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Majors season has come and gone, but the FedExCup Playoffs are just heating up as the golf world converges at historic Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y., for The Barclays, the first of four Playoffs events teeing off Thursday.The top 125 golfers from the FedExCup standings, highlighted by reigning FedExCup champion Jordan Spieth and 2015 Barclays winner and world No. 1 Jason Day of Australia, battle to gain an early edge on the field.A $1.53 million winners share of the $8.5 million purse and 2,000 FedExCup points are awarded to the winner heading into next weekends second Playoffs event, the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass.After the Deutsche Bank, which hosts the top 100 in the FedExCup standings, the top 70 play the BMW Championship in Carmel, Ind., before the top 30 compete in the Playoffs finale at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.Its our last chance of that season to make an exclamation point to cap off a year, to make a significant impact, and theres certainly incentive in the FedExCup and the Tour Championship itself, world No. 3 Spieth said.Its a very significant event that we put up there in the top -- right below a major championship. Its extremely high importance.Spieth claimed a four-stroke victory at last years Tour Championship to hoist his first FedExCup at 22 years old, but Day began the Playoffs with a six-shot win over Swedens Henrik Stenson at last years Barclays.Spieth, meanwhile, failed to make the cut and finished 7-over.The Barclays has been one where Ive kind of struggled to get myself up there and have a chance to win, and to come to a major championship venue in one of the toughest venues in the United States at Bethpage, the Black Course, thats exciting, Spieth said.Bethpage, the site of the 2019 PGA Championship and the 2024 Ryder Cup, last hosted The Barclays in 2012. Nick Watney was the winner that year, claiming a three-shot victory over Brandt Snedeker.Stenson, the 2013 FedExCup winner, is enjoying a career year after winning The Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland for his first major, and representing Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.However, those successes have come at the cost of his energy.Its been a good summer on the golf course, and, yeah, heading into the Playoffs where we knew it was going to be a very busy year, a lot of golf, Stenson said.(I) might not be fully charged but (Im) trying to conserve energy and not do too much out there. I havent touched a club for a week. Last time I played on a golf course, that was that Sunday (August 14) in Rio.Stenson won the mens silver medal, finishing two strokes behind gold medalist and world No. 9 Justin Rose of England and one shot ahead of bronze medalist Matt Kuchar, both of whom are participating in The Barclays.Its going to be difficult for sure, Rose said of shifting his focus from Rio to Bethpage. Quite clearly thats always more energy expended in terms of everybody wanting to congratulate you, but that brings good energy, too. ... Im going to try and take the positives from it, feed off it.Masters champion and world No. 10 Danny Willett of England is one of three eligible golfers who opted to skip The Barclays. World No. 11 Sergio Garcia of Spain and world No. 25 Shane Lowry of Ireland also wont participate.Garcia is ranked 20th in the FedExCup standings, while Willet is 75th and Lowry is 87th.Additionally, Indias Anirban Lahiri and Germanys Alex Cejka withdrew because of injuries. 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The benches cleared just before halftime after a vicious foul committed by Neymar, who lashed out after being harassed by opponents nearly every time he touched the ball.They really came playing hard, but we were able to overcome the pressure, Brazil forward Luan said. We were able to get the early goal and that helped us come away with a great victory.Brazil will next face Honduras, which reached the Olympic semifinals for the first time by defeating South Korea 1-0 at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte.In the other semifinal match, 1996 Olympic champion Nigeria will face Germany, which is playing at the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1988 -- when Jurgen Klinsmann was in the squad. Germany routed Portugal 4-0 in Brasilia, while Nigeria beat Denmark 2-0 in Salvador.Neymar, one of the biggest stars at the Rio Games, was provoked just like he was the last two times the South American rivals met at the senior level, including in last years Copa America when Brazil lost 1-0 and the Barcelona striker was sent off.ddddddddddddTwo years ago, Neymars World Cup ended after he took a knee to his back late in Brazils 2-1 win over the Colombians. Brazil eventually lost to Germany 7-1 in the semifinals.Upset with the way the Colombians were playing against him, Neymar went in hard against forward Andres Roa, a tackle that earned him a yellow card and ignited a brawl involving both benches.After the altercation was over, Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir called both captains for a chat, and also talked to both coaches.Neymar is experienced and he did well controlling the game, Luan said. But the whole team deserves credit for being able to keep it together and get the victory. Now we have to focus on the next two games to be able to reach our dream.More than 41,000 fans were on hand at the Arena Corinthians, the stadium which opened the World Cup two years ago.Brazil arrived at the Rio Games heavily favored to win the Olympic gold, which is the only significant trophy it hasnt won in soccer. The hosts struggled in scoreless draws against South Africa and Iraq but recovered with a 4-0 win over Denmark to advance to the quarterfinals.Brazil lost the 2012 final to Mexico in London. The five-time world champions also finished second at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Games. The team won the bronze in 1996 and 2008.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '