On September 7, 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, more than 2,500 people came together to execute Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s vision for an Opening Ceremony to remember. The theme of the ...

The Olympic Games are 31 days away – and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis. Violence is on the rise, and police officers are at loggerheads with the Rio state government after claiming they’ve not been paid ...

Seth Doane is an award-winning CBS News correspondent based in Rome, Italy since 2016. Doane has covered terrorist attacks and breaking news across Europe, traveled with Pope Francis as part of his ...

This story appears in the August 17, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. For an image to capture an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you could do worse than to choose one ...

A group of Brazilian scientists has detected a drug-resistant bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro’s most stunning beaches, in research being published a month before the city hosts the 2016 ...

The International Olympic Committee has chosen Rio de Janiero as the site for its 2016 Summer Olympics, deciding against frontrunners Tokyo, Chicago and Madrid. Not surprisingly, Chicago, which had ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the business and culture of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is often characterized in the international media by oiled up beach ...

It's been just over a year since Guam followed the progress of five exceptional athletes, the five who represented our island among the world's elite athletes. Each athlete took a well deserved break ...

With the International Olympic Committee announcement that Rio de Janeiro in Brazil will be the host city for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, triathlon can look forward to returning a city and ...

KUWAIT, Oct 2 (KUNA) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting Friday in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, has selected Rio de Janiero, Brazil, to host the 2016 Olympic games. IOC chief ...