Coventry will be the first woman and the first African to serve as IOC President. She will assume office after the handover from President Thomas Bach on Olympic Day, June 23. “We congratulate ...

BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) - German online ticket marketplace Ticombo has filed a complaint about the International Olympic Committee to EU antitrust regulators, alleging that the IOC's ...

US President Donald Trump announced a 25% secondary tariff on countries importing oil and gas from Venezuela, effective April 2, 2025. This action aims to penalize Venezuela for allegedly sending ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 with assistance from neighboring Belarus, the IOC under its outgoing president, Thomas Bach, banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition, ...

Boxing will feature in the Olympic Games in 2028. After the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that boxing be included in the Los Angeles schedule ...

She will begin her eight-year term in charge of the IOC in June. IOL has previously reported that moments after Coventry was elected the 10th president of the IOC, she told the audience at the ...

(AP video shot by: Pindai Dube/Production by: Sebabatso Mosamo) Newly elected International Olympic Committee IOC President Kirsty Coventry, second from right, is welcomed by officials at the Robert ...

In an election that had been expected to last at least five rounds, the 41-year-old Coventry – the preferred candidate of outgoing IOC chief Thomas Bach – won 49 of 97 available votes on the ...

She will take charge as IOC president from Bach on June 23 -- the Olympic Day, after three months of transition period. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted the 'expression of ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece – The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) new chief Kirsty Coventry said on March 20 that “communication will be key” with US President Donald Trump in the run ...

“This is an extraordinary moment,” said Coventry. Coventry was thought to be in a tight-run race with IOC veteran Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe for the ...