With the formal election of Curtis Coventry, a former swimming champion from Zimbabwe, as his successor, a fresh hope emerges for Olympic reforms driven by a new generation of leadership. The legacy ...

In a landmark announcement at the iconic "Water Cube" (Beijing 2008) / "Ice Cube" (Beijing 2022) venue, the International ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach talks to the Associated Press during an interview at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Laurent ...

PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic ...

“The outgoing President, Thomas Bach, gave Africa junior Olympic and now the first woman and African to lead the IOC,” Oladapo further said. “ Coventry’s election is indeed a milestone as ...

The International Olympic Committee, the sporting world’s equivalent of a white-collar crime family, has made its decision on who will succeed the ...

Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire" with some members believing the very existence of the Olympic ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to ...

But as the various royals, sporting dignitaries, politicians and billionaires left the Costa Navarino resort on Friday, some really believed the result could have turned out very differently. Yes, the ...

Kirsty Coventry stood on top of the podium in Athens on August 20, 2004, creating history both for herself and Zimbabwe as ...