Coventry makes history as IOC's first female president

IMAGE: As the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry will now be tasked with steering the Olympic Movement into a new era, overseeing future Games. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters Kirsty......

'Athletics prize money model is not one-size-fits-all'

'Nobody in the Olympic landscape should conclude that because I had a mandate in World Athletics... that this is a one-size-fits-all. That I suddenly walk straight into the (IOC) office in Lausanne......

IOC chief Bach to resign as member after end of term

IMAGE: Thomas Bach, an Olympic fencing champion in 1976, steps down from his post this year after 12 years in charge. He will hand over on June 23 to the new president, to be elected on March 20.......

Spanish tennis great Santana dies aged 83

Coming from a humble family at a time when tennis was considered a sport only for the upper classes in Spain, Santana became a stalwart of the country's Davis Cup team, amassing a 69-17 win-loss......

Former IOC president Samaranch passes away

Juan Antonio Samaranch, the 89-year-old former president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),died at the age of 89, the Barcelona hospital where he was being treated said on Wednesday.......