International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials insist they have "absolutely no regrets" about awarding the Games to Rio de Janeiro despite the organisation's vice-president John Coates admitting they are the "most difficult...we have ever encountered".

Claims that the attack on a media bus last night was caused by stones rather than gunfire have been dismissed as "spin" by a journalist and former US Air Force captain on the vehicle when it happened. 

Three people suffered minor injuries after a media bus travelling between Olympic venues came under fire this evening in the latest security incident to overshadow Rio 2016.

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, donned goggles here today and launched himself down a ski jump slope as snow blew through his hair.

Peaceful protests are now permitted at venues being used for the Olympic Games after a Brazilian Federal judge ruled that banning them was "an infringement of freedom of expression.

There could be a major overhaul of how tickets are distributed at the Olympic Games following the latest controversy at Rio 2016.  

Two employees from a British company have been arrested by Brazilian police after being found with more than 1,000 tickets they were attempting to sell on the black market.

World Rowing remains confident of completing the Rio 2016 Olympic regatta on schedule on Saturday, in spite of the postponement of all today’s scheduled races in conditions described as “horrible” by Sir Steve Redgrave, the five-time Olympic rowing gold medallist.

Michelle Ford, the only non Eastern-bloc female swimmer to win individual Olympic gold against East Germans during their state-doping years, has called upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to do more to acknowledge athletes who have been cheated out of medals in what she calls the “forgotten era.”

Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Pound has stepped-up his criticism of his organisation's response to the Russian doping crisis by criticising their "lack of resolve" and failure to show "moral leadership".