Boxing will feature in the Olympic Games in 2028. After the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that boxing be included in the Los Angeles schedule ...

First African and female IOC president Focus on transparency and new sports for youth Aims to enhance athlete representation PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic ...

Electing the new boss of the Olympics first required a grandly titled "sacred pilgrimage" to ancient Olympia - to pay homage to the birthplace of what's become a multibillion-pound behemoth.

A new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been elected. Kirsty Coventry, the two-time Olympic gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister, has become the first woman and ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and the first African to hold the most powerful role in sports. Ms ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC. "It is a signal ...

By Tariq Panja Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the ...

The showpiece attractions of any Olympic Games are the venues where feats of sporting brilliance take place. It is these arenas that provide the stages, the names of which echo throughout ...

LONDON — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says that President Donald Trump’s stance on gender in sports “does not intimidate” her and plans to defend her gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics.

The Los Angeles City Council Friday approved changes to the original proposed venue plan for the 2028 Olympics and Paralympic Games, a move officials said will increase revenue and lower potential ...

A CROCODILE-infested river will host rowing events at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brisbane, according to reports. The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton, Queensland - which is known to host ...