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 ...

The countdown is on until the 2016 Olympics and Rio de Janeiro is preparing to welcome millions of people from around the world. But in order to succeed as hosts, the Brazilian city — which won the ...

Leilani Mitchell was one of the Phoenix Mercury's draft picks, and after playing elsewhere, she had her best game with the ...

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 Olympic Park for this year's Rio de Janeiro games is edging closer to completion. New photos can reveal the extraordinary structural work around the Brazilian city as the finishing touches are ...

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 ...