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....
The competitions of the Rio Olympic Games will be less spectacular due to the absence of some Russian athletes unjustly banned from participation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday....
Atletico Madrid squad completed on Tuesday the final training session ahead of their trip to Australia, where the Spanish team will play two football friendlies against Tottenham Hotspur and Australia's ...
Zdravko Mamic, former head of Dinamo Zagreb, who is under investigation for alleged embezzlement, has resigned as vice president of the Croatian Football...
India's star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been placed in Group G in the women's singles category while Kidambi Srikanth is placed in Group H in the men's singles at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro....