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Olympians officially terrified of green 'fart-smelling' water
There's something in the water in Rio — and it's getting worse. The Olympic diving pool was closed Friday morning as the water continues to be a disturbing, murky shade of...
Rio's filthy waters claim their first Olympic victim
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Belgian woman who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics has become sick after racing on polluted Guanabara Bay, the first sailor to fall...
Rio was finally ready -- and then the stadium gates were locked
Olympic soccer kicked off Wednesday in stadiums across Brazil, but one locked gate at the Maracana kept fans from getting to their seats before a morning women's match between Sweden...
Gisele Bündchen will be 'assaulted' in Olympics Opening Ceremony
As if the Rio Olympics needed another controversy. Sunday’s dress rehearsal for the Opening Ceremony reportedly included Gisele Bündchen, Brazil’s most famous supermodel and wife of Tom Brady, playing the...
Rio Olympics venues are literally pools of viruses
RIO DE JANEIRO — Just days ahead of the Olympic Games, the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous...
Brazilian cocaine bags have Olympic logo (and a warning for kids)
https://twitter.com/alexcuadros/status/757940078442315776 In yet another ominous sign from Rio before the Olympics kick off on Aug. 5, police confiscated over a hundred bags of cocaine Tuesday in what would have been a...
Kidnappers hold F1 boss' mother-in-law for $36M ransom in Brazil: report
A magazine in Brazil is reporting that Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law was kidnapped in Sao Paolo on Friday and is currently being held for a ransom of about...
Rio nightmare begins: Athlete says he was kidnapped by police
The Olympic Games have yet to begin and already Rio is making those who dropped out over Zika and safety concerns look brilliant. As athletes willing to risk it make...
Rio de Janeiro governor warns Olympics could be doomed
RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro's acting governor warned Monday that the Olympic Games could be a "big failure" because of budget shortfalls that threaten to compromise security and...
Rio has no way to test for doping at Olympics
MONTREAL — Just weeks before the Olympic Games open in Rio de Janeiro, the city's accredited anti-doping laboratory has been stopped from conducting tests. The World Anti-Doping Agency said Friday...
Jaguar shot dead moments after running in Olympic torch relay
A jaguar used in an Olympic torch relay ceremony was shot to death by the Brazilian army after it escaped from its leash and approached a soldier, military officials said....
Brazil's defense minister: Olympics are huge security risk
Brazil's own interim defense minister has ripped the security preparations for the Rio Olympics, which begin in less than three months. "There's been a lack of federal attention up until...
3 months before Olympics, Brazil is tearing itself apart
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's Senate voted Thursday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff after a months-long fight that laid raw the country's fury over corruption and economic decay, hurling Latin America's...
Postpone the Olympics to save Zika babies: public health expert
LONDON — With the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro less than three months away, a Canadian professor has called for the Olympics to be postponed or moved because of...
Brazil soccer great: It's too dangerous to attend Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil soccer great Rivaldo is telling tourists to stay away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro because of the danger of endemic violence. Rivaldo posted...