Golf and rugby sevens are eying the pot of gold at the end of the Olympic rainbow, hoping the International Olympic Committee will admit them to the Games Friday.
The two c...More>
The decision to elect Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics was not driven by money, otherwise the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have picked Chicago, I...More>
Catalina Ramirez, President of the Bogota 2015 bid committee, highlighted the advances and attributes of Bogota 2015's bid for the Pan American Games at last week's Internatio...More>
Carlos Nuzman, leader of Rio de Janeiro's successful bid to stage the 2016 Olympics, announced on Saturday he would now head the organising committee for the Games.
Rio was...More>
Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after the Brazilian city won a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting on Friday.
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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 Olympics are proving a tough sell to a business world which seems willing to miss an advertising bonanza that promises to deliver billions of television viewers worldwide ...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>
Argentine 1978 World Cup winners Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa have joined the England bid to stage the tournament in 2018.
English Football Association chairman David ...More>
Argentina have been invited to join South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in an expanded southern hemisphere rugby union championship from 2012.
The Pumas came third in t...More>
Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and São Paulo have confirmed their participation in a world-exclusive session bringing together the key Host Cities at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, i...More>
Bogotá's bid for the 2015 Pan American Games received a positive report from the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) Evaluation Commission on its bid, following the c...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>
