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A total of 11 people have been killed over the last three years on construction projects for the Rio Olympics, an official told AFP...
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Spain’s two-time world champion badminton queen Carolina Marin is hoping to sweep aside the competition to retain her title at the 25th European championships...
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Rio de Janeiro authorities on Friday promised an independent probe into the deadly collapse of a clifftop bicycle path that killed at least two...
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A Syrian athlete who lost his leg in a bombing and who found refuge from war in Greece will carry the Olympic flame through...
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A seaside section of an elevated bicycle path built as part of improvements for the Rio Olympics collapsed, killing two people, after a powerful...
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The Olympic flame was lit Thursday in an ancient temple in one country in crisis and solemnly sent off carrying international hopes that Brazil’s...
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Greece, beset by economic difficulties and a migration crisis, will hold a traditional ceremony Thursday for the Rio Olympics as Brazil battles its own...
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Brazilian police working to protect the Rio Olympics have liaised with their French counterparts several times to learn lessons from November’s attacks in Paris....
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With horrifying levels of pollution in the water the picture postcard Olympic marina at Guanabara Bay has been inaugurated just four months ahead of...
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Brazil’s government sounded the alarm Saturday over meager sales of Olympic tickets and public apathy just five months before Rio hosts South America’s first...