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Result: Brazil claim football gold with penalties win over Germany in Rio

Brazil claim gold in the men's football final as Neymar's spot kick gives the hosts a penalties win over Germany in Rio.

Neymar scored the winning penalty as Brazil beat Germany via a shootout to claim the men's football gold medal at Rio 2016.

The hosts took the lead just before the break when Neymar marked his fourth goal of the tournament with a memorable free kick that struck the crossbar before nestling in the back of the net.

The goal perhaps came against the run of play following a dominant German display in the first half, but the visitors came out fighting in the second period and they found a route back into the contest through Max Meyer, who made it 1-1 following Jeremy Toljan's cut-back.

Brazil produced much of the attacking play in the remaining minutes, but they were unable to force another breakthrough as the contest went into extra time.

Neither side were able to score the all-important goal during the extra 30 minutes, leaving the medals to be decided on penalties, despite the best efforts of Felipe Anderson to beat Timo Horn in the German goal.

As expected, the shootout proved to be an intense affair and it was Germany who made the vital error when Nils Petersen saw his penalty saved, leaving Neymar to slot away Brazil's final kick in order to seal a historic gold medal for his country.

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CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
ChinaChina1671033
JapanJapan154625
United StatesUnited States14161141
Olympics flagOlympic Athletes from Russia912930
AustraliaAustralia921122
Great BritainGreat Britain58821
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Friday's key events


ATHLETICS
· The athletics schedule begins, with 100m sprinter Dina Asher-Smith among the names in action on the opening day. The men's 10,000m final concludes the action, with Team GB's Sam Atkin and Marc Scott taking part in the absence of 2012 and 2016 champion Sir Mo Farah (1am-2.30pm)

ROWING
· Victoria Thornley is Team GB's representative in the women's single sculls final (1.33am)
· Great Britain will be going for gold in the men's eight final (2.25am)

SWIMMING
· Team GB duo Molly Renshaw and Abbie Wood take part in the women's 200m breaststroke final, but new Olympic record-holder Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa is the hot favourite (2.41am)
· Luke Greenbank has very realistic ambitions of picking up a medal in the men's 200m backstroke final (2.50am)
· There is also British representation in the women's 100m freestyle final, although any medal for Anna Hopkin would be a surprise (2.59am)
· With one gold and one silver already under his belt at these Games, Duncan Scott goes again in the men's 200m individual medley final (3.16am)

TRAMPOLINE
· Bryony Page will be looking to repeat her 2016 heroics in the women's event (5am-7.30pm)

CANOE SLALOM
· Bradley Forbes-Cryans will be looking to emulate Rio gold medallist Joe Clarke in the men's kayak event (6am-9am)

FOOTBALL
· The women's tournament enters the quarter-finals, with Great Britain facing Australia at the Ibaraki Kashima Stadium (10am)

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