With perception growing he can become the next IOC president Thursday, Juan Antonio Samaranch played down his possible status as favorite on the eve of voting. (More Sports News) “I admire you ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African ...

COSTA NAVARINO - Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior dismissed suggestions on March 19 that it was unfair two Chinese members who sit on a foundation board with the Spaniard could vote for him in the ...

AFRICA is optimistic as the start of Kirsty Coventry’s term as the first African and female International Olympic Committee ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- With perception growing he can become the next IOC president Thursday, Juan Antonio Samaranch played down his possible status as favorite on the eve of voting.

PYLOS, Greece - Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr is one of the front runners to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee but the Spaniard knows the unpredictability of the ...

Kirsty Coventry elected as the 10th – and first female – president of the International Olympic Committee in its 131-year history. The former Zimbabwean swimmer, 41, was Thomas Bach's preferred ...

Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and ...

Last week, before traveling to Costa Navarino, Juan Antonio Samaranch finished reading The Rock of Tanios, a title he had skipped in his devotion to the pen of Amin Maalouf.

Ten other members were also re-elected, including presidential candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch. Tony Estanguet's election was a mere formality. His popularity among IOC members was already well ...

Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.