Olympics Opening Ceremony

Rio 2016: Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to boycott Olympics opening ceremony

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor and left-wing ally Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will boycott the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics, officials have said.

Queen's corgi from Olympic Games '007' film dies

One of the Queen's corgis, which greeted Daniel Craig in a Bond sketch filmed for the curtain-raiser to the 2012 London Olympics, has died, the Buckingham Palace said.

Over 900 mn people watch Olympic opening ceremony

The International Olympic Committee estimates that almost 900 million people watched at least part of the London Games opening ceremony on television.

First Person: The thrill of being part of the Olympics opening

Dhruv Ruparara played one of the more prominent roles in Danny Boyle's epic opening ceremony. Here, he describes the experience in his own words.