Rio Olympics In Brazil

Rocinha, Rio's largest favela - or hillside shantytown - was once ascendant, a symbol of rising fortunes in a nation that finally seemed on the fast track to greatness. But a little more than a year after Rio hosted the Olympic Games, that optimism is disappearing in a wave of urban violence.

Following an investigation dubbed "Unfair Play" that spanned several countries, Brazilian officials last month said Nuzman was the 'lynchpin' in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro last year's Games.

Police said they were probing 'an international corruption scheme' aimed at 'the buying of votes for the election of (Rio) by the International Olympic Committee as the venue for the 2016 Olympics.'

Jefinho, who could win a third consecutive Paralympic gold medal with Brazil's soccer 5-a-side team, has been dubbed the 'Paralympic Pele' for his success and playing style

Deepa Malik's travel to Rio for the Paralympic Games was not a smooth affair. KLM, the airlines carrying the shot-putter, lost her equipment during the long journey to Brazil

Inna Trazhukova claims that wrestling chief Mikhail Mamiashvili struck her twice in front of her teammates and foreign Olympic delegations after she lost her bronze medal match to Poland's Monika Ewa Michalik in Brazil

A new Guinness World Record has been set for the largest spray paint mural by a team in Brazil, where artists covered a 560-foot wide wall with a vibrant painting inspired by the Rio Olympic Games.

Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report after the athlete had initially said he was robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge.

Woman wrestler Sakshi Malik, who won a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics in Brazil, will be the new brand ambassador for the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'(save daughters, teach daughters) campaign in Haryana.

Athlete Sudha Singh, who returned from the Rio Olympics with high fever and body ache, has tested negative for Zika virus. Doctors say she has something completely different - swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus.

Rio Olympics came to an carnivalesque end as the wait for the 2020 Tokya Games begins

The absent Russia team were not missed but the absent fans were and organisers will need to find out why the crowds were so small for what should have been the centre-point of the Games

In 2017, some 63 percent of Rio will be able to use public transport, against only 17 percent in 2009, thanks to the Olympic projects to extend the metro, build a light railway and set up a cross-city dedicated bus lane network

PV Sindhu's best is yet to come, her coach Pullela Gopichand promised as his star pupil beamed beside him at the packed Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.

With dancers dressed as colorful birds, fiddlers and fireworks, Rio drummed and stomped its way to a happy, sopping final note, as they prepared to put out the torch and pass the baton to Tokyo, the next host city

Rocinha, Rio's largest favela - or hillside shantytown - was once ascendant, a symbol of rising fortunes in a nation that finally seemed on the fast track to greatness. But a little more than a year after Rio hosted the Olympic Games, that optimism is disappearing in a wave of urban violence.

Following an investigation dubbed "Unfair Play" that spanned several countries, Brazilian officials last month said Nuzman was the 'lynchpin' in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro last year's Games.

Police said they were probing 'an international corruption scheme' aimed at 'the buying of votes for the election of (Rio) by the International Olympic Committee as the venue for the 2016 Olympics.'

Jefinho, who could win a third consecutive Paralympic gold medal with Brazil's soccer 5-a-side team, has been dubbed the 'Paralympic Pele' for his success and playing style

Deepa Malik's travel to Rio for the Paralympic Games was not a smooth affair. KLM, the airlines carrying the shot-putter, lost her equipment during the long journey to Brazil

Inna Trazhukova claims that wrestling chief Mikhail Mamiashvili struck her twice in front of her teammates and foreign Olympic delegations after she lost her bronze medal match to Poland's Monika Ewa Michalik in Brazil

A new Guinness World Record has been set for the largest spray paint mural by a team in Brazil, where artists covered a 560-foot wide wall with a vibrant painting inspired by the Rio Olympic Games.

Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report after the athlete had initially said he was robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge.

Woman wrestler Sakshi Malik, who won a bronze medal in the Rio Olympics in Brazil, will be the new brand ambassador for the 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'(save daughters, teach daughters) campaign in Haryana.

Athlete Sudha Singh, who returned from the Rio Olympics with high fever and body ache, has tested negative for Zika virus. Doctors say she has something completely different - swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus.

Rio Olympics came to an carnivalesque end as the wait for the 2020 Tokya Games begins

The absent Russia team were not missed but the absent fans were and organisers will need to find out why the crowds were so small for what should have been the centre-point of the Games

In 2017, some 63 percent of Rio will be able to use public transport, against only 17 percent in 2009, thanks to the Olympic projects to extend the metro, build a light railway and set up a cross-city dedicated bus lane network

PV Sindhu's best is yet to come, her coach Pullela Gopichand promised as his star pupil beamed beside him at the packed Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.

With dancers dressed as colorful birds, fiddlers and fireworks, Rio drummed and stomped its way to a happy, sopping final note, as they prepared to put out the torch and pass the baton to Tokyo, the next host city