Olympics 2016: What time is the football and who to watch?

Neymar will be among the stars at the Olympics with Brazil tipped in the men's tournament and USA favourites for women's gold

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The 2016 Olympics officially opens on Friday in Rio with an opening ceremony that is sure to combine colourful costumes with incomprehensible metaphors. But by then the Games will already be underway and football is one of the events that starts early.

Football's Olympic thread

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