LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles' roller-coaster campaign to host the Olympics -- an effort marked by early defeat and last-second negotiations -- reached its conclusion Wednesday when the city was formally awarded the 2028 Summer Games.

International Olympic Committee members, by a unanimous show of hands, voted their approval at a session in Lima, ...Read more

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Maracana Stadium pulsed with samba, bossa nova and forro music a year ago during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, but since then, Brazil's storied temple of soccer has barely been used.

Odebrecht, the giant construction company that helped renovate the stadium and is the majority shareholder in stadium ...Read more

After the vote that decided Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Brazilian city erupted in celebration as the government declared a state holiday and wild parties flooded Copacabana Beach.

It was a historic first for South America, which had never hosted the Olympics.

But that victory has recently been tainted by whiffs of ...Read more

Pyeongchang lies in mountainous terrain at the uppermost eastern corner of South Korea, about an hour from the border with North Korea. Normally, its proximity to the demilitarized zone, and the North beyond, would not be an issue.

But six months from now, thousands of athletes from around the world are set to gather at that remote location for...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- When asked to explain the secret of Los Angeles on the eve of the 1984 Summer Olympics, the late poet, novelist and fantasist Ray Bradbury broke it down, capturing the ingenuous advantage the city enjoyed as it was coming of age.

"L.A. is a conglomerate of small towns striving toward immensity and never making it, thank God," he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles city officials backed an agreement in January putting taxpayers on the hook for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns from the 2024 Summer Olympics, if L.A. were selected as host and unforeseen expenses arose.

Now that L.A.'s bid committee has negotiated terms with the International Olympic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- After weeks of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues.

The agreement will bring the Olympics back to Southern California for a third time, after Los ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- For several years Los Angeles city leaders have focused on winning the 2024 Summer Olympics, supporting a $5.3 billion plan to host the event seven years from now.

Those seven years might soon turn into 11, after the International Olympic Committee's recent decision to award the games to both Paris and Los Angeles, with one city ...Read more