With its stunning peaks, beaches and city skyline, Rio de Janiero should provide the perfect setting for Olympic sailing. But with just days left until the Games start, studies have found the waters ...

Police protests, the threat of the Zika virus, incomplete transport links and a "state of financial emergency" — the build-up to South America's inaugural Olympic Games on August 5 has been rocky. The ...

The single word to describe the sports infrastructure created for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is abandonment. Uncertainty over the future of the dilapidated sports stadiums and arenas threatens the ...

With a record number of condoms allocated and air-conditioners in every bedroom, Rio’s athletes village starts welcoming Olympians on Sunday. The new apartment towers built to house 11,000 athletes ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16: Simone Biles (L) and Alexandra Raisman (R) of the United States pose for photographs after winning the gold and silver medals respectively after competing on the ...

The Notice of Race for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition has been released. The competition begins on 8 August and runs until 18 August at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Notice of Race states the ...

"There is not going to be a torch," shouted demonstrators this week in the Brazilian town of Niteroi, the crowd growing increasingly agitated as riot police starting moving in. Some protestors carried ...

Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio, reclines in his chair in a vast conference room on the 13th floor of City Hall, and exhales. The cascade of negative news that has recently hit the Olympic city—rising ...

From inches, to miles, to seconds, to goals, the Olympics have always been a numbers game, and Rio is no different. In that spirit, join us as we countdown 16 calculator-busting data points that tell ...

Aly Raisman, captain of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, explains why the balance beam is the scariest event and demonstrates some of the trickiest skills in her routine. Photo: Getty Rio de ...

Breaking tradition, the Rio Olympics this summer will feature 13 artist-designed posters instead of one. “It’s really hard for us in Brazil to choose one artist to represent the Olympic Games, or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. If the entire medal was made of gold it would be valued at nearly $22,000, which is why 1912 was the last time all-gold medals ...