A leave-taking ceremony for a section of the Russian Olympic team was held early on Thursday at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport here before they left for Rio de Janeiro....
Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has arrived in Rio de Janeiro amid tight security ahead of next month's Olympic Games....
With just over a week to go until the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium, Paes on Wednesday hailed the impact of 40 billion reais (around $12 billion) in Olympics-related investments, reports Xinhua....
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has presented the head of Australia's Olympic delegation, Kitty Chiller, with the keys to the city and apologised for problems at the Rio 2016 athletes village....
Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) executive director for sports Marcus Vinicius Freire is confident that the hosts will be able to enter the top 10 of the medal rankings in the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Games. ...
Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inocio Lula da Silva announced that they would not attend the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games on August 5....
Bach, who arrived here on Wednesday, was greeted by his counterpart at the Rio 2016 Organising committee, Carlos Nuzman, and a host of smiling volunteers at the airport, reports Xinhua....
Volleyballer Sergey Tetyukhin has been selected to be the Russian Olympic team's flag bearer, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia's two-time Olympic pole vault champion, posted on Instagram on Thursday....
With just over a week to go until the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium, Paes on Wednesday hailed the impact of 40 billion reais (around $12 billion) in Olympics-related investments, Xinhua news agency reported....
Russia's pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva said on Wednesday she was anxious to see how the Olympics in Rio would be unfolding, but would abstain from watching track and field competitions....
