A consortium of Embratel and Claro has been chosen as the national sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the telecommunication services category... More >
Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, which is due to stage the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympics as well as the 2014 World Cup final, has been closed down for ...More>
Rio 2016 president Carlos Nuzman wants the senior Olympics to follow the inaugural Youth Games by introducing innovative twists on traditional events.
Nuzman is currently i...More>
Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff has pledged her support to the Rio 2016 Olympics and outlined plans to transform the country into a sporting powerhouse.
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The Brazilian Government is investing a further $100bn in projects for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.
The money is part of a wider $735bn investment in infrastr...More>
Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam have submitted a bid to build the official golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
The pair have written to the International G...More>
Rio 2016 communications and marketing director Leonardo Gryner has been promoted to the position of general director.
Gryner has been with Rio 2016 since the beginning of i...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) co-ordination commission for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has completed its first visit to the Brazilian city.
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The Brazilian government has revealed it will spend up to $890bn upgrading the country’s infrastructure ahead of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
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The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) has warned that Rio de Janeiro will not be able to afford to stage the 2016 Games if a new law reducing the state's oil revenues is passe...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.
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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>
