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......

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......

US embarrassed! Says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

‘There was no robbery as the swimmers described it’ ‘We apologize to our hosts in Rio and the people of Brazil for this distracting ordeal’ IMAGE: US swimmers Jack Conger......

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......

Gay athletes at Rio Games bring hope to LGBT cause in Brazil

IMAGE: Rugby player Isadora Cerullo (BRA) of Brazil kisses Marjorie, a volunteer, after receiving her wedding proposal on the sidelines of the women's rugby medal ceremony at the Rio Games on......