Britain felt like a rather tired and battered place in the first half of 2012. The global financial crisis had hit the U.K. economy hard, and the government had implemented deep and broad cuts in ...

Team USA's Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, Dana Vollmer and Katie Ledecky pose together after winning silver in the Women's 400m Freestyle Relay on Aug. 6, 2016 at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Rio de ...

From the front steps of Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theater, the ballet company danced, and opera singers belted out the strident "Carmina Burana." It was last month, and the show was an artistic ...

Fireworks explode above the Maracana Stadium at the end of the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 21, 2016. Getty Images A man walks with a Brazilian flag in ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Most Brazilian players were already back in the locker room when Neymar rushed across the field at Maracanã Stadium to celebrate with the fans. Shirtless, Neymar raised his arms ...

Goodbye, for now! The 2016 Rio Olympics ended on Sunday, August 21, just the way they began — with a bang. Athletes from across the world gathered for the closing ceremony, wearing their new medals ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Seven athletes from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including one bronze medalist, tested positive for doping in fresh analysis of their samples, the International ...

According to the Rio 2016 energy figures, published by the Center on Global Energy Policy from Columbia University in New York, approximately 29.5 GW of energy were required to power the event. Events ...

Premiere athletes from around the world descended on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games during two weeks in August, competing for gold and glory on behalf of their countries. Global ...

A Brazilian judge has ordered the closure of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park from today on safety grounds. The complex includes the abandoned site of the pool in which we witnessed the last stand of ...

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro ended Sunday night with closing ceremonies. American athletes did well in the games, though the ban of many Russian athletes hung over competition. The 2016 ...