Where to Watch the 2017 NBA Finals in Rio de Janeiro
For those looking for a place to follow the NBA finals on Friday (May 9th), when the Cleveland Cavaliers and...
June 9, 2017Topic
Sports
Rio Hosts World Cup Skateboarding this Week
By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), the largest championship of its kind...
April 26, 2017
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’s Flamengo May Not Play at Maracanã Stadium in 2017
Fans of the Flamengo football (soccer) club, one of the most popular in Brazil if not the world, are still...
December 22, 2016
Brazil, Colombia Pay Tribute to Chapecoense Tragedy
Tributes to the players and staff of the Chapecoense Football Team were seen in both countries on Wednesday night.
December 1, 2016
Plane Carrying Brazilian Football Team Crashes in Colombia
Seventy six people died and five survived including three players, one journalist and a stewardess for Bolivia’s LaMia Airlines.
November 29, 2016
Opinion: Brazil’s Rural Culture Diminished
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Most Cariocas don’t know that Brazil’s second most popular spectator sport...
October 12, 2016
Brazilian Men’s Football and Volleyball Take Gold
The two games, played over the weekend, however, were extremely hard and not for the faint at heart.
August 22, 2016