Rio Suggests Plan for Incomplete Metro During Olympics
Rio's contingency plan to completing the Line 4 Metro is a temporary expansion of the BRT from Barra da Tijuca...
February 20, 2016Section
2016 Olympics
2016 Olympic Game News for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Women Wrestlers Fight it Out at Olympic Test Event
In 2013 wrestling was momentarily dropped from the future Olympic agenda. After modernizing, revising its rules and making it more...
February 1, 2016
Brazil to Inspect Olympic Venues Daily for Zika Virus
The Rio 2016 Olympic Committee says that installations will be inspected daily to prevent the dissemination of the mosquito during...
January 25, 2016
Work Suspended on Rio 2016 Equestrian Complex in Deodoro
Rio’s City Hall have cancelled the contract of Ibeg Engenharia who were in charge of providing the Olympic equestrian facilities...
January 25, 2016
Australia’s Women Triumph in Olympic Basketball Test Event
The 2016 Aquece Rio Olympic “warm-up” test events kicked off once again this weekend. Running between January 15th and 19th,...
January 18, 2016
Seventy-Five Percent of Staff Fired at the Maracanã in Rio
Three-quarters of the people who work at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro lost their jobs on Monday (January...
January 7, 2016
Parque Radical Opens in Rio’s Deodoro Olympic Sports Complex
The water park in Rio's new Deodoro Olympic Sports Complex "Parque Radical" will be open to the public until March...
December 29, 2015
Brazil Takes on Rivals Argentina in Beach Rugby Sevens in Rio
A friendly sevens rugby competition was played on Rio’s Ipanema beach on Saturday December 19th. The Beach Rugby Super Challenge...
December 21, 2015
Online Ticket Sales Opened for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio
Tickets for the sporting events and ceremonies of the upcoming 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are currently available...
December 21, 2015