Dakar 2026 enhances venue and plans as preparations for Youth Olympic Games intensify
With less than a year and a half until the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026 begin, the seventh meeting of the International Olympic Committee...
Dakar 2026 Learning Academy officially launches with first cohort of young professionals
The Dakar 2026 Learning Academy, a new flagship legacy initiative designed to recruit and train over 400 young professionals in Games delivery, was officially...
Humphrey Kayange named chair of Coordination Commission for Dakar 2026
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Humphrey Kayange has been named as the new chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for the fourth Summer Youth...
Kirsty Coventry makes Olympic history: Youth, Ubuntu, and a first-round knockout
Kirsty Coventry, the first woman, African, and youngest of the candidates, emerged victorious as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during...
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry elected president of International Olympic Committee
Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the first woman and first African to get the top job in global sport aged just 41.
Coventry succeeds German Thomas Bach, who steps down after 12 years, and told her fellow IOC members she would work with the six...
