ROAD TO RIO

The fact that many athletes remain determined to go to the Olympics despite Zika is good news for Brazil — and the multibillion-dollar industry surrounding the games. But the real economic problems could come much later.

Mourad Laachraoui said his brother had given no signs of being radicalized before he left for Syria in 2013.

Ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics, allegations of drug use by athletes have cast a dark shadow over the international sporting world.

Rising educational expectations and declining birth rate have the country re-examining the time devoted to athletics.

There’s a new swimwear-tech arms race underway — one where the difference between victory and defeat in the pool (and within a $1 billion swimwear market) can come down to comfort and a hundredth of a second.

Revelations of a large-scale, state-sponsored doping program come less than 100 days before the start of the Summer Olympics in Rio.

U.S. investigators are reportedly gathering documents and information from more than a dozen companies.

Visitors concerned about crime during the Olympics can relax. It’s Rio’s poor who should worry.

Michel Temer said Thursday that he would support an investigation into Petrobras, the scandal-plagued state-run oil company.

The senate voted 55-22 early Thursday and Dilma Rousseff will now face trial for breaking budget laws.

The Brazilian parliament will vote on embattled President Dilma Rousseff’s future on Wednesday — and that might mean today will be her last day in office.

After a 112-year absence from the Olympics, the sport of golf — and the $70 billion industry that supports it — has a unique opportunity in Rio de Janeiro to hit its way out of the bunker.

For Syrian refugees, Brazil offers a safe and legal haven, but the troubled economy has many questioning their long-term future in Latin America.

Millions of middle-class Brazilians who’d hoped to marry, buy homes and start careers feel stuck as the country grapples with a recession. What comes next is anyone’s guess.

As Brazil prepares to host the costly Summer Olympics, students are protesting education cuts by taking over schools across Rio de Janeiro state.

If Kenya fails to prove that it’s cracking down on doping, some of the world’s best athletes could miss out on the Olympics.

Five people were said to be missing after a portion of the elevated structure, built for the Summer Olympics, fell into the ocean.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists will descend on Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics this summer — but there’s a part of the city the government is hoping to hide.

Brazil was booming in 2009 when Rio de Janeiro won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now the country is gripped by political scandal and facing its worst recession since the 1930s.

Brazil’s laid-back vibe and multiple crises have combined to take the focus off of Rio’s upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.