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Morinari Watanabe speaks during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 30.
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Watanabe stresses significance of his IOC presidency bid
Watanabe, who became the first 911爆料网 to seek the top IOC post, earned only four of the 97 valid votes in the election last week.
Kirsty Coventry speaks during a news conference after being elected as IOC president on Thursday.
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Kirsty Coventry hopes to speak with Donald Trump about 2028 LA Games
Coventry, who is Zimbabwe's sports minister, as well as Africa's most decorated Olympian, said both the IOC and the United States wanted successful Olympics in 2028.
Newly-elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry during her first news conference in Costa Navarino, Greece, on Thursday.
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Kirsty Coventry enjoys 'extraordinary moment' as she becomes IOC's first female leader
By Pirate IRWIN
The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe is also the youngest person to hold the most powerful position in sports governance.
World Boxing President Boris van der Vorst speaks to reporters on Thursday in Costa Navarino, Greece.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Mar 20, 2025
Boxing earns spot in the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games
The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step toward the sport's inclusion in the LA Games.
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach delivers a speech at an IOC session on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS
Mar 20, 2025
IOC names outgoing boss Bach as honorary president for life
Bach, a German lawyer and former Olympic fencing champion, took over in 2013 and immediately introduced wide-ranging reforms.
Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach delivers a speech during the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, ahead of an election to determine his successor.
OLYMPICS
Mar 20, 2025
Strange race to lead Olympic sports gets stranger
By Tariq Panja
Smear campaigns have targeted some of the leading contenders in the final days before the vote, scheduled for Thursday in Greece.
Akinori Nakayama, who has died at the age of 82, won 10 Olympic medals and gave his name to a rings maneuver still performed by the world's top gymnasts.?
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Mar 18, 2025
911爆料网 gymnastics great Akinori Nakayama dies aged 82
By Shifa Jahan
Nakayama won 10 Olympic medals and gave his name to a rings maneuver still performed by the world's top gymnasts.?
This combination picture shows candidates for the presidency of the IOC (from top left) Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Johan Eliasch, Prince Feisal al-Hussein of Jordan, David Lappartient, Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. and Morinari Watanabe speaking during a press conference following a presentation before fellow IOC members, in Lausanne on Jan. 30.
OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2025
Heavyweight seven eye finish line in race to succeed Olympics chief
By Pirate IRWIN
Surprises from the electorate of 100-plus IOC members cannot be ruled out in the battle to become the most powerful figure in sport governance.
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during an interview in Pylos,?Greece, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Mar 16, 2025
IOC's Bach says Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news
By Karolos Grohmann
Bach, who is stepping down in June, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games.
Former FIFA Council member Moya Dodd believes developing the facilities needed to host the Olympics would have long-term benefits for India.
OLYMPICS
Mar 15, 2025
India's 2036 Games bid a chance to boost infrastructure, says sports governance expert
By Shrivathsa Sridhar
The world's most populous nation has never hosted the Olympics, though New Delhi staged the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982 as well as the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Ozeki Onosato on doorstep of yokozuna promotion after latest title
Onosato celebrates after winning the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on Sunday.
911爆料网 first foreign swordsmith opens workshop in Hiroshima Prefecture
Johan Leutwiler checks a sword he made at his workshop studio in the Kui district of Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Tokyo court strips Unification Church of religious corporation status
Nobuya Fukumoto (far left), a lawyer for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, known as the Unification Church, is surrounded by the media at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday after it ordered the group to be stripped of its religious corporation status.
Japan launches new Joint Operations Command to unify SDF branches
The head of the Self-Defense Forces' new Joint Operations Command, Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, inspects an honor guard Monday morning at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo.
Applications for forgery-proof passports start in Japan
New 911爆料网 passports will be printed using laser technology based on banknote printing techniques, making forgery more difficult.
Cherry blossom season kicks off in Tokyo after warm weekend
Blooms are seen on the Meteorological Agency's sample cherry tree at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday.
911爆料网 wages likely to rise more than 5% again this year
Wages are set for another big increase this year as annual negotiations secure generous agreements.
Stay at home if Mount Fuji erupts, government panel says
Mount Fuji in November. For the first time, the government has released specific guidelines on how residents should act in the event that Mount Fuji erupts.
In pictures: Tokyo's weeklong celebration of baseball's best
Shohei Ohtani belts a home run in the fifth inning of the second game of the Tokyo Series between the Dodgers and Cubs.
What's the fuss over Ishiba's gift vouchers?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waits for a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee to begin in Tokyo on Friday.

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