Thomas Bach preparing to leave IOC top job with a 'clear conscience' after 12 years
When a new IOC president is elected Thursday, and Thomas Bach formally leaves the role in June, it will be with a "clear ...
Outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach on Trump, trans athletes, Putin and the role of the Olympics in a divided world
Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult, Thomas Bach has a clear message for his successors during an uncertain time: keep the Olympics out of ...
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Coe, Coventry, Samaranch, or an outsider? IOC elects president
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) elects a new president on Thursday in succession of Thomas Bach from seven ...
Olympics-IOC session opens in ancient Olympia as presidential election looms
The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...
Olympic contest to pick IOC president is quirky and controlled by tight campaign and voting rules
The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the most tightly managed sports election. It's been compared by veteran Olympic ...
Ancient Olympia hosts IOC candidates and voters two days ahead of presidential contest
Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...
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Bach'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 ...
Going for gold: A look at the political and sporting challenges facing the next IOC president
An in tray of Olympic challenges spanning political, social, sporting and operational issues awaits the next International ...
Power, politics, and the Olympic prize: IOC race heats up on Greece's sunlit shores
By Ossian Shine PYLOS, Greece - The slow-burn race for the most powerful job in world sport roared into life on Wednesday, ...