ROME (AP) — Host nation Italy is going to really spread around the honors at the upcoming Milan-Cortina Olympics with an unprecedented four flag bearers for the opening ceremonies. While the main opening is slated for the San Siro soccer stadium in Milan on Feb. 6, there will also be a smaller event that Friday…
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is formulating the qualification procedure for flag football’s first Olympic appearance in 2028, and Hong Kong’s athletes have already got their eyes on a spot. With six men’s and six women’s teams expected to compete in Los Angeles, the federation said it was working with the International Olympic…
Hong Kong Olympic hero Camille Cheng Lily-mei’s work outside the pool was recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this month, when she was named one of the body’s first mental health ambassadors. Cheng, who has represented Hong Kong at three Olympic Games, travelled to Lausanne, Switzerland, for the IOC Consensus Meeting on Mental…
There were choice words this week from former Kerry footballer and clothing designer, Paul Galvin. “Hard to believe it’s not an episode of Father Ted,” he tweeted as tradition butted heads with progress and the skort war rumbled on. Galvin was bemused that we had somehow arrived at a point in 2025, where camogie players…
Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement. The move comes amid an increasingly vexed debate over eligibility rules in female sports and comes less than a year after the issue erupted at the…
new video loaded: New I.O.C. President Is the First Woman and First African to Hold Role transcript Back transcript New I.O.C. President Is the First Woman and First African to Hold Role Kirsty Coventry was elected after the first round of secret voting by the International Olympic Committee’s membership. As a 9-year-old girl, I never…
Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, capping a monthslong election battle and becoming the first woman and the first African to hold the most powerful role in sports. The election, which has been described in similar language to a papal conclave, was settled — to gasps…
Late Wednesday night, members of the International Olympic Committee gathered for a dinner at the Olympic Museum on the banks of Lake Geneva. The next morning, they would see presentations from seven candidates vying to be their leader, a role that would by most measures be the most important in international sports. At the closed-doors…
China’s swimmers have formed a strong bond with their Hong Kong counterparts at the Swimming World Cup, with Zhang Yufei celebrating her friendship with “the one who gives gifts” and Pan Zhanle suggesting he would like to form a relay team with the city’s swimmers. Hong Kong sent 20 swimmers to compete across the Shanghai,…