In the end, it was a tale of two Games. The yin and yang Olympics, one of stark contrasts between the feats on the field of play, and regrettable actions off it.
Rio Olympics
The Rio Games featured 28 sports but, deep down, host nation Brazil only really cared about one of those: football.
Russia's rhythmic gymnasts shut out the rest of the world for a fifth successive Olympics on Sunday, with a free-flowing acrobatic display with hoops and clubs winning them another group all-around go ...
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the men's Olympic marathon with a dominating performance, running alone into the Sambadrome and finishing in two hours, eight minutes and 44 seconds on Sunday.
In Brazil it will be the Olympic moment everyone remembers.
The frenetic home fans packed into Rio's Maracana stadium on Saturday held their collective breath as Brazil captain Neymar walked up to take his side's fifth kick in a shoot-out to decide the Olympic ...
Born in Moscow to a Bangladeshi father, rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun showed off her exquisite balancing and twirling skills as she captured what she called "a victory for two countries" in the ind ...
Neymar shed tears of joy after delivering Brazil's first men's football gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout triumph over Germany after a thrilling final ended in a draw following ext ...