Five African countries have received financial support from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in order to avoid missing loan repayments after Rio 2016 failed to meet a second deadline for travel grants.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes has vowed to appeal a judge’s decision to freeze his assets after it was alleged he waived an environmental fee for a company that built the golf course used at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Romanian weightlifter Gabriel Sîncrăian and Russian boxer Misha Aloyan have been stripped of their medals won at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after both athletes failed drugs tests during the event, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed today.

Rio 2016 has been described as the "most perfect imperfect Games" by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today as they released an avalanche of new data and statistics supposedly showing its success.

Research from academics has suggested food and drink available to spectators at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was not healthy enough.

Brazilian Golf Confederation (CBG) President Paulo Pacheco has defended the lack of development at the Rio golf course since the Olympics in August and denied reports that it could soon be closed. 

Ryan Lochte has reportedly been offered a deal by Brazilian prosecutors in which charges would be dropped in return for a BRL R$70,000 (£16,000/$20,000/€19,000) payment.

The Committee investigating alleged mismanagement of the Kenyan team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has finished compiling its report and tabled it in Parliament.

A probe into Kenya’s participation at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has found that the health of athletes was at risk because of a lack of proper medical care in Brazil.

Rio 2016 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have each promised today that all suppliers still owed money from August's Games will be paid.

Rio 2016 have insisted today that only two workforce members and 700 suppliers remain yet to be paid following the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Outgoing Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes believes the transformation of the port area of the city was a key achievement made possible only by hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Reports have indicated that the television camera which injured eight people after falling in the Olympic Park during Rio 2016 may have been cut by an illegally operated "fighter kite". 

Ben Ekumbo, Kenya's deputy Chef de Mission at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, has been formally charged with the theft of money and kit meant for the African nation’s team as the sporting crisis in the country continues.