
More Troubles for Rio Olympics: Track Stadium Goes Dark Over Unpaid Electric Bill
The trouble signs for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, mount.

The trouble signs for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, mount.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest as tens of thousands of people flood into Europe in search of a new life.

“Out there, there ain’t no black and white, there’s only fast and slow. Nothing matter – not color, not money, not even hate.”

The Los Angeles City Council gave the green light on Tuesday to a proposal that will allow L.A. to join Rome, Paris, Hamburg, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary as a contender for the 2024 Olympics. Moments after the 15-0 vote went

RIO DE JANEIRO — Athletes competing in next year’s Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated Press

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who had previously supported the idea of hosting the 2024 Olympics, has gone cold on the idea, concerned that the city will be left on the hook for cost overruns.

TOKYO (AP) — When the dust settles on the marquee venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, it could well be the most expensive sports stadium in the world.

Less than a year into a five-year sentence for culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend, South African runner and double amputee Oscar Pistorius has been recommended for parole and may be released as soon as August, reports say.

Wheaties boxes featuring Bruce Jenner following his 1976 Olympic triumph are being auctioned off on eBay just days after a highly anticipated interview with Diane Sawyer aired, in which he ended months of speculation by confirming he is transitioning to female.

A new poll of Bostonians finds that residents are turning against the city’s bid to secure the 2024 Summer Olympics with over 50 percent opposing the idea.

The NFL looks south—as in the Southern Hemisphere—to move ratings north for the Pro Bowl.

The Brazilian government is preparing to thwart attempts by the Islamic State to recruit young Brazilian citizens to orchestrate “lone wolf” attacks in the Latin American nation, particularly during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.

After months of rumors that former Olympian Bruce Jenner is looking to transition into a woman, the reality TV star has reportedly informed family members that he has known he was meant to be a woman since he was five years old, reports TMZ.

Long before reality television, Bruce Jenner was an American icon after his performance at the 1976 summer Olympics catapulted him to superstardom. Now, the former AP Male Athlete of the Year is reportedly ready to officially announce he is transitioning into a woman.

BOSTON — After 30 years of disastrous multi-billion-dollar public construction disasters, cost overruns, and scandals, it appears that a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston may be the last straw for overtaxed voters in the deep-blue state of Massachusetts

When World Cup skiing star Lindsey Vonn flew across the finish line breaking a 35-year-old record on Monday, she had support from the sidelines from another champion: Tiger Woods.

Ronnie Berlack, 20, and Bryce Astle, 19, both died in an avalanche near the Rettenbach glacier in the mountains over Soelden, the site of the annual season-opening World Cup races.

According to Vegas and online odds-makers, Los Angeles is heavily favored to be selected by the U.S. Olympic Organizing Committee to represent the U.S. bid for the for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The bottom line is that L.A. has the facilities, Hollywood, and weather that make for the secret sauce of profitability for international events.