And 2025 Begins!!!!

Glimpses of New Year celebrations around the world.     IMAGE: Fireworks explode over the Marina Bay in Singapore, December 31, 2024. Photograph: Ore Huiying/Reuters   IMAGE:......

Images: The Pope at the Beach

Argentina and Brazil are traditional rivals and there was a time when their antagonism was being compared to India-Pakistan relations. They have overcome to a great extent their history of......

TOP 10 photos of the week

A glimpse at what happened around the world this week. A woman poses with police officers near Copacabana Beach ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.Around 10.2 million are expected in......

This Is What WAR Looks Like

Caution: Graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.   IMAGE: Israeli soldiers operate inside Gaza in this handout picture obtained by Reuters. Photograph: Israeli Defense Forces/Handout......

Copacabana beach perfect setting for volleyball

‘Playing in Copa is amazing. The energy is electric and it absolutely does elevate play’ IMAGE: Elsa Baquerizo Macmillan of Spain trains with coach. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters.......

Spanish marathoner swimmer mingles with crowd at Copacabana

Erika Villaecija did a quick change from her Olympic athlete's uniform and went for a 15-minute swim at Copacabana beach IMAGE: Spain’s Erika Villaecija at Rio’s famous Copacabana......

FIFA World Cup: Best Fans of the Final

From Buenos Aires to the Brandenburg Gate, millions of people watched Sunday's World Cup final between Germany and Argentina in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final, the party was in......

Brazil hope to kick sand in US face

IMAGE: Talita Antunes,left, and Larissa Franca of Brazil celebrate after winning their Rio Open women's beach volleyball final. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters Home favourites Talita Antunes and......

World Cup: When Brazilian footballers left Amitabh Bachchan disappointed!

Not even Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was spared from the football bug that had bitten the whole world over the last month. Bachchan Sr tweeted about his trip to Rio de Janeiro and watching......