Rio mayor hits back at Australia favela ban

IMAGE: Rio de janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes poses with an Olympic flag at his office after an interview with Reuters, in Rio de Janeiro, August 4, 2015. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters Rio de......

Mayor promises tighter security in Rio de Janeiro during Olympics

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday regretted the assault by street criminals of an Australian athlete over the weekend but said that security would be stronger in the city by the time the......

PHOTOS: Torch alights on Rio shore ahead of Olympic opening

- 'The expectations are huge... I think everything will go right, in terms of the Games as well as public safety.' IMAGE: Olympian Lars Grael (left) carries the Olympic flame aboard a Brazilian......

Unfinished velodrome main concern 100 days from Olympics

- 'The biggest problem, the biggest challenge and the job that gave us most problems and missed the deadline was the velodrome.' IMAGE: An aerial view of the 2016 Rio Olympic park in Rio de......

Torch begins final race to stadium from beneath Rio's Christ

IMAGE: Former Brazilian volleyball player Isabel Barroso holds the Olympic torch next to Christ the Redeemer statue watched by Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes (L) and archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta in Rio......