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Sam Kerr certain to miss Paris Olympics after being omitted from Matildas squad for warm-up games
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Any lingering hope of Sam Kerr returning from injury to play at this year’s Olympics has been extinguished after the Matildas captain was left out of the squad for two final warm-up games before the Paris Games begin in July.
Kerr has been rehabilitating from knee surgery since rupturing her ACL in January and, while it was unlikely she would recover in time to feature at the tournament in France, Football Australia had not confirmed her unavailability until Tony Gustavsson unveiled his latest 23-player squad on Tuesday.
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