Neymar scored twice, including the fastest goal in Olympics history, as Brazil coasted into Saturday's gold medal football match with a 6-0 thrashing of Honduras at Rio's iconic Maracana.... more »
Brazil's "dream" of a first football Olympic gold medal will not be blown off course by a row over bonus payments, insists defender Marquinhos with the hosts heavy favourites to see off Honduras in Wednesday's semi-finals.... more »
Neymar led Brazil into the semi-finals of the Olympics Saturday with his first goal of the competition to edge the third of a trilogy of grudge matches with Colombia in the past three years 2-0 on Saturday.... more »
Arsenal's Serge Gnabry became the Olympics' top scorer as Germany ended Portugal's hopes of adding gold to a glorious 2016 with a 4-0 thrashing to reach the Rio 2016 semi-finals on Saturday.... more »
Brazil superstar Neymar renews his bruising rivalry with Colombia in Saturday's Olympic Games quarter-finals while Germany face Portugal in a clash of world and European champions.... more »
Brazil's newest football hero Gabriel Barbosa hailed a night of "fantasy" after scoring twice to fend off a humiliating early Olympic exit on home soil with a 4-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday.... more »
A painful Olympic Games exit to Honduras plunged Argentine football deeper into crisis Wednesday as administrative chaos off the field ended chances of offering some relief to the heartache of three final losses by the senior team in as many years.... more »
Brazil coach Rogerio Micale rallied round under-fire captain Neymar on Tuesday after two goalless draws left the Olympic hosts perilously close to another humiliating exit on home soil.... more »
Goalless, booed off twice and facing another embarrassing tournament exit on home soil, Neymar and Brazil's footballers have lost their shine as Marta's free-scoring Brazilian women dazzle the host nation at Rio 2016.... more »
World champions Germany were salvaged from an early Olympic exit by Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry's stoppage-time free-kick to salvage a thrilling 3-3 draw against South Korea in Salvador.... more »
Brazil captain Neymar slammed his side's goalless draw with South Africa to start their Rio 2016 campaign as "a defeat" and insisted there would be no easy path to a maiden Olympic gold.... more »
Barcelona star Neymar failed to provide the flying start Brazil wanted in their quest for a maiden football gold medal as the hosts were held 0-0 by 10-man South Africa in their Olympic opener Thursday.... more »
Teenage star Gabriel Barbosa scored a superb invidivual goal as Neymar returned to lead Brazil to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Japan in an Olympic warm-up game here Saturday.... more »
Striker Yussuf Poulsen has turned down the chance to play for Denmark at the Rio Olympics to help get newly promoted RB Leipzig ready for the Bundesliga season.... more »
Local media reported Tuesday that Argentina head coach Gerardo Martino has resigned, days after losing the Copa America Centenario final and a month before the Olympics.... more »
Strikers Neymar and Douglas Costa head a young Brazil Olympic football squad looking to bounce back from humiliation in the Copa America Centenario, stand-in coach Rogerio Micale announced Wednesday.... more »
Juventus striker Paulo Dybala has admitted his disappointment after the Serie A giants ended his hopes of playing for Argentina in the Olympics this summer.... more »
Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo has warned tourists to keep away from Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in three months, saying the city is too dangerous.... more »
Hosts Brazil will open their bid for a first Olympic men's football title against South Africa after Thursday's draw was made in the Maracana Stadium.... more »
