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Newly elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry received a hero’s welcome upon her arrival in Zimbabwe on Sunday. The southern African nation, which has faced years of international isolation and sanctions,…

Zimbabwean swimming legend, Kirsty Coventry, on Thursday became the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 130-year history. At the 144th IOC Session in Pylos, Greece, Coventry…

International Olympic Committee presidential candidate, Kirsty Coventry, does not have outgoing president Thomas Bach working on her election bid despite a good relationship for more than a decade, she said on Monday. Coventry, a…

Squash enthusiasts have applauded the decision of the International Olympic Committee to officially include squash as a sport at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The World Squash Federation and the Professional Squash…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday of politicising sports, as it weighs a decision on Russian athletes' participation in next year's Games in Paris. Russians are facing the…

The International Boxing Association's (IBA) recognition as the global body for the sport was stripped on Thursday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical…

The International Olympic Committee will hold a one-day executive board meeting on Wednesday with the embattled International Boxing Association (IBA) in focus, sources said on Tuesday. The IOC has a planned executive board…

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is "excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) athletes'…

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has said that stronger regulations such as the petroleum industry Act would help bolster investor confidence in the country's oil and gas sector. This is as the NUPRC lamented that most…

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), on Wednesday said the Olympics cannot be divisive and exclude athletes, defending its plan to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to qualify for the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris, France. In a…