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Lochte 'robbery' case: US swimmers pulled off flight

Brazilian police have pulled two US Olympic swimmers off a plane at Rio airport for questioning.

18/08/2016

Brazil

Day 12 in Rio and the USA and Jamaica women clinch gold in track and field

A Jamaican sprinter has once again shone on the track on Day 12 in Rio.

18/08/2016

Sport

Miller dive for 400m gold 'not part of the game plan'

Shaunae Miller produced one of the most spectacular finishes in Olympic track and field on Monday when she dived over the line to beat American Allyson Felix and win gold in the women’s 400 metres…

17/08/2016

Sport

Rio Olympics: Graffiti mural in honour of Team Refugee

Refugees competing in the Olympic Games have been honoured with a gigantic mural on Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Boulevard.

17/08/2016

Brazil

Rio Olympics: Irish IOC member arrested over illegal ticket sales

A member of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board has been arrested in Rio – in connection with a probe into illegal ticket sales.

17/08/2016

Brazil

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff appeals to the people to avoid impeachment

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff claims her threatened impeachment amounts to a coup and promises the people a referendum on early elections if she is returned to power.

17/08/2016

Sport

The Rio Olympics results, photos and reaction

Welcome to euronews’ coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro!

17/08/2016

Brazil

Celebrity chefs serve gourmet meals to Rio's homeless

Recycling Rio’s leftovers, celebrity chefs are making meals fit for a king for the less fortunate.

16/08/2016

Sport

Former FIFA boss Havelange dies aged 100

Former president of football’s world governing body Joao Havelange has died at the age of 100.

16/08/2016

Brazil

Ex-FIFA president Joao Havelange dies in Rio aged 100

The head of international football’s governing body from 1974 to 1998, Joao Havelange, has died at the age of 100 in his hometown Rio de Janeiro.

16/08/2016

Brazil

Germany's canoe slalom coach dies after car crash

Stefan Henze was travelling with a team-mate in a taxi to the athletes village in Rio early on Friday when the car crashed into a barrier.

16/08/2016

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The Olympic Boulevard of Rio

One of the massive successes of RIO 2016 has been the Olympic Boulevard, in the rejuvenated port district, which boasts an Olympic flame, live music on three stages, a hot air balloon, bungee jumping,

16/08/2016

Brazil

Brazil scales the heights of happiness winning Olympic gold in the pole vault

Brazil’s Thiago Da Silva has upset the form books by taking gold in the Olympic pole vault after clearing 6.

16/08/2016

Sport

Rio Olympics: Cavendish claims Omnium silver behind winner Viviani

Italy’s Elia Viviani recovered from a mid race crash in the final points race to win the men’s Omnium title.

16/08/2016

World

Egyptian judoka sent home from Rio Olympics

Egyptian judoka Islam el-Shahabi (in blue) has been sent home from the Rio Olympics by his national team for refusing to shake hands with an Israeli judoka.

15/08/2016

Sport

Several people injured after camera comes crashing down at Rio Olympics

An overhead television camera suspended by cables crashed to the ground in the Olympic Park on Monday.

15/08/2016

Brazil

Crisis for Rio organisers lacking funds for Paralympics

15/08/2016

Sport

Pole vaulter Isinbayeva arrives in Rio to compete in IOC commission election

Russia’s two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva arrived in Rio on Monday not to compete in the Games but to compete for a post on the 12-member International Olympic committee Athletes

15/08/2016

Sport

Olympic champion Kelmendi returns home to heroes welcome

Majlinda Kelmendi returned home to Kosovo a new national hero after winning her nation’s first ever Olympic gold medal.

15/08/2016

Brazil

Russia's only athlete cleared to compete in Olympics

Long jumper Darya Klishina will compete at the Rio Olympics after her ban from the Games was struck down by sport's highest court on the eve of the event.

15/08/2016

Sport

Usain Bolt wins a hat-trick of 100 metres Olympic titles

Usain Bolt wrote another chapter in his remarkable Olympic story by winning the 100m final for a record third straight summer Games.

15/08/2016

World

Rio Olympics: Great, Great Britain enjoy day nine gold rush

Jemima Jelagat Sumgong became Kenya’s first ever winner of the Olympic women’s marathon race.

15/08/2016

Brazil

Rio remembers Munich Olympics terror victims

Israel had called for a commemoration for its athletes killed at the 1972 Olympics at each Games opening ceremony.

15/08/2016

Brazil

Farah's fall, Phelps' retirement and Lochte's robbery nightmare

Mo Farah cemented his place in British track and field history after becoming the first GB athlete to win three Olympic gold medals.

14/08/2016

Brazil

Olympic angst in Rio favela

During the Olympics opening ceremony, Brazil paid tribute to its favelas.

13/08/2016

Brazil

Three athletes record first positive tests of Rio Olympics

13/08/2016