2016-olympics - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

More Than Two Years After The Games, Rio's Olympic Debt Keeps RisingJust because the Olympics are long over doesn’t mean that we’re done with the fallout from the Rio de Janeiro Games. According to a report from Brazil, the debt incurred by the local organizing committee has dramatically increased to more than three times the original estimate. In December 2016, the...

Where Does The IOC's Money Go?It’s impossible to avoid money at the Olympics. It’s everywhere: sponsorships, advertising, and evidence of broadcasting rights abound. While it’s well known by this point that host cities and countries typically incur high costs to put on the games, they’re not the ones reaping the major financial ...

Report: Brazil Appellate Court Dismisses Charges Against Ryan LochteJust about 11 months after the bizarre late-night confrontation that led to Ryan Lochte being charged in Rio with falsely communicating a crime to authorities, an appellate court in Brazil has reportedly dismissed all charges against the gold-medal beefcake....

8 Months Later, The Rio Olympics Keep Finding New Ways Of Falling Apart

The Rio Olympics, which started with an “uninhabitable” athletes’ village and continued on with a creeping green death in the diving and water polo venues, are finding new ways to suck months after the closing ceremony as athletes are finding their hard-won medals are falling apart....

Electricity Turned Off At Rio's Maracanã Stadium After Olympic Organizers Can't Pay Bill<em></em>

Two weeks ago we wrote about the decaying state of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic facilities and noted that the Maracanã stadium, despite missing seats and dealing with a mold problem, was still hosting club soccer. The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, and it’s one of the most famous st...

Let's Check In On Rio De Janeiro, Which Hosted The Olympics Five Months Ago

Even before the 2016 Olympics kicked off in August, the state of Rio de Janeiro had declared a “state of public calamity in financial administration.” Five months later, things aren’t any better....

Report: Kenya's Olympic Team Was Torpedoed By Their Own Comically Corrupt Officials<em></em>

Kenya finished the Rio Olympics with 13 track and field medals, second only to the United States who finished with 32. That’s a gulf, not a gap, but after reading details about how thoroughly the team was sold up the river by their own Olympic committee, I’m impressed that Kenya managed that many....

Irish Olympic Boxer Bet On Himself To Lose, Won

That fellow up there in the blue is Irish welterweight Steven Donnelly, after his round-of-16 win at the Rio Olympics. Looks happy, doesn’t he? No matter how the bout went, he couldn’t lose....