In 2018 the number of persons with disabilities in employment was 49 per cent higher than it was in 2009 when Rio won the right to stage the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 featured 22 ...

As the 2016 Rio Olympics comes to a close, it is a good time to remember the beauty of a truly global offline event. Jenni Ryall is Mashable's VP of Content Strategy. She spends her time launching ...

The city of Rio de Janeiro will soon be home to the Olympic Games in August 2016. But there is a darker side to the glitz and glamour of this year’s host nation. Of the 56,000 homicides in Brazil ...

"I hope to get it tomorrow" - Shericka Jackson aims at shattering Florence Griffith Joyner's world record at Brussels Diamond League 2023 Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig & husband Nathan ...

(ATR) Organizers for the Rio 2016 Olympics say that athletes, officials, and tourists should feel safe coming to Brazil for the Games. As international scrutiny continues to be applied to the ...

Yesterday we posted a story on the furore surrounding the logo for the Rio 2016 Olympics, which was unveiled on New Year’s Eve. Today we take a closer look at the work itself. Yesterday we posted a ...

In seeking to host the Summer Olympics, Brazil promised “green games for a blue planet.” It pledged to clean up waterways around future Olympic sites, including a lagoon in front of the ...

Wrestling will be fighting to prove its relevance in Rio after battling back from the brink of Olympic extinction. One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every ...

Sandeep Tomar will be one of the star athletes in action on Day 14 of Rio Olympics 2016. Catch all live updates here. India did much worse than what was expected at Rio Olympics 2016 As today is ...