By Jack Whibley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With all the FIFA football (soccer) developments happening, one might forget that on August 5, 2016 the Games of the 31st Olympiad will begin in Rio. Some 10,500 athletes will compete in 28 sports, in 35 venues spread across four Olympic Zones: the Barra Zone, [...]
By Samindra Kunti, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As Rio continues to develop and implement its transportation plan of BRT (Rapid Bus Transit) in a bid to better its infrastructure prior to hosting the 2016 Olympics, some reports of poor services and a series of deadly accidents have continued to raise questions about [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rugby is a sport on the rise in Brazil, especially in Rio as in 2016 Rugby Sevens – the faster version of the sport – will compete in Olympic Games for the first time. The Rio Rugby Club has been doing its part in [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Monday, March 11th, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Games, Nawal El Moutawakel, visited the new Rio 2016 headquarters accompanied by the President of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the Rio 2016 Olympic and [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Organizing Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games has revealed its plans for “ambitious hiring goals” in the coming year, with at least 224 positions for professionals to be advertised in 2013. By 2016, it is expected the committee will directly employ [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Planning for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has progressed smoothly until recently, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) encountered their first hiccup. Choosing the building firm responsible for constructing the new Radical Park – to be built in Deodoro – has been delayed until February [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) began their debriefing of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Rio starting this past Saturday, November 17th in Barra da Tijuca. The aim of the event is to pass on wisdom from the previous host to the next, with [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio mayor Eduardo Paes has caused a stir with controversial plans for the new 2016 Olympic golf course set to be built in Barra da Tijuca. Paes’ ambitious plan would see part of an area of preservation swallowed up to make way for the [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio’s world-famous Maracanã Stadium is entering the final stages of its long-awaited reconstruction, with some parts already verging on completion, and should be ready by February 2013, according to Globo News. Engineers say work is continuing to progress on schedule and according to plan, and [...]
By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Monday the Olympic flag arrives in Brazil and Brazilian musicians have come together to create an anthem for the occasion. The song titled “Os Deuses do Olimpo Visitam o Rio de Janeiro” (The Olympian Gods Visit Rio de Janeiro) will be Rio’s theme tune [...]
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