With its stunning peaks, beaches and city skyline, Rio de Janiero should provide the perfect setting for Olympic sailing. But with just days left until the Games start, studies have found the waters ...

If you've been paying attention to the promotional materials for the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you might have noticed two lovable guys dancing around in celebration of the ...

With a record number of condoms allocated and air-conditioners in every bedroom, Rio’s athletes village starts welcoming Olympians on Sunday. The new apartment towers built to house 11,000 athletes ...

Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio, reclines in his chair in a vast conference room on the 13th floor of City Hall, and exhales. The cascade of negative news that has recently hit the Olympic city—rising ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16: Simone Biles (L) and Alexandra Raisman (R) of the United States pose for photographs after winning the gold and silver medals respectively after competing on the ...

Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability. Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics ...

Aly Raisman, captain of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team, explains why the balance beam is the scariest event and demonstrates some of the trickiest skills in her routine. Photo: Getty Rio de ...

Breaking tradition, the Rio Olympics this summer will feature 13 artist-designed posters instead of one. “It’s really hard for us in Brazil to choose one artist to represent the Olympic Games, or ...

A Brazilian bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been banned for two years for missing doping controls.

A Brazilian judge has ordered the closure of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park from today on safety grounds. The complex includes the abandoned site of the pool in which we witnessed the last stand of ...

Since the modern Olympics began in 1896, over 200 national teams have vied for glory at the Summer and Winter Games. In 2016, for the first time, a team of refugees competed as well. At the 2016 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. If the entire medal was made of gold it would be valued at nearly $22,000, which is why 1912 was the last time all-gold medals ...