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
Up till 40 shots of the qualification round of the 10m air rifle event -- that is two-thirds as it is a sequence of six series of
Kosuke Hagino was just 17 when he beat both Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, two of the world's all-time best swimmers, to
Bangladesh's premier shooter Abdullah Hel Baki is not making any big promises regarding his chances in his pet event of
The opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Friday night did not feature any of the tech gimmicks or futuristic visual
Friday started in a frenzy in Rio. Brilliant sunshine had people swarming all over the sidewalks and beaches. Long tailbacks
Getting your way around in Rio is an exhausting experience in itself. Here people hardly speak English, which makes your job
Brazilians do love their football. And it seems they do love to hate Argentina, or at least Argentine football teams.
The football event of the Rio Olympics 2016 may have already kicked off, but the real deal starts in earnest on Friday when the
There is something amiss about Rio de Janeiro at the moment. With less than 24 hours to the opening ceremony of the 2016
While the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games is still close to 48 hours away, the games officially got underway yesterday through the women's football match between Sweden and South Africa.