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Kirsty Coventry: Zimbabwe sports minister vying for International Olympic Committee presidency

Kirsty Coventry: Zimbabwe sports minister vying for International Olympic Committee presidency

Zimbabwe sports minister Kirsty Coventry is one of the seven leading candidates vying for the position of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency, Afrosport reports. Coventry, a former Olympic swimmer, has won seven of Zimbabwe’s eight medals at the Games, and she is the only woman and African on the list of possible candidates. The 41-year-old, looking to become the first woman and African to head...

Paris 2024: IOC reacts to controversial women’s bout involving Algerian boxer Imane Khelif

Paris 2024: IOC reacts to controversial women’s bout involving Algerian boxer Imane Khelif

The International Olympic Committee, through its spokesman Mark Adams, has come out in support of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who was involved in a controversial bout in the women’s boxing tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday. Adams said the two boxers, who participated in the women’s boxing event, were eligible to fight as women despite claims from Khelif’s opponent, Angela Carini, saying she might...

Rescheduled Youth Olympics in Senegal gets new date

Rescheduled Youth Olympics in Senegal gets new date

The next summer Youth Olympics billed in Dakar, Senegal, has been rescheduled to take place in October 2026. The games were originally meant to take place from October 22 to November 9, 2022, however, due to the economic complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Senegalese government and the International Olympic Committee decided to move it to 2026. It will now take place from October 31...