The brand new complex of residential towers are where nearly 11,000 athletes and some 6,000 coaches and other handlers will sleep, eat and train during the upcoming games, that will kickoff on Aug 5.
Chinese swimming ace Sun Yang hopes a successful defense of his titles at next month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics will finally purge the controversies that have engulfed him in recent years.
Security forces in Rio de Janeiro have successfully completed two large-scale simulation exercises to prepare for next month's Olympic Games.
Security forces in Rio de Janeiro have successfully completed two large-scale simulation exercises to prepare for next month's Olympic Games, organizers said on Monday.
Brazil will field 462 athletes at next month's Rio Olympics, its largest ever Games squad.
The IOC on Monday promised "the toughest sanctions available" after a report found Moscow had concealed hundreds of positive doping tests in many sports ahead of the Sochi winter Games.
Despite the progress China's athletes have made on the track and in the pool, the country's Olympic delegation remains cautious about the chances of a golden haul at the Rio Olympics, citing the challenges of acclimatization and the high standard of competition.
Widespread doping and manipulation of tests by Russian athletes and officials at the Sochi Olympics, overseen by the ministry of sport, was confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday, further fuelling calls for a complete ban on the country from the Rio Games.
Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal will compete at next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after recovering from a wrist injury, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Friday.
Czech tennis stars, world No 8 Tomas Berdych and No 16 Karolina Pliskova, on Saturday joined the growing list of players pulling out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to concerns over the Zika virus.
South Africa's Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life.
Park is ready to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in August after the South Korea's Olympic committee suspended the ban on him in early July.
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