The clip debuted Monday afternoon after Mayor Eduardo Paes brought the Olympic flag into Rio de Janeiro. By Paula Zulian Rio Olympics 2016 Logo - P 2012 With the London ceremonies now in the the ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, tested ...
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Who could forget the Bahamas' Shaunae Miller diving for gold in the 400-meter? — -- The Olympic Games are nearly always historic in their feats of athletic prowess. But aside from the sporting ...
Brazil has been getting ready for the summer 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for years. The run-up to the Olympics this year is more fraught than usual. As of the beginning of March, several buildings ...
The Olympic Games are 31 days away – and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis. Violence is on the rise, and police officers are at loggerheads with the Rio state government after claiming they’ve not been paid ...
This story appears in the August 17, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. For an image to capture an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you could do worse than to choose one ...
A group of Brazilian scientists has detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro’s most stunning beaches, in research being published a month before the city hosts the 2016 ...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, with its glistening waters, is one of this tropical city's most picturesque spots. Just don't look too closely at those waters. As Rio de Janeiro ...
On September 7, 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, more than 2,500 people came together to execute Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s vision for an Opening Ceremony to remember. The theme of the ...
On August 5, 2016, Brazil began its 16-day extravaganza of hosting the Olympic Games for the very first time. Beginning with its low budget Opening Ceremony, watched by more than 3.5 billion people, ...