Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, tested positive for doping in fresh ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's mayor went on the offensive to protect his reputation and that of his Olympic city on Tuesday, insisting that the upcoming Summer Games are not responsible for ...

NEW DELHI: Olympic medallist pugilist M C Mary Kom said on Monday she has decided to quit boxing after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as her body would not be able to cope with the rigours of the sport ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- With violence raising concerns about security during August's Olympic Games, police near the Olympic beach volleyball venue in Copacabana said Wednesday that a foot and other body ...

Behind the bronze, silver and gold curtain of the 2016 Olympics sits the favelas of Rio — neighborhoods stained by poverty, murder and gangs. More than 11,000 supreme athletes from across the world ...

It is time to light the Olympic Torch in a tropical country,” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it gathered in Copenhagen to select a site ...

Much has been made of the obstacles to a smooth 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro — fears over the mosquito-borne Zika virus, worries about polluted water and trepidations about safety in the ...