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International Olympic Committee

LANE ONE: Coventry keeping promises by standing up four review committees on hot-button issues

International Olympic Committee

LANE ONE: Where does Thomas Bach rank among all the Presidents of the International Olympic Committee?

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Zimbabwe’s Coventry welcomed as new IOC chief in Lausanne ceremony, as Bach honored

International Olympic Committee

INT’L OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Annual Report shows IOC distributed almost 74% of its revenues from 2021-24, and has $4.9 billion in the bank

2028 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Manfred cites progress on MLB players at LA28; Trump visa ban order carves out World Cup, Olympics; Banka promises more aggressive WADA

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Bach and Coventry both appear at the Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly

2020 Olympic Games

PANORAMA: Bach confident in Coventry as IOC chief; U.S. 800 star Murphy retires; Bird takes over U.S. women’s team; Giro d’Italia is here!

Aquatics

OLYMPIC GAMES: IOC replaces Gary Hall Jr.’s 10 Olympic medals in emotional ceremony in Lausanne

2032 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Is the Queensland government trying to kill the IOC’s treasured Olympic Agenda 2020 and 2020+5 in Brisbane for 2032?

International Olympic Committee

LANE ONE: IOC’s election of Coventry is the natural extension of Bach’s emphasis: “it is all about the athlete”

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Coventry talks on winning, women, doping, Trump and more

2024 Olympic Games

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Paris 2024 thanked for huge success, Bach reflects on Agenda 2020, elected Honorary President

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Photo gallery of the opening of the 144th IOC Session in ancient Olympia

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Bach invokes de Coubertin’s call for peace at ancient Olympia

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Coventry, Coe and Samaranch still seen as leaders heading into Thursday’s Presidential election

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: Does FIFA’s $13 billion revenue for 2023-26 make the IOC financially irrelevant?

2028 Olympic Games

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: IOC chief Bach points to strong finances, says “The first four weeks I guess I will sleep” at term end

Aquatics

PANORAMA: SLC-UT 2034 names steering committee; Russian member says IOC election to determine athlete futures; Sjostrom still looking to 2028

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: President Bach resigns from IOC, effective after handover to new President in June

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Candidate Eliasch urged to run by other IOC members, likes Winter Games rotation idea

International Olympic Committee

INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Candidate Coventry won’t rush, wants IOC re-set, to help athletes on the journey to the Games

International Olympic Committee

LANE ONE: A month to go and still no way to handicap the IOC Presidential Election; it’s too close to call

2028 Olympic Games

BOXING: Four more federations join World Boxing; van der Vorst says missing the Olympics “would be devastating for boxing”

Figure Skating

FIGURE SKATING: Condolences from the Olympic Movement; six who were lost were from 2025 Worlds host The Skating Club of Boston

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PANORAMA: “DSD” athletes “over-represented” in major T&F finals; Kenya bids for 2029 T&F Worlds; U.S. men’s volleyball into quarters at Worlds

Athletics

ATHLETICS: U.S. track & field team sets wins record, “bats” .297 at Tokyo Worlds, but there were obvious gaps in performance

2028 Olympic Games

LANE ONE: LA28 suffers the ultimate irony as its “no-build” Games now subject to L.A. City’s risky, $2.62 billion Convention Center expansion

5-Ring Circus

PANORAMA: Fabulous 619,178 attend Tokyo Worlds; Sawe smooth for Berlin Marathon win in 2:02:16; Evenepoel wins third cycling Time Trial gold

Athletics

ATHLETICS: Another Hocker shocker in the men’s 5, plus U.S. wins in the 4×100 (2) and 4×400 (1) as Tokyo Worlds conclude