On August 5, 2016, Brazil began its 16-day extravaganza of hosting the Olympic Games for the very first time. Beginning with its low budget Opening Ceremony, watched by more than 3.5 billion people, ...

Objective To describe the pattern of injuries and illnesses sustained during the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, hosted by Rio de Janeiro from 5 to 21 August 2016. Methods We recorded the daily incidence ...

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 ...

This story appears in the August 29, 2016 issue of Sports Illustrated. To subscribe, click here. There you go. It’s what we’ve muttered nine times now, over three Olympics, after each race Usain Bolt ...

Dead fish have continued to wash up on the banks of a Rio de Janeiro lake that is scheduled to hold Olympic rowing competitions during the 2016 games. Fish die-offs are a frequent occurrence in Rio's ...

The 2016 Summer Olympics kick off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a little over a year, marking the first time the games will be hosted by a South American nation. Reports regarding the country's ...

Grande Rio samba school's drum queen, Paloma Bernardi, performs during the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2016. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares There was little that could stop ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 07: A general view of the Christ The Redeemer statue atop the Corcovado on July 7, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Getty Images ...

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after favourites Chicago suffered a crushing defeat. The Brazilian city will become the first South American city to host the Games after an historic vote by ...