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PYLOS, Greece : The biggest name in the field and one of the favourites, Sebastian Coe headed into the IOC presidential race exuding confidence, yet the Briton suffered a heavy defeat as Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry took the prize in the first round of voting on Thursday.
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports.
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment.". At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest ever elected to be the most powerful person in sports governance. She succeeds Thomas Bach, who steps down after 12 years, and said d she would work with the six other heavyweight rivals she beat.
PYLOS, Greece : Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, marking an historic milestone as the first African and first female to lead the Olympic movement.
PYLOS, Greece : Here is the breakdown of votes by the members of the International Olympic Committee to elect Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next president of the organisation on Thursday:
Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female president of the largest global sporting organization on Thursday.
The International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) on Wednesday declared that the World Cup being held in London is not an "authorised" event and asked the sport's Indian apex body to act against the team that had gone to take part in the tournament. Kabaddi World Cup 2025 is being held in the West Midlands from March 17 to 23. The tournament is being hosted by the England Kabaddi Association and the British Kabaddi League (BKL) under the aegis of World Kabaddi Federation, a parallel international governing body of the sport.
Former sports minister Anurag Thakur's bid to contest the Boxing Federation of India's presidential election was brought back on track after the Himachal Pradesh High Court stayed his disqualification from the Electoral College and directed the BFI to extend the date of nominations to enable his candidature. Thakur, who is also a Lok Sabha MP from Hamirpur, was declared ineligible after a March 7 order by BFI President Ajay Singh which stated that only elected members were qualified to be a part of the electoral process.