Coventry, a two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist, won in the first round of voting among seven candidates voted on by 97 IOC members. Coventry gets an eight-year mandate that runs through 2033. The ...

For almost 30 minutes, IOC members and officials sat in tense silence in the windowless auditorium of the Costa Navarino hotel in Greece while the vote was verified. The IOC president, Thomas Bach, ...

GENEVA (AP) — The names of experts appointed to an Olympic panel looking at female gender issues ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are not being revealed, the IOC said on Friday. A working group ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Kirsty Coventry has completed a ceremonial baton change before she takes over as International Olympic Committee president next month, handing off oversight of preparations ...

GENEVA (AP) — India’s push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest seemed to stall a little on Thursday in the first big decision of Kirsty Coventry’s IOC presidency. Coventry paused the fast ...

GENEVA -- The names of experts appointed to an Olympic panel looking at gender issues in women's sports are not being revealed, the IOC said on Friday in confirming its creation. A working group on ...

Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult – and in which he’s had to deal with some of the world’s most controversial leaders – Thomas Bach has a ...

LONDON -- In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year's Olympics, after they were caught in retesting of drug samples ...