Rio de Janeiro

Army forces to take control in Rio as gang crime rises

Iconic Maracana football stadium abandoned and vandalised, while murky water fills the aquatics centre

The build-up to the Games is rarely smooth, but the 2016 Olympics has had more than its fair share of problems

With fewer and fewer cities able to afford the cost of the Games, the format may need to change in the future

Organisers remain defiant over virus despite the withdrawal of another big name amid calls to move or postpone the 2016 Games

Gruesome discovery is another blow for city facing financial crisis and political turmoil in run-up to games

Police industrial action in Brazil raises safety fears as anti-World Cup protests escalate