Today’s Star of the Day is Neymar, who gave Brazil a first Olympic football gold medal by burying the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out against Germany before putting the boot into his critics. The Barcelona star had also scored in normal time with a scintillating curled free-kick before Germany levelled to make the score 1-1 at the end of normal time. Olympic gold was the only major title to have escaped five-time world champions Brazil in their history. But Neymar righted that historical wrong as he fired the winning penalty into the top corner before breaking into tears. “This is one of the best things that has happened in my life,” said Neymar, who was heavily criticised for his underwhelming start to the Olympics. “Now they’ll (the critics) have to swallow what they said.”