* Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage * Choong wins modern pentathlon | Yafai earns boxing gold * Modern pentathlon coach thrown out for punching horse * Email Simon, tweet @Simon_Burnton or post below the line 6.37pm BST FOOTBALL: As the final whistle blew at the end of 120 airless minutes, after six games in 17 days, and at the end of an 11-month season with barely a caesura of rest, the players of Brazil and Spain collapsed in contrasting states of delirium. For Brazil’s men’s Olympic football team this was a night that ended in career-high joy for many of those present. The gold medal was secured via an extra-time goal from the vibrant, game-changing Malcom, who plays his football in the Russian Olympic Committee Premier League with Zenit Saint Petersburg. Related: Brazil edge Spain in men’s Olympic football final thanks to Malcom’s magic 6.31pm BST WATER POLO: I’m wagering that there hasn’t been a great deal of water polo coverage in today’s blog, and that is a situation that needs to be remedied. Because history will be made in the pool tomorrow, when unfancied outsiders Greece win their first ever water polo medal. But what colour will it be? They face defending champions Serbia in the men’s final and will be underdogs once again, though it doesn’t seem to bother them. The Greeks are undefeated in Tokyo, though the only match they drew, in the preliminary round, was against the Italy side that Serbia comfortably beat in the quarter-finals. Since then they have routed South Africa 28-5, thrashed the USA 14-5, trounced Montenegro 10-4 and, in the semi-finals, beat nine-time champions and 12-time finalists Hungary 10-6, leading at the end of every quarter. The Greek coach, Theodoros Vlachos, has promised that his team will “fight like crazy” in the gold medal match, which is due to start at 8.30am local time. Continue reading...
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