US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has apologised for his behaviour surrounding a late-night incident at a Rio de Janeiro petrol station, saying he should have been more “careful and candid” about how he described what happened.

Fiona Doyle’s Olympic Games came to a frustrating conclusion last night when a second-place finish in her heat of the 200m breaststroke wasn’t enough to see her qualify.

Security at the Olympics is to be stepped up after bullets were believed to have been fired at a media bus.

The good vibes from Rio 2016's vibrant opening ceremony did not take long to fade this morning as reports emerged of athletes getting lost, fans stuck in queues and a fatal shooting witnessed by international film crews.