IOC presidential candidates make pitch in closed-door event
Behind closed doors, seven candidates hoping to lead the International Olympic Committee made key pitches on Thursday to about 100 voters in perhaps the most elusive and
Candidates make case for IOC presidential role
Behind closed doors, seven candidates presented their case for why they should become the next president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. In the private session with IOC members, the six men and one woman vying for the top job in sports used 15 minutes to present their vision for the global organization.
Rivals make their pitch to run the Olympics as IOC president
Candidates for the International Olympic Committee presidency make their pitch for the job:: Lausanne, Switzerland:: Sebastian Coe, World Athletics Chief and Former Olympic champion "There are challenges,
IOC presidential candidates pitch to exclusive club of Olympic voters at closed-door event
Behind closed doors on Thursday, seven candidates hoping to lead the International Olympic Committee are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters. The only set-piece campaign event before the March 20 election in Greece lets each candidate make a 15-minute presentation that will not be broadcast and is open only to IOC members.
IOC candidates make their candidacy case for top Olympic body's presidency
Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Juan Antonio Samaranch and other candidates for the IOC (International Olympic Committee) presidency speak to the media following presentations offered to the IOC's members in Lausanne.
Battle for powerful IOC presidency enters final stretch
Only a few people around the world know the name Thomas Bach and even fewer can rattle off those of the seven candidates out ...
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IOC President Bach welcomes Paraguay President Santiago Peña to Olympic House
The President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, was in Lausanne today to visit International Olympic Committee (IOC ...
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Race for the Throne: The Battle to Succeed Thomas Bach at the IOC
The race to succeed Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee is heating up, with seven candidates ...
Olympics-From Games on five continents to digital change, IOC candidates unveil plans
The seven candidates for the world's most powerful job in global sport -- the presidency of the International Olympic ...
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IOC President Bach in private audience with the Pope
IOC President Thomas Bach was received by His Holiness Pope Francis in a private audience during a visit to the Vatican last ...
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IOC’s top job: The contenders deliver their vision for world sport in post-Bach era
Hope, experience, integrity and engaging with the youth of today were some of the messages the seven candidates bidding to ...
IOC’s Thomas Bach is not campaigning for me, says presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry
BERLIN – International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry does not have outgoing president Thomas Bach ...
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I’ve been in training for IOC role for the best part of my life – Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Coe has said the Olympic movement is central to his identity and his life after making his pitch to be International Olympic Committee president to the organisation’s members in Lausanne on ...
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Eliasch promises climate for change if elected IOC president
JOHAN Eliasch says he was as surprised as anyone that he threw his hat into the ring to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president ...
IOC candidate Coe says he should have handled prize money issue differently
World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, a candidate for president of the International Olympic Committee, said on Thursday his ...