Luiz Fernando Corrêa is leaving the Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has been informed by its Security director, Luiz Fernando Correa, that the Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed a complaint requesting public legal action regarding his past administration as the national secretary of Public Security.
After presenting his defence case, prepared by the Federal Attorney General’s Office, and confident on a favourable ruling, Correa aims to seek compensation for image, moral and...
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The person responsible for the products that will boast the Rio 2016™ emblems speaks about challenges and strategies
Rio 2016™ will not only be in the hearts and minds of Brazilians. It will be everywhere, on clothes, cars, bed linen and table accessories, on the walls of homes, workplaces, schools and wherever your imagination takes you. To spread the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games brand across Brazil and to make the experience of the greatest sports event on Earth tangible is the challenge of Sylmara Multini, General Manager of Licensing, Retail and Concessions of theRio 2016™ Organising...
Learn moreThe central stage of carioca carnival will be one of the Olympic and Paralympic Venues in 2016
The new Sambódromo, which was reopened this Sunday, is the venue where the marathon arrival and the Archery competitions will take place during the Rio2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games. Watch the two-minute video showing a nine-month construction works that have transformed one of the greatest postcards of Rio de Janeiro.
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Licensed official products are estimated to generate around $750m USD in revenues for local businesses
The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games today launched the Games Licensing Programme during the 1st Rio 2016™ Licensing Meeting at Rio de Janeiro’s Modern Art Museum (MAM).
A total of 150 companies from several sectors (such as clothing manufacturers, toys, school supplies and apparel, and retail), interested in becoming licensees for manufacturing and selling official products of the Games, attended the event.
In addition to bringing in part...
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The Sambodromo, stage of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival, will host the Archery events as well as the Marathon’s start and finish
Approximately 1,000 athletes and Carnival revellers on Sunday, February 12, took part in a 5.5km race that marked the reopening of the Sambodromo, stage of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival’s samba school parades and venue for the Archery events at the Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the start and finish lines for the Olympic Marathon.
The 35 million Brazilian reals (around $20 million USD) renovation of the Sambodromo was completed as scheduled by Rio de Janeiro’s city...
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Fernando Cotrim presented to the market the planning of the Rio 2016™ Organising Committee Supply Chain, aligned with the market’s best practices
The new role of the Supply Chain area in companies and the alignment of the Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was the theme of the presentation of Fernando Cotrim, Head of the Procurement Area, at the 13th Purchasing and Supply Chain Congress from the Institute for International Research held in São Paulo on 7-9 February.
The event gathered managers of the Supply Chainareas of big national and international companies and addressed the sector...
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The legendary architect projected one of Rio de Janeiro’s most famous tourist attractions three decades ago
The new Sambódromo, stage of Archery and the finish line of the Rio 2016™ Marathon, to be inaugurated this Sunday 12, had an illustrious guest last Wednesday. The legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer, responsible for the original project in the 80s, was hosted by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, to walk along part of the “Samba Passageway” and see the refurbishment works which are about to be completed.
Niemeyer, 104 years old, could see the realisation of its initial proposal...
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The carmaker is now the Games’ fifth tier one partner and the sixth domestic sponsor overall
The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced that Nissan has become the automotive sponsor of the Rio 2016™ Olympic Games. The carmaker is now the Games’ fifth tier one partner and the sixth domestic sponsor overall.
Nissan’s winning bid delivered a total value in excess of the requirements from Rio 2016™ for the category. “I am very happy with this historical achievement. This partnership demonstrates the value of the Rio 2016™ brand and the...
Learn moreMade during an overflight, the video shows the evolution of the construction works of the future corridor for articulated buses that will connect Barra with Tom Jobim International Airport
Watch the following video and check out the evolution of Transcarioca BRT construction works between January, 2011 and January, 2012. Important parts of the route, such as the cable-stayed bridge in Ayrton Senna and the underground passageway of Alvorada and Campinho, had significant progress during the last year.
The corridor for articulated buses...
Learn moreThe winner will be disclosed in March, when the IOC will come to Rio de Janeiro
The Rio 2016™ Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has completed the interview stage of the phase three in the international contest for the selection of the Rio 2016™ Olympic Games golf course design.
Rio 2016™ was extremely pleased with the high quality of the eight proposals submitted.
The contest winner and the design will be announced in March upon the visit of the International Olympic Committee to Rio de Janeiro for the fifth Rio 2016™ project review...
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