The Latest Breaking News from Rio de Janeiro

Ukrainian sprint canoeist Yuriy Cheban is his nation's most decorated male Olympian, having won gold in both London and Rio de Janeiro, and now the 36-year-old is auctioning off those medals

A key welterweight matchup is in the works for UFC 283.

Boxing is set to be removed from the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after a review into the 2016 Games, hosted in Rio de Janeiro, found evidence of corruption and bribery

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday held rallies to call for an armed forces intervention following the election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that military experts say is out of the question.

Jose Alves Simao, 82, was tragically killed when his hand became trapped in a train door at a metro station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he was dragged along the platform

After casting his vote for in Brazil’s presidential election in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was hoisting a silver trophy into the air alongside newly crowned soccer champions

Brazil's heated presidential race has tightened ahead of a Sunday vote, several opinion surveys showed on Saturday, with right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro eroding a slight advantage for leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in most polls.

Over the last four years, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has made steep budget cuts to Brazil’s public universities. In the run-up to the second and final round of presidential elections, his government announced a new freeze on funds, angering students anew. The fields of education, culture and environmental studies have…

In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…