The 2016 Olympics will begin at Estadio do Maracanã — or Maracanã Stadium — with the opening ceremony kicking off on Aug. 5. The stadium is a hub for events in Rio de Janeiro, from sports to ...

Maximo became a successful sports writer, and the Maracana became an arena for many of Brazil's great events, including the opening of the 2016 Olympics and a 1980 performance by Frank Sinatra in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 05: Fireworks explode over the Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio 2016 will ...

The pitch of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where its turf is dry and worn. The iconic stadium hosted the 2016 Olympic Games, but six months later a series of legal battles and ...

The Maracana in 2021 is modern, ... The roof, a masterpiece of our architecture, was destroyed, to the extent that it’s now hard to differentiate the Maracana from the Olympic stadium in Kyiv.