After losing IOC election, how about Seb Coe for chair of football regulator? Sport Business It was, with hindsight, not a “keep Seb Coe out” but a “get Kirsty Coventry in” campaign that determined the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential election outcome. I was as guilty as most British observers in believing that Seb Coe would take it to the wire. Unconscious bias and all that. In the event, eight [...]
Coventry IOC election clears Russia ‘return to Olympic podium’, says Kremlin sport minister Sport Russia believes the election of Kirsty Coventry as IOC president can see the banned nation “return to the Olympic podium”. Russian Olympic Committee president and sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev congratulated Coventry on her election, in a vote that surprisingly took just one round to find an overall majority conclusion. Briton Lord Coe got just eight [...]
Coe to face six rivals in election to sport’s most powerful role Sport Business The Briton, the current president of World Athletics, was one of seven approved candidates announced by the IOC on Monday for the election in March 2025.