Tag: Rio Games
Rio Olympics 2016: Opening ceremony celebrates Brazil to open Games
Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to...
Phelps on track as Franklin, Grevers fail to qualify for Rio
Michael Phelps took another step toward the last Olympic hurrah on Tuesday as 2012 gold medalists Missy Franklin and Matt Grevers failed to qualify...
Nadal to be Spain’s flag-bearer at Rio Games
Rafael Nadal is getting a second chance to be Spain's Olympic flag-bearer.
Four years ago, Nadal was selected to carry the Spanish flag at the...
Olympics: Flame lit for troubled Rio Games
The Olympic flame was lit Thursday in an ancient temple in one country in crisis and solemnly sent off carrying international hopes that Brazil's...
