Rio authorities powerless to halt Neymar party

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Neymar Jr/Instagram Neymar has been asked to appear before Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors 'urgently' to give a statement regarding reports he is holding a five-day......

Brazil great Ronaldinho retires from football

To play farewell exhibition matches after 2018 FIFA World Cup Former Brazil and Barcelona midfielder Ronaldinho, who won the World Cup, Champions League, Copa Libertadores and World Player of the......

Brazil police stop US swimmers from boarding flight home

IMAGE: Ryan Lochte of the United States addresses a press conference. Photograph: Matt Hazlett/Getty Images. Federal police in Brazil stopped US Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from......

What's the easiest thing to win at Rio Olympics?

- Rio can still pull off a dazzling Games, but organizers are scrambling to sell some 1.7 million tickets, or 28 percent of the scaled-back total made available for sale. That is a bigger overhang......

Brazil holds terror suspects, seeks leads about possible Olympic threat

IMAGE:   Brazilian Navy soldiers attend an exercise on Flamengo beach ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photograph: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters. Brazil held 10 presumed Islamist militants in......