Military police in Rio de Janeiro are shooting pepper spray at demonstrators protesting austerity measures.
The IOC is backing Craig Reedie’s bid for a new three-year term as president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, despite the tensions that broke out between them...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday he will continue his efforts to implement the Paris Agreement on global warming until the day President Barack...
For the second time in a week, the Brazilian government has frozen the accounts of the state of Rio de Janeiro because of a large outstanding debt.
A year after the release of a damning report into widespread doping, Russian track and field is hopeful of a way back into the global fold.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it has selected 11 international airports in nine countries for a possible expansion of its U.S....
For outsiders, “Brazil” is a composite of specific images.
Local authorities say the partial collapse of a grotto in central Brazil has killed several people during a religious celebration and trapped others.
Germany’s prolific Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top-scorer, announced his retirement Tuesday at the age of 38.
A gospel-singing evangelical bishop with a controversial past is favored to be elected the new mayor of Rio de Janeiro Sunday
The World Anti-Doping Agency has detailed serious failings of doping control management at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, saying the system was only saved from...
Carlos Alberto, who scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history while captaining Brazil to glory in the 1970 final against Italy, has died aged 72...
Carlos Alberto Torres, the captain of Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1970 and scorer of one of the sport's most memorable goals, has died. He was 72.
The Russian husband and wife team who felt betrayed by the IOC after blowing the whistle on state-sponsored doping in their homeland are now being offered...
The evangelical leading in Rio de Janeiro's mayoral election denied a magazine report Saturday that he was arrested a quarter century ago for making armed...
Russian weightlifter Apti Aukhadov was stripped of his silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics Tuesday after testing positive for steroids in a reanalysis...
Flamengo will play Corinthians at the Maracana stadium next weekend – a home game at their home ground in their home city.
At least 25 inmates died Sunday in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, the latest episode of violence shaking the country's...
Both feeling refreshed and recharged, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray each won in straight sets Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Shanghai Masters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that therapeutic use exemptions for banned substances give an unfair advantage, and suggested athletes who...