Thomas Bach is said to have planned ... Juan Antonio Samaranch Jnr of Spain; and multiple Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe’s sports minister. Coventry, 41, is believed to be Bach’s ...

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. The 41 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns likely know outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach as the official who announced last year the state was getting another Winter Games with the ...

The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm ... of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Bach led the International Olympic Committee through two locked-down Games in a global ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer, with the support of the current leader, Thomas Bach, will lead the global sports after defeating Spanish Juan Antonio Samaranch and the other candidates in the first round.

The next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), one of the most powerful people in sport, will be elected on Thursday. The vote to succeed Thomas Bach as the president of the IOC is ...

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.

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 ...

PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee ... already a towering figure in Olympic circles, emerged victorious to replace Thomas Bach, securing the ...