29/04/2013
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee has confirmed that construction work is due to begin on the golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games, following the approval of all necessary permits. Rio 2016 Presiden...
12/04/2013
The tables have turned for the 21-year-old swimming sensation Chad Le Clos. From being a teenager with a dream inspired by Michael Phelps, to a five-time medallist at the Youth Olympic Games in Singap...
08/04/2013
The Arena Fonte Nova was officially opened on 7 April in Salvador, Brazil, after four years of planning and construction. Football fans flocked to the 50,000-capacity stadium to watch Vitoria beat loc...
19/03/2013
Construction is continuing on the new home of the Doping Control and Technological Development Support Laboratory (LABDOP/LADETEC) in Rio de Janeiro, which will house the Official Doping Control Labor...
12/03/2013
Winner of five Olympic gold medals in five consecutive editions of the Games, Sir Steve Redgrave is an Olympic rowing legend. While he was in Rio, Redgrave took some time to both see and row at the fu...
The Organising Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has moved into new headquarters, located in Rio de Janeiro’s Cidade Nova neighbourhood. The modern building, which has been designed to be as su...
20/02/2013
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ended its fourth visit to the Brazilian city today. It noted that there had been solid progress since...
18/02/2013
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Games starts its fourth visit to the Brazilian host city today. Chaired by IOC Executive Board member and Olympian...
21/11/2012
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Debriefing of the London 2012 Games wrapped up today in Rio de Janeiro, bringing a close to a week-long transfer of knowledge between organisers of the Game...
By Jacques Rogge The final Olympic Games of my 12-year term as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were received with great fanfare this summer in London. Evidence of their success ...
YOG curler and rising star Sarah Anderson joins Team USA’s curling elite
Judo builds bridges in Burundi
Sochi 2014: The final countdown
Sochi 2014: A lasting resort
A day in the life of Swiss biathlete Aita Gasparin