New Sports Minister in Brazil to Push Olympic Ticket Sales
Brazil’s interim sports minister, Ricardo Leyser, has launched task force that aims to secure the purchase of more tickets to...
April 6, 2016Topic
2016 Olympic Games
Grand Hyatt Opens Their First Hotel in Rio de Janeiro
On Monday March 29th, the Hyatt hotel group opened its second offering in Brazil, a 436-room hotel in Barra da...
April 1, 2016
Sports Minister in Brazil Resigns Months Before the Olympics
The resignation of sports minister, George Hilton, was announced in a statement by Brazil’s presidency late on Wednesday evening (March...
March 31, 2016
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
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
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
Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 New Year’s Eve Program Announced
Rio de Janeiro revels in celebrating the beginning of the new year and 2016 will be no different. To take...
December 12, 2015
FIFA Announces Football Schedule for Rio 2016 Olympics
FIFA, the international governing body of football, released on Tuesday, November 10th, the schedule for the 2016 Olympic football competition....
November 12, 2015