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...

COSTA NAVARINO, March 21 , 2025 - In spite of suffering a crushing defeat in two minutes, the unsuccessful candidates of the IOC presidential election on Thursday have pledged their support for the historic winner Kirsty Coventry, hoping that they have been able leave a mark on the Olympic movement with their respective manifestos.LANDSLIDE VICTORY A race that seemed hard-to-call and unpredictable for six months, which many thought would be a drawn-out affair, was over in the blink of an eye. Then the...

COSTA NAVARINO, March 20, 2025 - Seven months after declaring that “new times are calling for new leaders” – while holding back tears, outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach has today (March 20) named his successor, following a vote by the IOC membership.In what was a historic moment for the Olympic Movement on 20 March in Costa Navarino, Greece, Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected as leader of the world’s most powerful organisation. She won by a large margin in the first round of...

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...