An Olympics without a smile

'As each week brings fresh tales of the woes of Rio on the eve of the Olympics, I wonder whether my friends had a foreboding that the Gods of the Olympics will bring only misfortunes to their......

Brazil's unusual protests -- and larger lessons from it

An objective observer can indeed see the improvement in all the social parameters in Brazil, but for the citizen the state of infrastructure, public transport, education and health is......

PIX: France Wows With Spectacular Olympics Opening

IMAGE: A balloon carrying the lit Olympic cauldron flies at Jardin des Tuileries during the opening ceremony. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters The city of Paris transformed into a colossal......

Several cases of COVID-19 reported at Tokyo Olympics hotel

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A COVID-19 cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic team members are staying raised new concerns about infections at the Tokyo......

Olympics: South Korea told to remove banners at village

IMAGE: South Korean Flags and signs hang on the appartment building hosting Olympics participants, at the Athletes Village, where a person has tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020......

Brazil police arrest Olympic chief in vote-buying scandal

IMAGE: Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Carlos Arthur Nuzman arrives to Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Bruno Kelly/Reuters Brazilian police arrested......

Olympics: Djokovic cruises into semis, Medvedev loses

IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic eased into the semi-finals with a commanding performance over Japan's Kei Nishikori at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images......