This week’s election of a host city for the 2015 Pan American Games brings back memories of the contest for the 2007 Pan Ams in which Rio de Janeiro beat the bid from San Antonio, Texas. Plenty of lessons that the U.S. didn’t learn from that defeat that might have helped Chicago –such as don’t [...]
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BRAZIL women’s rugby stars are ready to welcome rugby sevens to the 2016 Olympics in Rio ahead of Friday’s IOC Session vote in Copenhagen. Both rugby sevens and golf made the cut when the IOC Executive Board trimmed the shortlist of sports seeking Olympic inclusion from seven to two in August.
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A police shootout with criminals stopped a commuter train and sent passengers fleeing for cover. Officers conducted a drug raid on a slum, keeping 2,000 children out of school. Police got into gunbattles that killed more than a dozen suspected traffickers. All this happened in early September, during the same week that the International Olympic [...]
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The decision to elect Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics was not driven by money, otherwise the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have picked Chicago, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Monday. “It is clear that the IOC in its choice has not chosen for the big money,” Rogge said, speaking [...]
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stood at the front of the delegation about to deliver Rio de Janeiro’s merits as a potential Olympic host and suddenly found himself breaking into song with his compatriots. Brazil’s tropical heart beat to the rhythm of Rio’s anthem, Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvellous City), in chilly Denmark: ‘Marvellous city, [...]
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When Rio de Janeiro announced its third bid to host the Olympic Games, chances of success seemed very slim. Problems like urban violence, chaotic traffic and pollution appeared to indicate that the Brazilian city stood little chance against major rivals from the industrialised world with a longer tradition of hosting large sports events. However, Rio [...]
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At the end, the charm of president Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and that of TV Queen Oprah Winfrey weren’t enough to convince the Olympic delegates in Copenhagen, Denmark, that Chicago should host the Olympic Games. The rhetoric and smiles of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, best-selling author Paulo Coelho and soccer legend [...]
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NOW that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil should work hard at showing the rest of the world that a developing country can successfully host the world’s greatest sporting event. The selection committee should be commended for giving this honour to South America, which [...]
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Rio de Janeiro streets and famous beaches were filled with joyous citizens at midday Friday to celebrate the selection of the city to host the 2016 Olympic Games, beating out Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid. Brazil will thus become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after the city of Rio de Janeiro was [...]
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Olympics 2016: Rio is the winner Rio de Janeiro has won the battle to host the 2016 Olympics and take the games to South America for the first time after the shock elimination of Chicago in the first round of voting today. There were celebrations on the streets of Rio this evening after the announcement [...]
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