The move is essential to protect female sports, said Sebastian Coe of Britain, the head of track’s governing body, World Athletics, and a former double Olympic gold medalist in the 1500 meters.

Interest and investment in women's sports have been on the rise ... Katie Ledecky is the most decorated American woman in Olympic history, with 14 medals. Women are dominating the world's largest ...

It wasn't just about being a woman ... sports. The IOC is the wealthiest multi-sport organization in the world, with revenues of more than $7.7 billion in the most recent Olympic cycle, from ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. “It is a ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ... Others in the running were four presidents of sports governing bodies: Track and field's Sebastian ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the most tightly managed sports election, one compared by veteran Olympic ... board that includes three of the seven ...

The U.S. Olympic team for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is starting to take shape now that the 2024-25 winter sports season is ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — The IOC is the undisputed champion of running the most tightly managed sports election, one compared by veteran Olympic ... be the first woman and first African ...