A FORMER Olympic swimmer has posted a chilling image on social media as he was robbed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Evgeny Korotyshkin uploaded a picture of two young boys he met on the street who asked him for money. But these two young lads – who can’t be more than 12 or 13 […]
A RIO soldier was shot in the head by machine gun-wielding drug barons as he protected the Olympics – just for driving down the wrong street. Helio Vieira was gunned down after driving down the wrong street and entering a crime-infested favela. At least two more soldiers were wounded in a hail of bullets as their heavily-armoured truck […]
SASKIA CLARK and Hannah Mills have already experienced everything that Rio can throw at them from sailing in polluted waters to being robbed at knifepoint. But after being forced to settle for silver in the 470 class at London 2012 they are determined to go for gold this time around. For Clark, 36, it will also […]
CRIME-plagued Brazil is heading for the most shambolic Olympic Games in history, a Sun investigation can reveal. Rotting corpses have been spotted floating at the rat-infested sailing and wind-surfing venue as officials try to clean it up before the opening ceremony a week today. Athletes have been robbed at gunpoint and even allegedly kidnapped by […]
MICHAEL JORDAN has donated £1.5million to two charities to help improve relations between police and communities. It comes after the former NBA star said “he could no longer stay silent” in the wake of a series of high-profile shootings between black people and police in the US. The Chicago Bull’s all-time leading scorer had been criticised […]