Behind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body 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.

Lord Coe says his pitch to be the first British president of the International Olympic Committee "seems to have landed well".

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe, a candidate for president of the International Olympic Committee, said on Thursday his decision to offer prize money to Paris 2024 Olympic champions of his sport should have been handled differently.

The IOC members are in Lausanne for today’s (30 January) 143rd Extraordinary IOC Session at the Olympic House, during which the IOC presidential candidates will deliver their presentations ( THE ATMOSPHERE With two months to the election set for 20 March in Greece,

The seven candidates for the world's most powerful job in global sport -- the presidency of the International Olympic Committee -- unveiled their plans and vision for the Games in a brief presentation to the IOC membership on Thursday.

Pontic Greek, which closely resembles Ancient Greek still lives on today, in communities near Turkey's Black Sea coast.

Candidate to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Morinari Watanabe speaks during a press

Behind closed doors at the IOC seven candidates hoping to lead the Olympic body are making key pitches to an exclusive club of more than 100 voters.

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 Thursday.

Bach’s potential successors set to woo International Olympic Committee (IOC) voters at 143rd Extraordinary Session in Lausanne

Scientists from across the Middle East are working together to save an unlikely symbol of hope: the barn owl. View on euronews

Sebastian Coe said on Friday he feels he has a fighting chance of becoming the next leader of the Olympic movement after he and his rivals faced an intense day