Atique Anam's Rio Olympics report

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

Baki fumbles after strong start

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

Hosszu's redemption

Kosuke Hagino was just 17 when he beat both Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, two of the world's all-time best swimmers, to

No big promises

Bangladesh's premier shooter Abdullah Hel Baki is not making any big promises regarding his chances in his pet event of

Rio sets its own standard

The opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Friday night did not feature any of the tech gimmicks or futuristic visual

The party begins

Friday started in a frenzy in Rio. Brilliant sunshine had people swarming all over the sidewalks and beaches. Long tailbacks

Rio, where two worlds collide

Getting your way around in Rio is an exhausting experience in itself. Here people hardly speak English, which makes your job

Brazilians get one over Argentina

Brazilians do love their football. And it seems they do love to hate Argentina, or at least Argentine football teams.

Brazilian exoticism to highlight opening

The football event of the Rio Olympics 2016 may have already kicked off, but the real deal starts in earnest on Friday when the

Fever not yet contagious

There is something amiss about Rio de Janeiro at the moment. With less than 24 hours to the opening ceremony of the 2016

Rio gears up for Games

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.

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