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Young Yulo leads 22 Olympic scholars

YOUNG gymnast Karl Eldrew Yulo is one of 22 athletes given scholarship grants by the International Olympic Committee. The 16-year-old Yulo, who recently earned a...

IOC chief Coventry confronts global intrigue

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece—Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and set...

Race to become Olympics chief to go down the wire

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan...

Boxing moves ‘closer’ to ‘28 Olympics’ place

LAUSANNE, Switzerland—The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday provisionally recognized World Boxing as the body to oversee the sport at future Games. The IOC has severed...

Khelif responds to boxing lawsuit: I will fight

ALGIERS, Algeria—Algerian Olympic champion Imane Khelif has denounced “false and offensive” allegations after the International Boxing Association (IBA) said it will sue the International...

Lappartient aims for IOC presidency, world harmony

PARIS—David Lappartient said that if elected president of the International Olympic Committee he foresees meeting with Donald Trump and working to end Russia’s sporting...

IOC long-shot Watanabe hopes ‘crazy’ Olympic idea sparks debate

TOKYO—Japan’s Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his “crazy idea” to host the Games in...

Paris Olympics is most followed ever, says IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland —The Paris Olympics were the most followed Games in television and social media history, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday. “The Olympic...

Olympic prize money ‘unfair’, favors the elite, says IOC

Offering prize money at the Olympic Games was unfair and was shown at the Paris Games to favor a small number of elite athletes...

WA chief Coe vows to protect women’s sport

PARIS—World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has vowed to protect women’s sport following the gender eligibility row at this year’s Paris Games if he becomes...

Romanian gymnast Barbosu to be awarded Chiles’ Olympic floor bronze—IOC

Paris, France—Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu will be awarded the Olympic floor exercise bronze medal originally given to Jordan Chiles, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)...

Boxing fights for Olympic future after gender-row ‘disaster’

Paris, France—The boxing competition at the Paris Olympics is over but the fight now starts for its inclusion at the 2028 LA Games after...

Olympic boxing champion Khelif files complaint for online harassment—lawyer

Paris, France—Paris Olympics boxing champion Imane Khelif, the Algerian at the center of a gender eligibility row, has filed a legal complaint in France...

Boxing body offers prize money to beaten Italian amid gender row

Paris, France — The International Boxing Association has pledged to award prize money to Italy's Angela Carini, whose 46-second Olympics defeat to an Algerian...
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