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Articles on 2016 Rio Olympics
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Why we should stop panicking about whether the Olympic venues will be ready and start thinking about the long-term impacts of construction.
Rinsing your mouth with a sports drink and then spitting it out can improve performance.
There are benefits to hosting the Olympics - but when it comes to culture, there’s no mega-event like Carnival.
The IOC’s changes to transgender policy is useful, but the situation is still complicated.
Navigating a major metropolis with a disability is tough, but the Paralympics give us the chance to make it work.
Residents of Rio’s favelas are facing forced evictions – but they’re not moving out without a fight.
Hosting a mega-event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - and now some cities are starting to say ‘no’.
Mega sports event promoters use the term ‘legacy’ extensively to justify the amount of – mostly public – money involved in the bid and execution of such events.
Australia has struggled to win Olympic medals after the success in Sydney in 2000. But there’s hope that may change as we head towards the Rio games in 2016.
Eight sports have presented their case for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But it was tenpin bowling’s application that generated the most debate in the media and the wider public.
Rio 2016 promised much, but with just one year to go Brazilians are still waiting for it to deliver…
The mascots for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics and Paralympics have been announced. The yellow chap above is the Olympic mascot, apparently an amalgam of all Brazilian animals, which surprisingly only…
As the BRICS Summit meets hot on the heels of the FIFA World Cup, also in Brazil, a remarkable trend is apparent. Most of the major global sports events such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games are…
The World Cup has come to an end and what a mixed bag it was for Brazil. Central to Brazil’s desire to host the World Cup was the opportunity to showcase their economic achievements to the world and enhance…
The World Cup has highlighted Brazil’s dissatisfaction with the mega-development involved in building the tournament’s infrastructure. But the football stadiums are just the latest in a long line of Brazilian…
The 2014 Brazil World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are becoming a running story, and not in the way organisers might like. We have seen news about public riots, lack of preparation, low quality infrastructure…
It’s only been a week since the London Olympics drew to a close and already athletes are starting to focus on Rio 2016. Of course, for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it’s not four years until…
With the London Games fading into memory it’s time now for us to focus on Rio 2016. One of the questions on many people’s lips is one of whether Australia will do better on the medal tally in Rio than…
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