RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8 (Reuters) - A fire at the velodrome in Rio ‌de Janeiro's Olympic Park was brought under control early ‌on Wednesday, with no risk of it spreading to other parts of the complex ...

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 ...

One of the most decorated Olympic gymnasts of all time, Simone Biles is the rare athlete who reached legendary status while ...

It is time to light the Olympic Torch in a tropical country,” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it gathered in Copenhagen to select a site ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blaze which broke out at the veledrome in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park and sent smoke billowing into the sky on Wednesday, ...

Doesn’t feel like it, but it’s been nine years since the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The final Olympiad for Michael Phelps. The trifecta of Katie Ledecky. Mack Horton’s epic defeat of Sun ...

epa03642727 General view of the Joao Havelange stadium, scheduled to host the athletics competitions of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27 March 2013. The stadium was ...

Nearly two years after the Paris Olympics bronze medal dispute between Romania’s Ana Barbosu and American gymnast Jordan Chiles, the case is headed back to the CAS. After Switzerland’s Federal Supreme ...

At the Rio Olympics it was dead dogs and submerged fridges that provided unexpected speed bumps on the sailing race courses.