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Senegalese basketball legend Mame Maty Mbengue lights a torch from the cauldron during a ceremony ahead of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Olympic flame arrives in Senegal for the first Olympic event to be held in Africa

By Mark Banchereau - Associated Press

Dakar 2026 Organizing Committee president Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye, left, and Hellenic Olympic Committee president Isidoros Kouvelos, hold the Olympic torch during the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Flame lit in Athens for Africa’s first ever Olympic event, Youth Games in Dakar

By Derek Gatopoulos and Petros Giannakouris - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry, speaks during the 146th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

Olympic athletes to get cash grants from new $100M fund created by IOC

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry, speaks during the 146th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

2036 Olympics host set to be picked in 2029 as IOC confirms timetable for contest

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

FILE - IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP, file)

IOC President Kirsty Coventry says sports cut from 2032 Brisbane Games could return in future

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Former Seattle Reign forward Megan Rapinoe claps during a ceremony to retire her jersey before an NWSL soccer match against the North Carolina Courage, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) **FILE**

Megan Rapinoe accuses Olympics of catering to Trump with ‘horrible’ transgender policy switch

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - South Africa athlete Caster Semenya, center, answers reporters with lawyers Gregory Nott, left, and Shona Jolly KC after Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules, Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Antonin Utz, File)

Semenya criticizes IOC chief Coventry after transgender athletes barred

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Male-born athletes banned from women’s Olympic events in ‘monumental’ win for female sports

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

IOC President Kirsty Coventry speaks during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Yves Herman/Pool Photo via AP)

Olympic leader Coventry learns in first political stress test with Los Angeles challenges ahead

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry meets the media in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

IOC boss Coventry calls ICE, Epstein files ‘sad’ distractions from Olympics

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry meets the media in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

IOC president Kirsty Coventry says ICE and Epstein files are ‘sad’ distractions from Winter Olympics

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

IOC President Kirsty Coventry attends a final press conference with Executive Board members after visiting Olympic and Paralympic Village and various venues in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

IOC confirms Russians competing as neutrals at Milan-Cortina Games, no talks on Israel

By Daniella Matar - Associated Press

Newly elected International Olympic Committee IOC President Kirsty Coventry, second from right, is welcomed by officials at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Kirsty Coventry gestures as she speaks after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Coventry elected IOC president and is first woman, first African to lead global Olympic body

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Olympic swimmer Coventry new minister of sport in Zimbabwe

By ENOCK MUCHINJO - Associated Press