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Updated at 5:05 a.m., Saturday, August 2, 2008

Soccer: Cameroon beats U.S. 1-0 in Olympic warm-up match

Associated Press

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USA's Freddy Adu, center, dribbles past Cameroon's Stephane Bikey Amougou (4), Stephane Mbia Etoundi (6), and Albert Legrand Baning in the ING Cup in Hong Kong on Saturday.

JEROME FAVRE | Associated Press

HONG KONG — Aurelien Chedjou scored on a 24th-minute penalty to help Cameroon beat the United States 1-0 Saturday in a four-nation warm-up tournament for the Beijing Olympics.

Chedjou, who plays for Lille in the French league, converted the penalty after a foul by Michael Bradley.

In Saturday's other match, the Netherlands drew 1-1 against the Ivory Coast.

In Wednesday's first round of matches, the U.S. drew Ivory Coast 0-0 and the Netherlands beat Cameroon 2-0.

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