Christen Press, USA Soccer Star Prepares for Rio 2016 Olympics
With just sixty days left until the Rio 2016 Olympic games, Team USA football (soccer) star Christen Press took some...
June 7, 2016Section
2016 Olympics
2016 Olympic Game News for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Roshni Thakker Joins the TALKS Event on Thursday, June 9th
Thakker and XperienceRio will speak about strategies and opportunities for making the most of the nearly 500,000 foreign tourists expected...
June 7, 2016
Phil Wilkinson Joins the TALKS Event on Thursday, June 9th
On Thursday, June 9th, The Rio Times is hosting their second “TALKS” speaker series event, bringing together a panel of...
June 6, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Completes First Month
The Olympic torch relay continued this past Friday (June 3rd) and Saturday (June 4th) as the torch passed through the...
June 6, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Games Unveils the Hospitality Houses
This coming August, 500,000 tourists, along with six million cariocas won’t have to leave Rio to travel the world, as...
May 30, 2016Rio 2016 Olympic Test Events End, Preparations Race Forward
This week the Olympic preparations in Rio de Janeiro has hit several milestones, with the conclusion of over 44 test...
May 25, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Wraps Week Three of 95-Day Tour
The Olympic torch will enter its third week of its journey around Brazil, which began on May 3rd and will...
May 21, 2016
Brazilian NBA Players in Rio to Unveil NBA House at Praça Mauá
Brazilian NBA players Nenê Hilário and Raulzinho Neto were on hand at Praça Mauá on Tuesday (May 17th) with NBA...
May 19, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics Unveils Staff and Volunteer Uniforms
In a little over two months, some 500,000 international visitors are expected to descend on the Cidade Maravilhosa for the...
May 16, 2016