Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. Coventry became the ...

Thomas Bach ‘relieved’ as IOC members vote in Kirsty Coventry as his successor - Coventry has been seen by many observers as ...

For 12 years, Bach has overseen one of the most extraordinary periods in the history of the Olympic movement – a global pandemic with two Games behind closed doors, a state-sponsored Russian ...

His successor will face innumerable challenges and crises, just as the 71-year-old has done in his 12-year reign. Read more ...

Thomas Bach was yesterday elected Honorary President for Life of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a position he ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can "even exceed the ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has said that "I enjoyed every day" although his 12 ...

Thomas Bach's life has been dominated by the Olympics, as a team fencing gold medallist and then IOC chief -- and he deserves to be ranked as "one of the three greatest presidents", two former IOC ...

Despite a tenure in which keeping the Olympics and politics separate has at times been difficult – and in which he’s had to deal with some of the world’s most controversial leaders – Thomas Bach has a ...