Read the full story here The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout, we will be chronicling the latest news and more from our reporters in Rio and Washington.

Summer is over for Brazil’s ‘marvelous city’. In a series of eerie and depressing new photos released last week, the 2016 Summer Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro are seen filthy and deserted ...

With the Summer Olympic Games upon us, we will marvel at the incredible skill demonstrated by athletes from around the world. But what if those skills were amplified by the lesser gravity of the moon?

"I hope to get it tomorrow" - Shericka Jackson aims at shattering Florence Griffith Joyner's world record at Brussels Diamond League 2023 "Often asked myself why I was so afraid"- When Sydney ...

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You probably wouldn't even realize you were watching the Olympics if you were to step back in time to watch the second modern Olympic Games held in Paris in 1900. The games were held to coincide ...

One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every modern summer Games since 1904, but was at risk of being dropped when the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...

Yesterday we posted a story on the furore surrounding the logo for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which was unveiled on New Year’s Eve. Today we take a closer look at the work itself. Yesterday we posted a ...

The US women’s national team roster for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was revealed on Tuesday, with 14 players from the squad that won the 2015 Women’s World Cup included on head coach Jill Ellis ...

The largest global event of 2016 – and the year’s biggest security challenge – will no doubt be the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 15,000 athletes from 206 countries are ...

The evaluated games included Rio 2016, Pyeongchang 2018, Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 ... In the four editions of the Paralympic games, a total of 9852 athletes competed. Similarly to the Olympics, ...