The organising committee for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has launched a tender to recruit a company that will be responsible for delivering the opening and closing ceremonies at the Games.
The organising committee for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has added Carlos Villanova and Henrique Gonzalez to its board of directors.
Bradesco, the second largest bank in Brazil, has agreed a deal to become the first domestic sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Leonardo Gryner has been promoted to general director of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Organizing Committee, from his former position within the organisation as communications and marketing director.
Rio de Janeiro will be unable to build the infrastructure required to host the 2016 Olympics if a proposed redistribution of Brazil's oil wealth goes ahead, the head of the city's Olympics organising committee has said.
The International Olympic Committee is more interested in “why” a city wants to host an Olympic Games rather than “how” they are able to do it, according to IOC member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr.
Brazilian minister of justice Tarso Genro said that Rio will receive a total of 131.8 million reais ($75.8 million) to make the city safer for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Brazil's president has offered Rio de Janeiro $58.3 million, and the assistance of the federal police force, to help tackle gang violence, which killed 17 in incidents over the weekend.
Golf and rugby sevens will both be on the programme for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympic Games, after winning the approval of the International Olympic Committee in a vote today.
The 2016 Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro the International Olympic Committee announced after a bidding race that IMG’s David Abrutyn says was the closest in history.
