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RIO DE JANEIRO -- From the favela to the top of the podium, Rafaela Silva earned Brazils first gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.And to celebrate, the 24-year-old judo champion shed tears as she jumped into the exuberant crowd with a Brazilian flag wrapped around her shoulders.I hope my medal now will open the door for Brazil to win many more medals, Silva said.Silva, who grew up in the countrys largest slum and became the countrys first female world champion in judo in 2013, won the 57-kilogram division of the Japanese martial art on Monday as the crowd chanted Rafa and waved the green and yellow Brazilian flags.In the final, Silva beat Sumiya Dorjsuren of Mongolia after two days of disappointment on the mat for Brazil.But the victory provided some vindication for the racial abuse Silva, who is black, endured from Brazilians after missing out on a medal at the 2012 London Games. Four years ago, she received text messages telling her the place for a monkey is in a cage.The monkey that they said had to be locked up in a cage in London is today an Olympic champion at home, Silva said. Today, Im not an embarrassment for my family.At the last Olympics, Silva was disqualified for an illegal leg grab during a fight against Hedvig Karakas of Hungary. This time, Silva beat Karakas in the quarterfinals.Silva, who trained at a judo dojo founded by former Olympic bronze medalist Flavio Canto, was in top form for much of the day. Her first match lasted only 46 seconds.With its strong martial arts culture -- including many shared techniques between Brazilian jiu jitsu, mixed martial arts and judo -- Brazil had been expected to do well early on in the judo competition. But defending Olympic champion Sarah Menezes narrowly lost out on a bronze on Saturday in the 48kg category, and so did Erika Miranda at 52kg on Sunday.The womens bronze medals went to Kaori Matsumoto of Japan -- the London Games champion -- and Telma Monteiro of Portugal.In the mens 73-kilogram division, Shohei Ono of Japan beat Rustam Orujov of Azerbaijan for gold.Ono is a two-time world champion and threw Orujov twice during the final, including a match-ending ippon with more than one minute left on the clock.It is Japans first judo gold of the Rio Olympics after taking four bronze medals in the first two days of the competition. The Japanese mens team was shut out of gold medals at the London Games, the first time they had failed to win any events in the sport.Japanese judo has a mission to win gold, Ono said. 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All is right as rain at Manchester United once again.At least thats what the reaction from within the club would have many believe after their 1-0 EFL Cup victory over neighbours and rivals Manchester City on Wednesday.But Jose Mourinhos United (4-2-3) have won just one of their last six Premier League games, and many concerns remain over the make-up of the side and their prospects for the remainder of the season.They will try to turn things around Saturday against visiting Burnley.The respective form of the Red Devils two most high-profile summer recruits are chief among those concerns.Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who started against City in midweek and failed to score against a weakened back-line, has gone five league games without finding the back of the net -- his longest goal drought in over six years.And in the case of Paul Pogba, the France international has yet to tie down a set role in a confused Manchester United midfield. At times, the former Juventus star has been used as a number 10 off the striker and at others he has been used in a midfield two with either the excellent Ander Herrera or Marouane Fellaini.But Pogbas best performances for his country and former club have come as part of a midfield three with an effective anchor player in midfield -- something that Mourinho has yet to successfully recreate.However, there were signs that an effective tactical set-up could be blossoming during the win over City with Herrera and veteran Michael Carrick dovetailing well to allow Pogba the freedom to be closer to his dynamic, box-to-box best. And full-back Luke Shaw was certainly encouraged by the display, before adding that the win over the clubs closest rivals had been hugely important to the players.We focused on Man City leading up to the game and we knew how big this game was, Shaw said. We saw Guardiola said it was like a final and, to us, that is what it felt like; to get the win was massive.ddddddddddddI think it was a big confidence boost after the disappointing result (a 4-0 defeat at Chelsea last weekend) but we bounced back, got a win and now we need to go on a winning streak.Saturday sees newly-promoted Burnley (3-1-5) visit Old Trafford, with Sean Dyches side in high spirits after last weekends 2-1 victory over European hopefuls Everton.The Clarets will bring England international and former United academy goalkeeper Tom Heaton with them. He cant wait for the challenge of playing against the club where he learned his trade.Its a special game -- I still hold a lot of affection for the football club, Heaton said. I spent 13 years there and its always a nice feeling going back. But, as ever, there will be a job to do and that will be the focus.We know the quality theyve got, but we know the quality weve got and how we want to go about things. We want to make it uncomfortable and impact on the game how we know we can. And if do that then hopefully we will give ourselves a great chance of coming away with a result.Burnley have concerns over the fitness of Ashley Barnes, George Boyd, Steven Defour and Stephen Ward.United have doubts over the fitness of Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial and Chris Smalling. Eric Bailly is out.The English Football Association announced this week that it has charged Mourinho with misconduct for his comments that it might be difficult for referee and Manchest