Rio authorities powerless to halt Neymar party

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Neymar Jr/Instagram Neymar has been asked to appear before Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors 'urgently' to give a statement regarding reports he is holding a five-day......

Grieving Brazilian town receives bodies of soccer crash victims

IMAGE: Relatives of players of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team cry before a ceremony mourning the victims at Arena Conda stadium in Chapeco, Brazil, on Friday. Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters......

US embarrassed! Says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

‘There was no robbery as the swimmers described it’ ‘We apologize to our hosts in Rio and the people of Brazil for this distracting ordeal’ IMAGE: US swimmers Jack Conger......

Gay athletes at Rio Games bring hope to LGBT cause in Brazil

IMAGE: Rugby player Isadora Cerullo (BRA) of Brazil kisses Marjorie, a volunteer, after receiving her wedding proposal on the sidelines of the women's rugby medal ceremony at the Rio Games on......

What's the easiest thing to win at Rio Olympics?

- Rio can still pull off a dazzling Games, but organizers are scrambling to sell some 1.7 million tickets, or 28 percent of the scaled-back total made available for sale. That is a bigger overhang......