On August 5, 2016, Brazil began its 16-day extravaganza of hosting the Olympic Games for the very first time. Beginning with its low budget Opening Ceremony, watched by more than 3.5 billion people, ...

Grande Rio samba school's drum queen, Paloma Bernardi, performs during the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2016. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares There was little that could stop ...

Who could forget the Bahamas' Shaunae Miller diving for gold in the 400-meter? — -- The Olympic Games are nearly always historic in their feats of athletic prowess. But aside from the sporting ...

This story appears in the August 29, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated. To subscribe, click here. There you go. It’s what we’ve muttered nine times now, over three Olympics, after each race Usain Bolt ...

The venues that once dazzled audiences during the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro have now fallen into disrepair. Just six months after the summer games, CNN reports that the Maracanã Stadium, ...

The countdown is on until the 2016 Olympics and Rio de Janeiro is preparing to welcome millions of people from around the world. But in order to succeed as hosts, the Brazilian city — which won the ...

SAO PAULO -- Rio de Janeiro city officials have been forced to temporarily close the stadium that will be used for track and field at the 2016 Olympics because of structural problems with its roof.

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after favourites Chicago suffered a crushing defeat. The Brazilian city will become the first South American city to host the Games after an historic vote by ...

Olympic leaders appear reluctant to help Rio de Janeiro organizers with a reported debt of more than $35 million left over from the 2016 Summer Games. The executive board of the International Olympic ...