International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry made a surprise trip to Colorado Springs for Saturday's Hall of ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC ...

Seiko Hashimoto has been elected president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman to head the body. She is a former Olympian and was elected late Thursday to replace ...

Kirsty Coventry, one of the most-decorated athletes in Auburn University history, has been elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee. The 41-year-old Coventry, a native ...

An exact date is unknown, but the International Olympic Committee cites 776 BC as the first recorded Olympic Games. Nevertheless, most believe the Games were already 500 years old at that time, ...

It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet. News. By Rich Stanton published 24 July 2024 ...

For the first time in Olympic history, Finland is taking home a hockey gold medal. The Finnish men took down the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) by a score of 2-1 early Sunday, powered by the ...

The Olympic Winter games are celebrating 100 years of sport on snow and ice this week. See the first event, held in 1924. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 Golfweek.com ...

The president of France’s Olympic Committee — the first woman to hold the post — has resigned unexpectedly, with a year to go before the Paris Games.