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
There was not the usual swagger; hardly the animated gestures and witty remarks which defined Usain Bolt till London 2012. It
Bangladesh's participation at the Rio Olympic Games came to a sorry end on Sunday after golfer Siddikur Rahman finished 59th out of 60 participants in the individual strokeplay event.
Elaine Thompson continued Jamaica's dominance in sprint by winning the women's 100m gold medal with a time of 10.71 seconds on Saturday, beating two-time defending champion and compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to third place.
At 5ft 7in, Monica Puig does not look like the strongest female tennis player on the court.
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak is having a ball at the Rio Aquatic Centre. The 16-year-old has already won four medals,
Nineteen-year-old American swimmer Katie Ledecky turns her last race at the Rio Olympics into a pool party by winning the 800m freestyle.
Tamas Kenderski is a very good swimmer. He just won a bronze medal the other day in the 200m butterfly, behind only
There is Michael Phelps. There is Usain Bolt. Kohei Uchimura. Katinka Hosszu. Katie Ledecky... And then there is Yusra Mardani and Rami Anis.
While sprinter Shirin Akter failed to even qualify for the first round of heats, swimmer Sonia Akter did an admirable job and bettered her previous best. Elsewhere golfer Siddikur Rahman was trying to forge a comeback after having disappointed massively on the opening day.
Bangladesh had pinned all its hopes on two of its flagbearers -- golfer Siddikur Rahman and swimmer Mahfizur Rahman. While
