Atique Anam's Rio Olympics report
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.
'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.
'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
Rio Snippets
Tamas Kenderski is a very good swimmer. He just won a bronze medal the other day in the 200m butterfly, behind only
Siddikur off to a poor start
Bangladesh had pinned all its hopes on two of its flagbearers -- golfer Siddikur Rahman and swimmer Mahfizur Rahman. While
USA win a riveting contest
It was a star-studded night at the Carioca Arena in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday as stars from the NBA descended on either
A family affair
The Olympic Games is not just about winning and losing, or showmanship and human endeavour; it is also a stage to show
Shyamoly rues the elements
Shyamoly Roy blamed the elements and her lack of experience at international stage after being eliminated from the Round of 32
Liberated Rafa shows off footy skills
Rafael Nadal has always been a man who likes to show his emotions. At tense moments, his jaws tighten; upon relief, such as
Bangladesh flagbearers make their bow today
Siddikur Rahman and Mahfizur Rahman -- two of the flag bearers for Bangladesh in the Olympic Games -- will carry the nation's hopes at two different venues of Rio de Janeiro today.
Silva's golden respite for Brazil
Brazil has been going through a difficult time of late. A bitter political crisis and continued recession has left deep scars on the psyche of its people.
Phelps at it again
The tension was palpable, yet the resolution supreme. Here was a man bent on righting the wrongs of his post-2012 past;
A party inside beach volleyball arena
If you thought the picture with this story was taken from inside a football stadium, you couldn't have been further from the
