LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, tested ...

Dead fish float in the Tijuca lake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug 22, 2013. About 10 tons of dead fish have been discovered in the lake that sits next to the terrain where the city’s future ...

This story appears in the August 17, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. For an image to capture an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you could do worse than to choose one ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The waters where Olympians will compete in swimming and boating events next summer in South America’s first games are rife with human sewage and present a serious health risk for ...

The Olympic Games are 31 days away – and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis. Violence is on the rise, and police officers are at loggerheads with the Rio state government after claiming they’ve not been paid ...

Seth Doane is an award-winning CBS News correspondent based in Rome, Italy since 2016. Doane has covered terrorist attacks and breaking news across Europe, traveled with Pope Francis as part of his ...

Grande Rio samba school's drum queen, Paloma Bernardi, performs during the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2016. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares There was little that could stop ...

Brazil has been getting ready for the summer 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for years. The run-up to the Olympics this year is more fraught than usual. As of the beginning of March, several buildings ...

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after favourites Chicago suffered a crushing defeat. The Brazilian city will become the first South American city to host the Games after an historic vote by ...

Joao Havelange Stadium was closed due to structural problems The stadium will host track events at the 2016 Olympics Local Olympic organizers downplayed the possibility that the problem will affect ...

The countdown is on until the 2016 Olympics and Rio de Janeiro is preparing to welcome millions of people from around the world. But in order to succeed as hosts, the Brazilian city — which won the ...