Rio 2016 president Carlos Nuzman wants the senior Olympics to follow the inaugural Youth Games by introducing innovative twists on traditional events... More >
Brazil's president has hit out at people who say the country is wasting money by hosting the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the city was ch...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is getting a lukewarm response from US broadcasters in Vancouver as it tries to build up interest in the next round of bidding for Ol...More>
Brazil’s best-selling author has attacked the country’s decision to appoint Tony Blair as a paid consultant to the 2016 Rio Olympics, branding the former British Prime Ministe...More>
The Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics has hired Tony Blair as a consultant.
The former Prime Minister will advise organisers of the Games and give at least one speech.
Sergi...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) could delay the sale of the US media rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics because of the recession.
The IOC had planned to conduc...More>
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has said that Rio de Janeiro won the 2016 Games on merit and not because of its location.
It will be the first...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed Nawal El Moutawakel to chair the co-ordination commission for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
She will lead a 17-strong ...More>
The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) has appointed TSE Consulting to improve Brazil’s elite performance planning in the lead up to the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games....More>
The International Olympic Committee expects to raise more than $2bn when it sells the US television rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.
Richard Carrion, the IOC nego...More>
Greg Norman believes the decision to make golf an Olympic event will attract more people to the sport in developing countries.
Golf will return to the Games for the first t...More>
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said the TV bidding rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games could begin soon after the end of the Vancouver 20...More>
Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro’s election as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, a delegation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has paid the new host city...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced an extension to its current partnership with Visa Inc. through to 2020, including the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in S...More>
After the excitement of bidding and the euphoria of winning, the reality of making the 2016 Olympics happen starts in Rio de Janeiro this week.
The International Olympic Co...More>
