Pick of the action

30 GOLDS AT STAKE

ATHLETICS

Women's 800m, men's 5,000m (tomorrow, from 8.15am)

Dominant in their respective disciplines this year, can Caster Semenya and Mo Farah go on to clinch gold in the women's 800m and men's 5,000m races respectively?

FOOTBALL

Men's final: Brazil v Germany (tomorrow, 4.30am)

Should Neymar and Co clinch Brazil's first-ever Olympic football gold by beating Germany in the final, they will go a long way in appeasing their demanding fans after poor tournament outings in the past few years. Not to mention avenging that hideous 7-1 semi-final thrashing by the Germans at the 2014 World Cup, which they also hosted.

GOLF

Women's final round (from 6pm)

The top women's golfers vie for the first women's golf gold since 1900.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 20, 2016, with the headline Pick of the action. Subscribe