With the Olympic Games having ended, we were left with time to take a look around the tourist attractions of Rio de Janeiro. A day and a half's excursion was enough to leave us with an eye-opening experience. Here is the second of a two-part travelogue on that experience.
Rio de Janeiro has many faces. It is fraught with such extremes that it's quite hard to fathom the true nature of this beautiful
The 31st Olympic Games had started with a great exhibition of music, dance and colours of life. It ended with another one.
For the last 66 years, Maracana had been the name of the biggest tragedy of Brazilian football. Despite its rich history, the spiritual home of football was best known worldwide for one of Brazil's most painful defeats, a 2-1 reverse against Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup.
"There you go, I am the greatest," announced Usain Bolt emphatically as the Jamaican drew the curtains on his incredible
Immortality: Sealed with a burst of speed, in the blink of an eye and in the matter of 37.27 seconds.
Usain Bolt is back in form. He is back in the very best of form as far as his antiques are concerned. He has always been in form as far as racing is concerned, but now that he has breezed through to victory in his favourite 200m on Thursday night to complete a double hattrick of 100m and 200m, he is back with his typical show of wit, charm and antiques.
With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games expected to be the last Games for Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprint king spoke elaborately
This was the moment everyone was waiting for. Neymar, the Brazil captain, would be walking into the mixed zone after
Copacabana is a happening place. It is probably one of the most happening places in the whole of South America.
On Monday night at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, a Bahamian sports journalist was bragging about the tradition and
Brazilians have earned quite a name for themselves with their expressions of support and disapproval during these Olympic
It's needless to say that women's football cannot compete with the men's game, both in terms of public support and
The only major silverware missing from Brazil's glittering cabinet is an Olympic gold. The five-time world champions came
After having completed an unprecedented treble of 100m sprint titles on Sunday night, Usain Bolt entertained questions from the media.
If Usain Bolt is the king of sprint and Mo Farah is the king of long-distance running, then David Rudisha is the undisputed king of middle distance running.
The last time golf was part of the Olympic Games was back in 1904. For the last 112 years, the 'game for the elite' was
Andy Murray doesn't have the flamboyance of Rafael Nadal. He doesn't have the finesse of Roger Federer either. And he even
