. I cannot make a change. I don't have a striker on the bench. Don't touch anybody. Play only with the ball. When we lose the ball, no reaction. If somebody provokes you, no reaction. If the referee makes a mistake, no reaction. Mario, please."

To cut the story short, Mario Balotelli got a red card in the 46th minute 😅

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 La Roja surprisingly beat Ivory Coast in extra time to progress to the final four, while Mexico beat South Korea to set up a tie with Brazil. Current Tournament hosts i.e. Japan will meet Spain in the Olynpics semi-finals.

Japan beat New Zealand on penalties on Saturday to secure a place in the final four.

The two sides played out a goalless 120 minutes at the Kashima Soccer Stadium to take the tie into a shootout, with Japan coming out 4-2 winners.

Who else reaches the semi-finals?

Spain, meanwhile, were almost knocked out of the competition in their clash with Ivory Coast, but a stoppage time goal from Rafa Mir made it 2-2 and took the game into extra time.

Mikel Oyarzabal scored a penalty in the first half of extra time before two more Mir goals saw La Roja go through with a 5-2 win.

Japan or Spain will meet either Brazil or Mexico in the final of the tournament.

Brazil went through with a 1-0 win against Egypt thanks to a first-half goal from Matheus Cunha.

Mexico, on the other hand, dominated against South Korea to ensure their hopes of picking up a medal are still alive.

Henry Martin, Luis Romo and Francisco Cordova struck to give El Tri a 3-1 half-time lead.

Korea pulled one back in the second half to give them a chance, but three minutes later Mexico restored their lead. Goals from Cordova and Eduardo Aguirre moved even further ahead before Ui-Jo Hwang struck late on to make it 6-3.

When will the semi-finals going to be played ?

The two semi-final ties will be played on Tuesday August 3.

The clash between Brazil and Mexico in Kashima will kick off first, with Japan and Spain going head-to-head in Saitama later on.

When is the final going to be played ?

The losing semi-finalists will go ahead to decide which team will win the 3rd place there by getting the bronze medal on August 6.

Then, the other two sides will face off for the gold and silver medals on 7th August in Yokohama.