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 ...

As he approaches his final week in the sporting world's top job, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach is feeling relaxed.When a new IOC president is elected Thursday, and Bach ...

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 (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 made history as the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), winning the election in a landslide. She beat Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. and ...

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.

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.

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 ...