A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election on Thursday ... That move, and how it was announced, annoyed outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach and also ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader.

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the ... have aired frustrations with getting limited access to their fellow International Olympic Committee members during a ...

After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry.

Not long ago it appeared as if boxing would be removed from the Olympic program, perhaps forever. Years of scandals, allegations of match fixing and battles between Olympic leaders and boxing’s ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, securing victory in a high-stakes vote at a luxury seaside resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese. The ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ... seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate ...

Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term.

also served as IOC president. Seb Coe, the president of the international ... her as she steers the Olympic Movement into the future," U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Gene Sykes ...

The previous nine presidents were men from Europe or the U.S."This is an extraordinary moment," she said in an address to IOC members moments after outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach made the ...

Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee COSTA NAVARINO ... seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate into ...