Yesterday we posted a story on the furore surrounding the logo for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which was unveiled on New Year’s Eve. Today we take a closer look at the work itself. Yesterday we posted a ...

In 2018 the number of persons with disabilities in employment was 49 per cent higher than it was in 2009 when Rio won the right to stage the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 featured 22 ...

In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...

"I hope to get it tomorrow" - Shericka Jackson aims at shattering Florence Griffith Joyner's world record at Brussels Diamond League 2023 Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig & husband Nathan ...

The city of Rio de Janeiro will soon be home to the Olympic Games in August 2016. But there is a darker side to the glitz and glamour of this year’s host nation. Of the 56,000 homicides in Brazil ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (CNN)-- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday. The announcement brought tears to Brazilian ...

Teens sit on a new sign reading 'Cidade Olimpica' (Olympic City) in the historic port district on October 15, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games games, the port ...

The pride of Cagayan de Oro defeated Indonesia’s Lilis Indriani in four sets during the 2016 ITTF-Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong last April to punch a ticket to Rio.

Simone Biles’ former coach revealed that the superstar gymnast experienced the “twisties” ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to ESPN. Aimee Boorman, who coached Biles from age 7 ...