Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday it would investigate “the transgender issue” of sports participation in the 2028 games, which are slated to take place in Los Angeles.

"This is not just a huge honour but it is a reminder of my commitment to every single one of you that I will lead this organisation with so much pride," a beaming Coventry told her fellow IOC ...

Hers was a stunning first-round win in the seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate into 2033 aged just 41 — youthful by the historical standards of ...

PYLOS, Greece, March 21 (Reuters) - The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made her the first female and first ...

The incoming IOC president has revealed to Sky News she is against banning countries from the Olympics over wars and will open talks on Russia's potential return to the Games. Only Russians ...

Olympics-You Can't Choose Who Congratulates You, IOC Says After Putin's Best Wishes By Karolos Grohmann PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee on Friday declined to comment ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — With perception growing he can become the next IOC president Thursday, Juan Antonio Samaranch played down his possible status as favorite on the eve of voting.

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece – Thomas Bach’s life has been dominated by the Olympics, as a team fencing gold medallist and then International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief – and he deserves to be ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first woman president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Africa’s most decorated Olympian and Zimbabwe’s minister of sport since 2018 secured ...