Rio 2016

— May 14, 2014

“The only plan B: help Brazil succeed in its Games”

The next few months promise to be busy for Patrick Hickey. The Irish leader, member of the IOC Executive Board, must supervise the preparation of the Rio Games, under... Read more "

— May 13, 2014

Another plan B

After the London rumor, the Moscow news. According to an “internal source at the IOC”, cited by the site ria.ru, the Olympic institution would also consider moving the 2016 Games to Moscow... Read more "

— May 11, 2014

Plan B rumor

Info or intox? According to several titles in the British press, including the Evening Standard, the IOC has approached the leaders of English sport to consider the possibility of moving to... Read more "

— May 9, 2014

Felli puts forward his figures

Gilbert Felli, the executive director of the IOC, admitted: the construction work on the Deodoro Complex in Rio de Janeiro, where seven sports of the Olympic Games are to take place... Read more "

— May 7, 2014

528 cyclists in Rio

The IOC and the UCI have agreed on the qualification systems and quotas for cycling at the Rio Games in 2016. A total of 528 athletes (325... Read more "

— May 7, 2014

“We will be able to unite the African continent”

Sam Ramsamy is not only one of the oldest and most influential members of the IOC. The South African is also the first activist for a South African candidacy for... Read more "

— May 2, 2014

After Rio, the IOC will choose another game

Will there be a before and after Rio 2016 in the Olympic movement? 826 days before the opening ceremony of the next Summer Games, the answer is clearly moving towards... Read more "

— April 30, 2014

The IOC calms things down

The very alarmist declarations of the Australian John Coates on the preparation of the Rio Games did not leave the IOC indifferent. The Olympic institution tried to downplay the remarks... Read more "

— April 29, 2014

Coates is very worried

The situation in Rio de Janeiro, just over two years before the Games, is increasingly worrying Australian John Coates. The IOC vice-president believes that... Read more "

— April 18, 2014

End of the strike

The strike movement which blocked work on the Olympic park in Rio de Janeiro ended on Thursday April 17, after two weeks of conflict. The 2500 workers... Read more "