Three Irish officials who were questioned by police in Brazil over the Olympic ticketing scandal are expected to soon be on their way home to Ireland.

The wife of Pat Hickey, the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, lied to detectives when they arrived at his hotel room to arrest him, police said.

The wife of Pat Hickey, the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, told detectives her husband had already returned to Ireland when they arrived at his hotel room to arrest him, police said.