Brazil's success in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be shown not only in the stadiums but also above all in the country's organizational efficiency, said President Dilma Rousseff, during the launch of the Olympic Year of Tourism in Brasilia on Wednesday.
With less than one year to go to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Chinese companies have poured in Brazil for opportunities to explore the overseas market.
As the 2016 Rio Olympics starts within one year from now, the host city is filled with six Olympic test events in August, the local people are practicing sports other than football, and the Barra district where the Olympic park located just looks like a large construction site with several subway and BRT lines being built to serve the mega sports event.
Rio's 2016 Olympic preparations are running on time and under budget, proving Brazil's capacity to keep its promises, city mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday.
Rio Olympic Games celebrated one year countdown in a samba, bossa nova and carnival centered ceremony on Wednesday as IOC president Thomas Bach officially invited the world's athletes to take part in South America's first ever Olympics.
The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, assured on Wednesday that Rio de Janeiro would be "the most beautiful setting" for an Olympic Games since classical Greece, while recognizing that there was "a lot still to be done" to get Olympic installations ready.
The programme of Beijing 2022 winter Olympic Games will be the same with Sochi 2014, announced The International Olympic Committee(IOC) at its 128th session here on Sunday.
The 128th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially got under way Thursday night with a music-themed opening ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pau Gasol, the most famous Spanish basketball player of all time, confirmed on Wednesday that he would play for his country in the forthcoming European Championships.
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, which turned out a great success, is hailed as a milestone in the global Olympic Movement.
Beijing tried to impress the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with models of Olympic venues and a virtual train journey on Thursday.
President Thomas Bach said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is not in the position to give advice to FIFA here on Monday but encouraged the soccer's world governing body to continue with its reforms amid crisis though the progress could be painful.
China's "flying man" Liu Xiang will say goodbye personally at Diamond League Shanghai on May 17, according to the organizing committee.
Beijing announced on Wednesday that all key infrastructures in the metropolis and surrounding areas are in place to meet the transportation, accommodation and tourism demands of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
South Korea's swimming Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan was banned for 18 months by world swimming body FINA on Monday for failing a dope test in last September.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission are set to receive a heart-felt welcome when they visit Beijing with over 90 percent of support rate on the city's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
The first train to run on Line 4 of the Rio de Janeiro metro connecting the Olympic Village to the Copacabana Game Center has been delivered three months after shipment from China.
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