1. The Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are from August 5 to 21, 2016. The Paralympics follow on September 7 to 18, 2016.
2. A few months before the games i.e. in April'2016, the Olympic Flame Relay flamed in Olympia, Greece, where the inspiration for todays' Olympic games originated.
3. The Rio 2016 opening ceremony will be at the world famous football (soccer) Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016.
4. Athletes will compete in sports like swimming, athletics, gymnastics, various martial arts, ball sports, weightlifting, and wrestling at the games.
5. The Olympics will conclude with a closing ceremony on August 21, 2016.
6. Rio 2016's motto is “Live your passion”.
7. On June 23, 1894, Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France. In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.
8. The Olympic Games are a global multi-sporting event subdivided into summer and winter games. Previously, the summer and winter games were in the same year, with a four-year gap between the games.
9. In 1992 the schedule changed, and these days the winter and summer games alternate by two years. The last Summer Olympic Games were in London 2012 and the last winter games were in Sochi, Russia in 2014.
10. The next winter games will be in Pyeongchang, South Korea from February 9 to 25, 2018.
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