Two new IOC vice presidents were elected along with seven new members on the executive board on Thursday at the 129th IOC session ahead of the Rio Olympic Games.
The final cost of the Olympic Games that Rio de Janeiro will host from Friday until Aug. 21 will be 30 percent lower than initial estimates, thanks to many investments from private initiatives, informed Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes on Thursday.
The first ever Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) held its flag-raising ceremony at the Olympic Village on Wednesday evening, sending a message of sports spirit to all the refugees around the world.
Austrian shuttler David Obernosterer said that it is an honor to play against China's multi-world and Olympic champion Lin Dan in the first badminton match at the Rio Olympic Games.
The world seems to have forgotten the deafening sounds of gun fire that rocks Juba streets as it focuses its attention on the Rio Olympic Games. It has left many dispute and homeless. These refugees have run away from war, literally running for their lives.
Brazilian pole vaulter Joana Costa has revealed she planned to participate at the Rio Olympics as a volunteer before securing a late berth as an athlete.
With five days to go before South America's first Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Sunday that he was more confident than ever that the Brazilian organizers would deliver a "great" Games.
Interim Brazilian President Michel Temer inaugurated a much-anticipated subway line in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, just days before the opening of the Olympics in the city.
Chinese athletes has arrived at Sao Paulo' s Esporte Clube Pinheiros, the pre-games training center of the Chinese Olympic delegation for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games.
Most Brazilians believe the upcoming Rio Olympic Games will bring more losses to the country than benefits, according to an Ibope poll released on Wednesday.
Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inocio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that they would not attend the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Aug. 5, local media reported.
Health experts in Brazil have a word of advice for the Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers competing in Rio de Janeiro’s picture-postcard waters next month: Keep your mouth closed.
Russian Sports Ministry on Sunday welcomed the decision made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Russian athletes' participation in the upcoming Rio Olympic Games.
Chinese athletes will work against difficulties in their bid for good results at next month's Rio Olympic Games, a senior Chinese sports official told Xinhua on Thursday.
Nearly 300 nuclear security experts will be deployed for the upcoming Olympic Games, Agencia Brasil reported on Wednesday.
Around 1,000 marines from the Brazilian army underwent a riot control test in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, as part of the security preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held from Aug. 5-21.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach Tuesday said the IOC will not hesitate to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organization implicated in the doping scandal revealed by a report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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