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Olympic chief confident for LA Games despite World Cup ‘challenges
Olympic chief Kirsty Coventry said on Wednesday she was confident for the successful hosting of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles despite what she described...
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/ 1 year agoAustralia to build new 2032 Olympics stadium, Gabba to be scrapped
Australia will build a 63,000-seat stadium for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, officials said Tuesday as they confirmed the storied “Gabba”...
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/ 1 year agoItaly minister hopes Russians could join 2026 Olympics – after war
Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini said Tuesday he would like to see Russian and Ukrainian athletes compete at the Milan-Cortina Winter...
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/ 1 year agoAustralia rewrites plan to host 2032 Brisbane Games
Australia said Monday it is overhauling its multi-billion-dollar plans for hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane after years of “chaos...
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/ 1 year agoNew IOC president Coventry can meet expectations: Bach
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can “even exceed the expectations” of the continent, said...
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/ 1 year agoLedecka to ‘bombard’ Coventry over Olympic programme: report
Three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecka said Thursday she would “bombard” new International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry over the 2026...
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/ 1 year agoDefeated Coe hails ‘historic’ IOC win for Coventry
Sebastian Coe said Kirsty Coventry’s clear victory in the race to be International Olympic Committee president on Thursday was a “historic...
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/ 1 year agoWatch: Kirsty Coventry elected first woman president of Olympic movement
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying...
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/ 1 year agoRace to become Olympics supremo set to go to the wire
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio...
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/ 1 year agoAlgerian boxer Khelif ‘not intimidated’ by Trump as she targets second Olympic gold in LA
Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second...
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/ 1 year agoBach’s successor needs cool head to guide Olympics through stormy seas: experts
Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be “cool under fire” with...
