COSTA NAVARINO, March 21, 2025 - When Kirsty Coventry won her first Olympic medal around 20 years ago in the Greek capital Athens, it was a symbol of unity for her home country, Zimbabwe, which was in turmoil at the time. Fast forward to 20 March 2025, she has become one of the most powerful women in the world, with her incredible first-round knockout victory in the IOC presidential election - also in Greece - being described as a sign of  unity. “I’m honoured to have been successful here in Athens in...

HARARE, March 20, 2025 - When Thomas Bach lifted a white card bearing Kirsty Coventry’s name, confirming her as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a wave of joy and relief swept across Zimbabwe and far beyond. Just like 20 years ago, when she won her first Olympic medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Gifting Zimbabwe a silver medal in the 200m backstroke event.SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE In Zimbabwe, regular programming was interrupted to break the news, while social media platforms...

COSTA NAVARINO, March 20, 2025 - Giovanni Malagò, the president of the Organising Committee for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has described the return of National Hockey League (NHL) players to the Olympic Winter Games as “a very huge opportunity”.The NHL, a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams - 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada, alongside the International Ice Hockey Federation and the NHL Players’ Association announced an agreement on 2...

COSTA NAVARINO, March 20, 2025 - The 144th IOC Session has today - the second day of its meeting in Costa Navarino, Greece - approved the inclusion of boxing on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). There were no “nos” or abstentions. The IOC members unanimously accepted this proposal which was made by the IOC Executive Board on Monday following the provisional recognition of World Boxing as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of...