The Rio Olympics opening ceremony started with fireworks and laser lit choreography on Friday as Brazil sought to forget seven years of troubled preparations and the Olympic movement to temporarily ...

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen, trailblazing transgender beauty Lea T and carnival dancers will show off Brazil in its multicolor glory at the Olympic opening ceremony Friday. Rio has a hard act to follow ...

Rio 2016's opening ceremony didn't have the jaw-dropping opulence of Beijing 2008, nor the cheeky pop culture references of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pele will not attend Friday's opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because of poor health, denying Brazilians a chance to celebrate their greatest sports figure. The 75-year-old ...

On Friday night, as the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio kicked off with its opening ceremony, people in New Orleans decided to take to Twitter to localize the Summer Games. The hashtag #NOLAlympics ...

Brazilian soccer great Pele says his poor health will keep him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. In a statement on Friday, Pele said: "I'm not physically ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Four years after Australia's worst Olympic pool performance in 20 years, the swimmers competing at the Rio de Janeiro Games have been told they won't be attending the opening ceremony so ...

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who memorably dressed up as the titular plumber from the Super Mario video game to promote ...

Swimmer Michael Phelps, the all-time leader in career Olympic medals with 22, will carry the United States flag for the Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, the USOC announced Wednesday. Phelps, who ...