Both organisers and the IOC have repeatedly downplayed the risk of protests during the Olympics, despite the toxic political atmosphere ahead of a final decision in the impeachment trial of suspended ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- With the Sochi Games about to start, the IOC faced up Thursday to the next challenge: overcoming the delays for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The IOC again warned ...

Rio 2016 have been told by the IOC they will not receive any more help to settle their outstanding debts ©Getty Images Carlos Nuzman, President of Rio 2016, held talks with IOC officials during a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - In a dramatic change of tone Olympic officials said on Wednesday they were impressed by progress being made in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the 2016 Games, just months after the ...

COPENHAGEN — Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO, June 11: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials left Rio de Janeiro impressed by preparations for the 2016 Olympics, saying the city had made great strides on ...

The media reported that the former governor of Rio de Janeiro had confessed to paying a bribe to then-president of IAAF to secure the votes in favor of Brazil’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics MOSCOW, ...

I sincerely hope that Tokyo's bid fails. If we get the Olympics it will mean the loss of park space, insane amounts of money wasted on construction of future useless buildings and massive ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago Olympic organizers say they're close to resolving concerns raised by the International Olympic Committee in a report assessing the technical merits of their bid for the 2016 Summer ...