Rio 2016

A judge in Rio de Janeiro has ruled that construction on the golf course that will be used during the Brazilian city’s hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games can continue after rejecting an appeal from prosecutors to halt the project.

Rio 2016 has conceded it will not meet its original pledge to reduce pollution at the controversial Guanabara Bay sailing venue in time for next summer’s Olympic Games.

The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has unveiled details of its test event calendar, with 44 competitions set to take place between July and May 2016.

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has included Manaus in a confirmed list of cities that will host football games during the 2016 summer Olympic Games.

The designer of the golf course for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games says the facility will be ready for the start of the multi-sport event after signing off on the project.

Rio 2016 has added Manaus to its list of cities that could host football matches alongside Rio de Janeiro during next year’s summer Olympic Games.

General Fernando Azevedo e Silva, who leads the Olympic Public Authority (APO) for the Rio 2016 Games, has stepped down from his post.

Contracts for a quarter of the infrastructure projects required for the staging of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have yet to be awarded, according to a new report from the Olympic Public Authority (APO).

Organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have dismissed state government declarations that it will miss its clean-up targets for the event’s sailing and wind surfing venue.

Rio de Janeiro will not meet its targets on clearing up pollution from the Guanabara Bay venue ahead of its hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games, according to newly-appointed state environment secretary Andre Correa.

Hanse Golf Design has said the troubled project to develop the course for the sport’s return to the Olympic Games at Rio 2016 has finally been completed.

Rio 2016 has announced a new venue for its road cycling time trial event, while Olympic Games organisers are investigating the option of adding additional 2014 Fifa World Cup stadia for the Games’ football competition.

Eduardo Paes, the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, has said that local organisers of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are “completely open” to financial audits.

Organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have responded to criticism of their accounting methods made by Brazil’s federal auditor in a report released yesterday (Monday).

The council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (Asoif) has hailed “considerable progress” in preparations for the 2016 summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A judge in Rio de Janeiro has rejected a request from state prosecutors to halt construction work on the new golf course being developed for the city’s hosting of the 2016 summer Olympic Games, allaying fears that the venue would not meet the deadline to stage an official test event.