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Brazil's forward Neymar celebrates scoring the winning goal during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games men's football gold medal match between Brazil and Germany.  Picture: AFP

2016 olympics

#Olympics2016: Neymar hands Brazil precious football gold medal

By Reuters

Brazil has won its first Olympics soccer gold after decades of underperformance.

  • Caster Semenya celebrates winning the Women's 800m Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.  Picture: AFP

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  • South Africa’s Sunette Viljoen competes in the Women’s Javelin Throw Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August, 2016. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: Henri Schoeman competing in national colours. Picture: @H_Schoeman

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  • FILE: Caster Semenya reacts after the women’s 800m final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 11 August, 2012 in London. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk celebrates winning the Men's 400m Final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. Picture: AFP.

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    2099 days ago
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    SA's golden boy! Wayde van Niekerk wins Olympic gold in world record time

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    2101 days ago
  • Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt. Picture: ‏@Olympics.

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  • Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia. Picture: Facebook

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  • Lawrence Brittain and Shaun Keeling. Picture: Jean Smyth/EWN.

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  • FILE: Runner-up Chad Le Clos (L) and winner Micahel Phelps after they swam in the men’s 100-metre butterfly final on 3 August, 2012, at the London Olympic Games. Picture: Wessel Oosthuizen/SA Sports Picture Agency.

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  • The Olympic logo in the building of the IOC headquarters in Lausanne on May 8, 2012. Picture: AFP.

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    2105 days ago
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  • The damages to the windows of an Olympic journalists bus hit while driving on the Transolympica Highway are inspected by an official in Rio de Janeiro on August 9, 2016. Picture: AFP

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  • World Anti-Doping Agency. Picture: Facebook.

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  • Partial view of the Olympic Park taken from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Rio opening ceremony to break with opulent traditions

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    2114 days ago
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