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International Olympic Committee members visit Brisbane for first in-country meeting ahead of 2032 Games
Key players have met in Brisbane for the first in-country talks with organisers of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic ...
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Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry becomes first woman and first African president of International Olympic Committee
says she is ‘fully aware of my responsibilities as a role model’ as the first woman to become president of the International Olympic Committee. (Photo: Adam Pretty / Getty Images)[/caption ...
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JUST IN — Kirsty Coventry selected as the International Olympic Committee's first female president
The former swimming star succeeds the outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany.Kirsty Coventry has made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC ...
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The 1936 Olympics
In an attempt to signal Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I, the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to Germany in 1931, before Adolf Hitler rose ...