giving the Brazilian her marching orders in injury time in the first half. Brazil were facing-off against Spain in an Olympic group stage game in Bordeaux, and their defeat means the Selecao's ...

The Rio intelligentsia is fascinated by the city’s own poverty, as if the favelas were something Brazil should be proud of, rather than ashamed of. Imagine if the Athens Olympics had highlighted ...

The largest global event of 2016 – and the year’s biggest security challenge – will no doubt be the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Around 15,000 athletes from 206 countries are ...

Following shaky performances from her fellow Italians, teenager Angela Andreoli had to hit her floor exercise to keep her country in the silver medal position at the Olympic gymnastic team final on ...

Both Brazil and Turkiye entered these Olympic Games with hopes of stepping atop the podium and being donned in gold medals. The two countries are also in very different stages of their volleyball ...

After seeing 13-year-old Rayssa Leal from Brazil win silver in the first-ever street skateboarding competition at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Giovanna Alves Farias only had one wish: to start ...

This year’s Rio Olympics has the power to remind investors of Brazil’s potential and reunite the country in the wake of the Petrobras scandal, but it will provide little short-term assistance to its ...

Brazil will be placed in Group B for the Olympics, with games against France (July 27), Germany (July 30) and Japan (Aug. 2) in the opening stage.

New York Times reporter Kelley McMillan spotlights Norwegian alpine ski racerAksel Lund Svindal who has refocused following his "Olympic disappointment" in Sochi. Road to Brazil 2014 A British ...

ICHINOMIYA--Brazil’s Italo Ferreira overcame challenging conditions in brilliant fashion to win an historic first Olympic surfing gold medal at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach on Tuesday ...