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So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport?

The Zimbabwean has global sport’s top job but Britain’s Sebastian Coe was snubbed, and with good reason: he might have changed things, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Bach ‘relieved’ as IOC members vote in Kirsty Coventry as his successor

Coventry has been seen by many observers as the continuity candidate.

The Independent UK

Who is Kirsty Coventry? From Zimbabwean swimmer to the most powerful person in sport

The 41-year-old has risen from Africa’s most decorated Olympian to become the new president of the IOC

The Independent UK

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Why Seb Coe lost the room in crushing IOC presidential election defeat

ANALYSIS: Coe finished a distant third in the race for the prestigious role leading the Olympic movement after making enemies inside the IOC, writes Lawrence Ostlere – but that was not the only reason

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe secures only eight votes as Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president

Coventry secured the absolute majority necessary for victory in the very first round.

The Independent UK

Kirsty Coventry wins seven-way battle to become first female IOC president

The five-time Olympian was known to be the preferred candidate of the outgoing president, Thomas Bach, and required just one round of voting to assume his mantle

The Independent UK

Kirsty Coventry becomes first female IOC president as Seb Coe misses out on Olympic throne

The former swimmer was confirmed as Thomas Bach’s successor on Thursday

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IOC presidential election LIVE: Ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe as historic results revealed

Lord Coe was beaten to the presidency by Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry in a battle for the most powerful post in sport

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe waits to learn IOC presidency fate after presenting reform plans

Coe says he has been “training for the best part of his life” for the IOC job.

The Independent UK

World Athletics plans new rules and cheek swab tests for transgender and DSD athletes in women’s category

The governing body’s president Sebastian Coe wants to ensure ‘a fair and level playing field in the female category’

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe set to continue IOC presidency bid with presentation to members

Coe’s pledges include the creation of a “clear-cut” policy to protect female sport.

The Independent UK

World Athletics has ‘responsibility’ to combat gender-based violence – Lord Coe

Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei was killed in September, with her former partner accused of setting her on fire.

The Independent UK

Jonnie Peacock calls for Seb Coe to include para-athletics in Diamond League

The Brit used his platform at the Paris 2024 Paralymipcs to demand more visibility for his sport

The Independent UK

Jonnie Peacock urges Lord Coe to include Para athletics in Diamond League meets

The 31-year-old name-checked World Athletics president Lord Coe as he called for his event to be included in future Diamond League meets.

The Independent UK

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Cycling Weekly

'I’ve heard stories of him head-butting walls - maybe that can be my trademark!' — meet the Grindley racing duo

The British teenager has hit the ground running in his sportingcareer, but that’s no surprise as his father did exactly the same

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: Cole Hocker upstages Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen in dramatic men's 1500m final

American arrives late on the scene to deny rivals gold medal

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen set for 'race for the ages' in 1500m final

The Team GB star faces his fierce rival as he looks to emulate Seb Coe

The Guardian - UK

Noah Lyles proves the perfect star for the perfect stage: this is his Games

American sprinter has been talking about this for so long, sketching out his legend in plain sight. It took 30 paces to make it real

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The Independent UK

Manchester United consider building new 100,000 seater stadium

The Red Devils’ current ground, Old Trafford, is in desperate need of renovation

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games?

2024 Games organiser Tony Estanguet tells how chats with British sporting legend Sebastian Coe have kept him on an even keel

Fortune

Olympic track and field winners will win more than eternal glory for the first time with $50,000 prize money: 'They deserve some skin in the game'

World Athletics's Sebastian Coe explained that the reward could ease the financial burden on families that support athletes in their foundational years.

The Independent UK

Olympic track and field seeing dollar signs with splashy cash infusions into the sport

Track and field athletes heading to the Paris Games will be competing not only for a gold medal but a first-prize check worth $50,000 that goes with it

The Guardian - UK

Sports quiz of the week: Masters, money, mud, monikers and main courses

Have you been following the big stories in football, golf, cricket, horse racing, athletics, basketball and the NFL?

The Guardian - UK

Coe defends World Athletics’ move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold winners

World Athletics has broken 128 years of Olympic tradition by announcing it will give athletes money for winning a gold medal at the Games

Al Jazeera

Kenya’s world-record marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash

Kiptum, who exploded onto the marathon scene in October, was the overwhelming favourite to win the Paris Olympics.

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