Rio de Janeiro

The official countdown to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games, with organis(...)

Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff lost a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and is almost certain to be forced(...)

The Czech Republic is set to change is name to “Czechia” in an effort to achieve greater recognition on the global stage. The Czechs, pushed and pu(...)

A committee of Brazil’s lower house of Congress has voted to recommend the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, who faces charges of breaking budg(...)

Kenya will beat a May deadline to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and avoid sanctions that could include a ban from the Rio Olymp(...)

Is there an attempted coup under way in Brazil? Embattled president Dilma Rousseff thinks so. Presidential ceremonies are now noisy rallies in which (...)

April 1st is a serious day for Irish rowing. The top Ireland crews fly to Italy at the start of an international season which will spin out all the wa(...)

Tuesday’s tragic loss of a Germanwings Airbus A320 is the first crash of a European airliner since June 2009, when Air France Flight 447 crashed into (...)

The first week of this World Cup has seen events on and off the pitch conspire together for the perfect start.On the field the football has been attac(...)