Members of the Russian Olympic team had to spend more than three hours aboard the jet taking them back to Moscow before departure from the Rio airport, Alexander Zhukov, the President of the Russian...
The Rio Olympics are spectacular, for a number of reasons, and most importantly because they are taking place in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Knowing that this country is full of environmental wonders,...
Brazil football legend Pele wants to light the Rio Olympic flame at the opening ceremony today, but poor health may prevent him from accepting the honor, his spokesman said Thursday. Doubts over...
A group of Brazilian scientists have detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off the shores of some of Rio de Janeiro’s most stunning beaches, one month before they’re due to host the...
Raw sewage and garbage litter Rio’s Guanabara Bay, the Olympic sailing venue in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain, with pollution one of several major headaches for organizers and athletes ahead of...
Forty-nine days before the opening of the Olympics, the governor of Rio de Janeiro has declared a state of financial emergency and begged for federal support to avoid a “total collapse in public...