One of Final Bidders for Rio’s Maracanã Management Drops Out
The CSM/GL Events/Amsterdam Arenas consortium has removed its bid to take over Maracanã Stadium, leaving only French company Lagardère Sports,...
February 23, 2017Topic
Olympics
Rio’s Abandoned Olympic Park Disappoints Visitors
Following the first sports event held at the Olympic Park since the end of the Rio 2016 Games, visitors to...
February 7, 2017
Rio Officials Negotiating Sale of Olympic Apartments to Civil Workers
Rio Mayor Crivella, Caixa Econômica Federal, and construction company, Carvalho Hosken, hope to soon find occupants for the 3,604 apartments...
February 2, 2017
Rio Court to Force Odebrecht to Maintain the Maracanã Stadium
A Rio State court injunction mandates that the Odebrecht-lead consortium immediately retake the Maracanã Complex's management, or be subject to...
January 15, 2017
Coach Bernardinho Leaves Brazil Volleyball After 16 Years
After almost sixteen years at the helm of the Brazilian men's volleyball team, coach Bernardo Rocha de Rezende, known as...
January 12, 2017
Foreign Tourism in Brazil Grows 4.8 Percent in 2016 with Olympics
With the help of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and a stronger U.S. dollar, Brazil increased the number of foreign...
January 4, 2017
Exploring the New Centro and Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro
Primarily only thought of as an area to work or conduct business, today, Rio’s commercial district of Centro is revitalized...
December 9, 2016
No Interest for Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca
The deadline to submit bids to manage the vast Olympic Park site in Barra da Tijuca, came and went on...
December 2, 2016
FIBA Bans Brazil’s CBB from International Basketball
Basketball’s major international governing body, FIBA, has suspended Brazil’s basketball league (CBB) from international competitions for several longstanding issues.
November 15, 2016