News The men's football competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be dominated by one name: Neymar Memories of Brazil's disappointing 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign are still fresh in a football-mad country and the decision of star forward Neymar to miss the 2016 Copa America in order to be an over-age player at Rio 2016 is a statement of intent Olympic Games tickets are available to buy on the Rio 2016 portal Barcelona forward Neymar fractured a vertebra in his back during the World Cup quarter-final against Colombia and missed the humiliating 7-1 semifinal defeat by Germany    Neymar pictured during a training session prior to Brazil's friendly with Japan (Photo:Getty Images/Koji Watanabe) Neymar gets into the swing of Rio 2016 with a shot at golf Brazil, five-time world champions, have never won an Olympic gold medal in 12 appearances and were beaten by Mexico in the London 2012 Olympic Games final They start against outsiders South Africa at the Mane Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia, on 4 August and also play Iraq and Denmark in group A Joining Neymar in the Brazilian line-up are Gabriel Barbosa of Santos and Gabriel Jesus of Palmeiras, both of whom are attracting attention from big clubs in Europe including the English Premier League Neymar plays blind football The Danes, who last qualified for the Olympic Games in 1992, have beaten Nigeria and Honduras and drawn with the Republic of Korea in a warm-up tournament and would expect to progress to the knockout stages along with Brazil Seoul power Korea, who are making an Olympic record eighth appearance in a row and 10th in total, were bronze medallists at London The Taeguk Warriors face the champions in the final group C match, on 10 August in Brasilia Korea can call on Tottenham's Son Heungmin while Oribe Peralta is an over-age survivor from Mexico's 2012 gold medal team  First the Warriors take a step into the unknown against Fiji at the Fonte Nova Arena, Salvador, on 4 August   Fiji, coached by experienced former Australia coach Frank Farina and recognised more for their rugby prowess, are making their Olympic Games debut in a group which also includes a World Cup winner in Germany's Matthias Ginter It is 20 years since Nigeria became the first African nation to win a football gold medal (Atlanta 1996) The Dream Team VI, including John Obi Mikel of former English Premier League champions Chelsea, have the talent to spring a surprise in an open group B which includes Sweden, Japan and Colombia Find out which sports will take place in which venues Two-time gold medallists Argentina (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008) have struggled to put a squad together because of opposition from clubs Head coach Gerardo Martino resigned in frustration in June and has been replaced by Julio Olarticoachea, a 1986 World Cup winner Los Albicelestes still cannot be discounted in group D They face Honduras, Algeria and Portugal, whose senior team have just won the 2016 UEFA European Championships Romário: Brazil will finally win football gold in Rio Hope Solo stops the ball in the victory over Japan in the Olympic finals This was the US’ fourth win in five Women’s Football editions in the Olympic Games Photo: Michael Regan/Getty Images Jorge Enriquez, from Mexico, cheers while wearing his gold medal 86,162 fans watched the decisive match during the London Olympic Games Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Neymar and Marcelo hug while celebrating the goal scored by Leandro Damião in the semi-finals match against South Korea Photo: Stanley Chou/Getty Images Yuki Otsu, from Japan, doesn’t give goalkeeper Jose Corona a chance and scores the first goal of the semi-finals match against Mexico In the end, the Mexicans won the game Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images In her second Olympic appearance, Christine Sinclair, from Canada, scores with a free-kick her second goal in the British victory in the quarter-finals Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images Andréia, Brazilian goalkeeper, tries to defend Shinobu Ohno’s kick but the ball shot by the Japanese gets inside the goal in a valid quarter-finals match Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Even under pressure from Brazilian defender Bruna, Kelly Smith, who wears the British Team’s number 10 shirt, strikes the ball in a Group E valid match Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Twice Olympic Champion, Abby Wambach, tries to score an anthological goal with a bicycle kick in the match against South Korea in Group G’s qualifying phase Photo: Stanley Chou/Getty Images Midfielder Zargo Toure sends a strong left-foot shot in the Senegalese 2 x 0 victory over Uruguay in Group A’s qualifying phase Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images Kelly Smith, from the UK, takes a dangerous free-kick in the 3 x 0 victory over Cameroon during Group E’s second round in Cardiff, Wales Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images Abdelaziz Barrada celebrates the London Games first Moroccan goal during a Group D match against Honduras Photo: Stanley Chou/Getty Images Christine Manie, from Cameroon, takes the ball from Marta’s feet Marta wears Brazilian National Team’s number 10 shirt and scored two goals out of five in the Brazilian victory Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images Sarah Gregorius, from New Zealand, covers her face as British goalkeeper Karen Basdsley defends her kick during a Group E match of the Women’s tournament Photo: Michael Regan/Getty Images