Of course, there’s already drama surrounding the massive worldwide sporting event’s host city along with a Russian doping scandal, but that hasn’t quashed our excitement to see elite athletes from across the globe attempt to earn medals in a variety of sports including swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball and cycling.
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There are more than 100 official stores across Brazil selling more than 5,000 official products, including board games, mugs, watches, Lego and even an official wine. Here are the basics.
The men’s competition begins on Thursday, with eight games, including Brazil against South Africa and holders Mexico versus Germany.
Amnesty International’s report comes as the city of Rio de Janeiro said it would increase its deployed police force from 10,400 to almost 14,000 by suspending vacations and special leave during the Olympic Games, a surge of more than 30 percent. This is the third consecutive Games in which NBC Olympics and Facebook have collaborated, although it’s the first time the partnership also includes Facebook-owned Instagram.
Spearheaded by 35 Olympic champions, the 411-strong Chinese squad will enter 210 events over 26 sports at the Games which open on August 5.
The Olympic flame is now in Rio, ready for the lighting of the cauldron on Friday.
NBC is home base for everything Olympics – that’s where you’ll find both the opening and closing ceremonies and coverage of the most popular sports. Some of the NBC networks will also target specific events, with tennis primarily being aired on Bravo and golf events moving to the Golf Channel. The bad news is that in order to access any significant portion of it, you’ll need a cable subscription.
Here’s how it works: Either visit NBCOlympics.com on your computer, or download the NBC Sports app on your mobile device, streaming player, or smart TV.
The network will also air daytime events from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. with host Al Michaels as well as late nights from 12:35 a.m.to 1:35 a.m., with host Ryan Seacrest, followed by taped replays of the day’s action scheduled to stretch nearly until dawn.
“Just so you guys don’t beat me to death if I come back”, he went on.
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Meanwhile, swimming superstar Michael Phelps will carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony, the US Olympic Committee said yesterday. While the athletes left on Wednesday, the wrestling team will join even later. We’re already having fun hearing from gymnastic superstar Simone Biles through various social media channels.
