Officials in Rio de Janeiro hoped hosting the 2016 Olympics would help make it a first-class city. Instead, many buildings and stadiums made for the games have gone unused since the event ended.

Like most other cities that have hosted important international events over the years ... stadium in Rio de Janeiro. It will host the upcoming Confederations Cup, the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 ...

Sérgio Cabral celebrated Rio's successful bid with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2009 A former governor of Rio de Janeiro says he helped pay a $2m (£1.6m) bribe to secure the Olympic ...

During the Rio Olympic Games this summer ... 8K experimental terrestrial transmissions in both Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Our auditorium houses a large 300-inch screen and 22.2 multichannel ...

(Peter Cziborra / Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO — When she made history by winning gold in the 2012 Olympic debut of women’s boxing, Claressa Shields, a 17-year-old high school junior from Flint ...

The four-year wait comes to an end as Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro hosts the Summer Olympics 2016. The biggest and oldest sports event to take place, this year’s Olympics will have 33 venues to ...

London Mayor Boris Johnson hands the Olympic Flag to his Rio de Janeiro counterpart Eduardo Paes.

South Korea also swept all archery titles up for grabs at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics ... When it made its Olympic debut ...

Aim To describe the demographics, frequency and anatomical location of stress injuries (ie, stress reaction and stress fractures) in athletes at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games ...