The closed-doors meeting at IOC headquarters is the only set-piece campaign event in perhaps the most discreet and secretive election in world sports. IOC rules prohibit candidates from publishing ...

The 10th IOC president could be its first female leader, or its first from Africa or Asia. Or even its first from Britain. They will take over a financially stable organization that demands deft ...

The IOC announced seven candidates for March’s election to determine the next IOC president. IOC members Prince Feisal Al Hussein, Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Johan Eliasch, David Lappartient, ...

World Athletics president Lord Coe has been named as one of seven confirmed candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president. Bach announced at the Paris ...

IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr said last week that Russia was in “clear and flagrant breach of the Olympic Charter”, but added: “The minute the reasons for suspension and non ...

The hands were dealt last week when after a tense wait the seven candidates to succeed the former fencer were finally announced by the IOC. Among them was Lord Coe, the clear favourite but by no ...

Kirsty Coventry, a two-time gold medal-winning swimmer for Zimbabwe, is the only woman on the shortlist. The IOC has never had a female president in its 130-year history. France’s Union Cycliste ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Two former Olympic champions are in the race to be the next IOC president. So is a prince of a Middle East kingdom and the son of a former president. The global leaders of ...

Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming medallist, is bidding to become the first woman and African to head the IOC. German lawyer Bach has been in charge since 2013. The new IOC president will be ...

stating that there are no clear guidelines regarding what is allowed and what isn’t. He also mentioned that he would work with publishers to ensure fairness at the event. At the 142nd IOC ...

IOC Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch, son of the late former IOC president, international cycling chief David Lappartient, Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan and international gymnastics ...

Like most major sporting organisations, the IOC faces a number of challenges, including needing to renegotiate multimillion-dollar TV deals in a rapidly changing media landscape, find new sponsors ...