still recognized as Municipal João Havelange Olympic Stadium. Written and reported in Rio De Janeiro by Aaron Bauer 20 Years at #1: Your best source of news about the Olympics is AroundTheRings ...

But it is known simply as Maracaná, after the name of the Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood where it is located. The stadium has been ... ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games. Home to Fluminense ...

Maracanã Stadium, which held the opening and closing ceremonies and several of the Rio Olympics' biggest events, is abandoned and plagued by looters, and Julio de Lamare Aquatic Park's warm-up ...

Colombian diva Shakira recently set the stage ablaze at the Nilson Chaves Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, marking the start of her first world tour in seven years. In front of 46,000 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The 2016 summer Olympic games begin in exactly 500 days and host city Rio de Janeiro is still in the thick of major preparations. While most of the venues look far ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A daredevil known as the "Human Cannonball" was injured during an event at the Riverside County Fair. According to Fair organizers, Chachi "Rocketman" Valencia was transported from ...

Rio de Janeiro state says it is taking over ... refurbishment ahead of the 2014 Fifa World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. The stadium has sat empty for months at a time after the Olympics.

(ATR) It’s hard to miss Japan House in Rio de Janeiro. The hospitality ... a model of the New National Stadium and other activities toward 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Detailed studies of the Gasômetro site in Rio de Janeiro led to the increase, confirming it as the stadium's future location. Club president Luiz Eduardo Baptista (Bap) announced the updated ...

Read the full story here The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout, we will be chronicling the latest news and more from our reporters in Rio and Washington.