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 ... virtually to create the ...

The Olympic flame has arrived in Switzerland, home of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), en route from Athens to Brazil where the 2016 Games will be staged. The torch was greeted by United ...

Gabriela Bhaskar for The New York Times It flickers like a fire, but the “flame” resting in the enormous cauldron comprises 40 LED spotlights and 200 misting nozzles and is tethered to what ...

The Olympic flame arrived in France at Marseille on Wednesday ... After the Covid-hit edition in Tokyo in 2021 and the corruption-tainted Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, the Paris Olympics are ...

In Lausanne, the flame was received by IOC President Thomas Bach and Rio 2016 Carlos Nuzman in a ceremony at the Olympic Museum. Swiss rower Barnabé Delarze along with seven other rowers from the ...

This year, Coca-Cola China would invite six Chinese torchbearers to have the honor of carrying the Rio Olympic flame in Brazil. To ...

Rio Olympics 2016: Britain’s Nicola Adams first woman to retain Olympic boxing title Flame extinguished & International Olympic Comittee President declares Rio Olympic Games 2016 closed Deepika ...

Torch Relay: In the lead up to the Games, Coca-Cola has been the presenting partner of the Olympic flame on its incredible 95-day journey through Brazil as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay.

Associated Press Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. | Friday, Feb. 3, 2023 12:50 p.m. MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving ...

The Olympic flame is set to arrive in the French port ... After the Covid-hit edition in Tokyo in 2021 and the corruption-tainted Rio de Janeiro version in 2016, the Paris Olympics are seen ...

(Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such ...

The AP team in Athens went above and beyond across formats to get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes operation of lighting the Olympic flame, producing excellent work for both traditional and ...