Unlike the football World Cup in Brazil two years ago, the Rio Olympics have mostly escaped controversy about venue delays.
Rio de Janeiro is "ready to deliver history" when it becomes the first South American country to host the Olympic Games in August, Rio 2016 president Carlos Nuzman said on Wednesday.
Brazilian volleyball legend Giovane Gavio was one of the protagonists at the start of the journey of the Olympic Flame that will be burning for the historic 2016 Rio Summer Olympics at the birthplace of the Games on Thursday.
Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman has vowed organizers will not become complacent despite declaring the city "ready" for this year's Olympic Games.
The Brazilian government is highly concerned with low ticket sales ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with only five months to go before the opening of the largest sporting event in the world, the country's interim Minister of Sports, Ricardo Leyser, admitted on Sunday.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has opened an account on social network Weibo, the Chinese alternative to Twitter, to promote Rio de Janeiro's upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games among almost 600 million users in the Asian country, announced official sources on Thursday.
Global resources heavyweight Rio Tinto Plc is selling one of its last remaining Australian coal assets to Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group as the company continues its exit from coal as commodities continue to tumble.
The opening and closing ceremonies of Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games will be in low budget, much less than in London Olympics, according to ceremonies' directors.
Officials in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday rebuffed claims from swimming's world governing body FINA that 2016 Olympic aquatic events are being treated with "disrespect".
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.
The first batch of tickets for next year's Paralympic Games has gone on sale to Brazilian residents, organizers said on Monday.
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.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said here on Tuesday that he had no special worries for Rio Olympics and believed the polluted waters would be fine by the time the Games start.
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