Like the Catalan capital, Rio is determined to parcel together much-needed city projects with its infrastructure work for the games, as part of an overall games budget of $15bn (£9bn). "The city of Rio's masterplan is the games' masterplan, and the games' masterplan is the city's masterplan," insists Mayor Eduardo Paes, surrounded by a retinue of city officials at the Global Sports Industry Congress in London. BBCNews