RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes lashed out Friday at the city's Olympics organizing committee, accusing it of "serious problems" in managing the crisis-plagued athletes' village. The organizing committee did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Paes's interview. Then the organizing committee took charge for three months, and there were extremely serious management problems. The organizing committee was careless, objectively speaking." He said his office was informed of the problems only on Thursday last week, despite a series of weekly meetings between his staff and the organizing committee.

Source: Bangkok Post July 29, 2016 16:41 UTC