Joinville, Brazil – "It's the most beautiful part of the Olympic competition,” Eduardo Fischer said about the torch relay, which has been travelling through Brazil for the last 73 days on its way to ...

The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. Finally, South America gets an Olympics. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprised ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking Rio de Janeiro was illuminated in Brazil's yellow and green national colours on Thursday as the city put the finishing touches ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) This is a sure sign the 2016 Olympics are getting close. Officials of next year's games in Rio de Janeiro stood by Wednesday evening as fireworks exploded above a huge version of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Every Friday after nightfall, teenage girls and young women make their way through a middle-class apartment complex and take over a field of emerald green grass. They put on their ...