Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement from professional cycling on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a career that saw him become one of Britain's greatest sportsmen. The 36-year-old became...
He was on vacation in Rio and was expected to return to Brasilia Greece's ambassador to Brazil has been missing for three days, Rio de Janeiro state police said on Thursday. Ambassador Kyriakos...
Petra Kvitova will be unable to play tennis for at least six months after undergoing surgery on "severe" hand injuries sustained in a knife attack, the player's PR manager has told CNN. But it is...
All funds raised from the match will go to the Brazilian outfit, who tragically lost players, backroom staff and directors during a plane crash last month The proposed friendly between Brazil and...
The Brazilian Senate has approved a controversial amendment to the constitution capping public spending for the next 20 years. The approval of the austerity measure is an important victory for...
Tributes have been paid to the Chapecoense players who died in a plane crash in Colombia on the final day of the Brazilian football season. The LaMia plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Medellin,...
The helicopter was giving support to police against gangs in the Favela Four police officers have died after their helicopter crashed over Rio de Janeiro's notorious City of God favela. In dramatic...
Dozens of protesters demanding a military coup have forced their way into Brazil’s lower chamber of Congress in the capital, Brasilia. At least 40 demonstrators scuffled with guards and took over...
Brazil has been banned from international basketball tournaments for "serious" rule breaches, the sport's world governing body FIBA said on Monday. In a statement, FIBA said the Brazilian Basketball...
A Brazilian evangelical pastor, Marcelo Crivella, has been elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro in the second round of municipal elections. He won easily, beating left-wing candidate Marcelo Freixo by a...
Brazil legend Carlos Alberto, the captain of the 1970 World Cup-winning side, has died aged 72. He scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history in the 1970 final against Italy, rounding off...
The International Olympic Committee should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, say children's rights groups. "Indiscriminate use of force" was used by the police in...
From Rio to Rio with Kyoto, Copenhagen and Durban in between Paris right after and the recent China's G-20, the conclusion remains the same: There is fundamental disagreement on the realities of this...
Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the 2016 Paralympic Games opened in Rio de Janeiro to a backdrop of colour, music and a powerful message of inclusivity. Thousands of performers were...
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Brazil to demonstrate against the government. Organisers said 50,000 people - a record number - turned out in Sao Paulo alone for a seventh...
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Red-hot favourite Eliud Kipchoge stormed to a runaway gold medal in a wet men's marathon on Sunday, the final day of competition at the Rio Olympics. The Kenyan broke away at...
A Moroccan boxer has been arrested by Brazilian police over allegations of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic village.
Hassan Saada, 22, was held on suspicion of...
Sprinter Flings Owusu-Agyapong, will carry the Ghana flag during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games which starts on Friday, August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Ghana Olympic Committee...
A Zika case in France has led scientists to raise the possibility that the virus could be transmitted by oral sex and perhaps even kissing.
In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine calling...
