Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made an impassioned plea to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday, urging them to award an overdue first Games to b...More>
Hosting the 2016 Olympics only two years after the soccer World Cup is held in Brazil will boost competitiveness among potential sponsors, the head of marketing for Rio de Jan...More>
The head of Madrid's bid for the 2016 Olympics apologised to rivals Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday after a Spanish official was quoted as saying the Brazilian bid was the worst o...More>
Rio de Janeiro has international appeal as host city of the 2016 Olympic Games, the head of world soccer's governing body FIFA Sepp Blatter said on Monday.
That does not, h...More>
The four cities vying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics are braced for a close call when the IOC chooses the winner in Copenhagen next week.
Tokyo, Madrid, Chicago and Rio d...More>
Rio 2016’s accommodation project has received a further boost from the city’s hotel industry. The Windsor hotel chain has pledged to make 1,830 additional rooms available, in ...More>
An episode from the American television series “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” has triggered outrage from the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic bid.
The show depicts an attempt...More>
The four bid cities competing to host the 2016 summer Olympics are locked in a tight race with no clear frontrunner emerging from the International Olympic Committee's evaluat...More>
Some of Brazil's greatest athletes came together on the weekend in Fortaleza, State of Ceara in northeast Brazil for the 2009 National University Games, promoting Rio's bid fo...More>
Rio 2016 representatives will be at the World Championships in Athletics starting Saturday in Berlin to promote its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Rio 2016's bid w...More>
The Rio de Janeiro hotel sector will benefit from a new line of funding, which may reach US$160 million, to reform and expand hotels in the south and southeast regions of Braz...More>
The Rio de Janeiro bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games has gained a new partner. Banco Bradesco has announced an investment of R$ 3.5 million in the project. The...More>
With just over two months to go until the IOC’s selection of a Host City for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Rio de Janeiro bid continues to receive support from pr...More>
Delegations from the 2016 bid cities of Chicago and Rio are making presentations at the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) General Assembly being hel...More>
Brazil’s Federal Chamber of Deputies approved the Olympic Act, which confirms and reinforces the sixty-four guarantees from the Federal Government related to Rio de Janeiro’s ...More>
The 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil is a unique advantage for Rio de Janeiro's bid to host the Olympics two years later, bid secretary general Carlos Osorio said on Thursday.
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Rio de Janeiro presented its proposal to be the main center for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in 12 Brazilian cities. Already confirmed as one of the football ma...More>
