From Sugarloaf Mountain to Cristo Redentor
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.
A sneak peek into favela life
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
Rio bids a colourful goodbye
The 31st Olympic Games had started with a great exhibition of music, dance and colours of life. It ended with another one.
RIO Snippets
On Monday night at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, a Bahamian sports journalist was bragging about the tradition and
The chants that rocked the stands
Brazilians have earned quite a name for themselves with their expressions of support and disapproval during these Olympic
Neymar versus Marta? Not yet
It's needless to say that women's football cannot compete with the men's game, both in terms of public support and
From Sugarloaf Mountain to Cristo Redentor
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.
A sneak peek into favela life
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
Rio bids a colourful goodbye
The 31st Olympic Games had started with a great exhibition of music, dance and colours of life. It ended with another one.
Redemption Maracana
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.
'I am the greatest'
"There you go, I am the greatest," announced Usain Bolt emphatically as the Jamaican drew the curtains on his incredible
IMMORTAL
Immortality: Sealed with a burst of speed, in the blink of an eye and in the matter of 37.27 seconds.
Brazil face Germany with scars of 7-1
Even though Rogeiro Micale, the coach of Brazil's Olympic football team played down talks of revenge, revenge is expected to
'Trying to be one of the greatest'
With the Rio 2016 Olympic Games expected to be the last Games for Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprint king spoke elaborately
'Only thing that matters is gold'
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.
Bolt eyes record as Jamaica reign
In its first 14 Olympic appearances, Jamaica won only seven gold medals. But in the next three Olympics -- 2008 Beijing