World
The one-year countdown to the Rio Olympics began Wednesday with officials promising to overcome Brazil’s usual chaos in a Summer Games that will transform...
Hi, what are you looking for?
Digital Journal
All posts tagged "oly"
World
Rio de Janeiro’s paramilitary police have killed more than 1,500 people in the last five years, driving up the Olympic host city’s already high...
World
Rio de Janeiro hosts South America’s first Olympic Games a year from this week and the iconic, contradictory city of sweeping beaches, street crime...
World
The International Olympic Committee on Saturday denied there was a legal problem over clashing logos for the Tokyo 2020 Games and one for a...
World
The Almaty bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics is about reality and facts, not dreams and fantasies, their bid vice-chairman Andrey Kryukov told...
World
Boston’s troubled bid for the 2024 Olympics ended amid financial fears and local opposition, leaving the US Olympic Committee to seek a replacement candidate...
World
Stadium ready? Check. Equipment working, check. Crowd dancing, double check. An international volleyball event testing Rio de Janeiro’s readiness to host the 2016 Olympics...
World
A man was shot dead Friday in Rio de Janeiro’s usually safe metro, just one stop from the headquarters of the city’s Olympics organizing...
World
Brazil’s president unveiled the 2016 Olympic torch Friday with a vow to overcome the Latin American giant’s mounting problems — ranging from massive corruption...
World
Brazilian police assumed control over one of Rio’s most dangerous neighborhoods Tuesday, replacing the army in a key test for how to suppress crime...