Dakar Has Opened a Start-Up Programme for Athletes and Sport Businesses
The Dakar sport economy incubator, IncubaSport, will train 500 project-holders and accelerate 50 businesses across the capital’s 19 communes.
August 22, 2026Topic
athletes
More qualified professionals tried to leave Brazil in search of employment in 2020
More qualified workers have tried to leave Brazil in search of a work visa in the US in the first...
June 9, 2021Rio Hosts ‘King and Queen of the Sea’ in Beach Sports Competition
In a weekend-long series of beach sport competitions, Rio de Janeiro was the host for the final stage of a...
December 12, 2016
Brazil 2016 Paralympics Team Beats London, Bar High for Tokyo
Brazil’s Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani highlights historic number of medals won by host-nation, which includes the most-ever by Brazilian women,...
September 21, 2016
Paralympians Arrive Ready for 2016 Rio Paralympics
The first wave of the 4,350 athletes who will compete in the upcoming 2016 Rio Paralympics began to move into...
September 1, 2016
After Olympics Thousands Leave from Rio’s International Airport
The nearly 85,000 passengers passing through the airports' corridors were greeted with samba music and a place to say their...
August 23, 2016
Russian Paralympic Athletes Banned From Rio 2016 Games
IPC bans all Russian athletes from Paralympics due to 'systematic doping' program by the Russian government.
August 8, 2016
Ten Athletes to Watch at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
While most of the five billion viewers of the Rio Olympics will be focused on Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, and...
July 21, 2016
Brazil’s 2016 Olympic Team is Their Largest Ever with 462 Athletes
Brazil as the host nation will have the largest delegation in its history of the Olympics - with 462 athletes,...
July 19, 2016