IOC/International Olympic Committee

More to IOC gender testing than appeasing Donald Trump: ex-IOC executive

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold in the women's category at the Paris Olympics despite failing the International Boxing Association's gender eligibility tests.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, March 27, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaking during a Cabinet meeting on March 26, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.

Only biological females, determined by gene screening, will be allowed in Olympic female events

Olympic rings are pictured outside the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during an Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

IOC urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletes

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games closing ceremony in Verona on Feb 22, 2026. She wants the IOC to take a leading role in finding consensus on gender equity in sport.

Four years after banning Russia, FIFA and IOC passive in the face of war

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has refrained from comment on the United States-Iran war amid his good relationship with US President Donald Trump.

Milano-Cortina Games hailed as ‘new kind’ of Winter Olympics at closing ceremony

Singers perform during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in the Verona Olympic Arena in Italy on Feb 22.

2030 French Alps Winter Olympics short on time and cash but will be ready, Games chief says

President of the French Alps 2030 Winter Olympics organising committee Edgar Grospiron during the 144th International Olympic Committee session at Costa Navarino, Pylos, in Greece on March 20, 2025.

Ukraine Paralympic team to boycott opening ceremony over Russian flag decision

Ukrainian para-athletes gathering around Ukrainian Paralympic Committee president Valeriy Sushkevych during the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Italy opposes letting Russia and Belarus use flags and anthems at Winter Paralympics

Kirsty Coventry shows fresh approach in the face of Olympic crisis while holding firm to the rules

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry (left) and Italian President Sergio Mattarella watching the alpine skiing
women's Super G competition at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games at Tofane ski centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy on Feb 12, 2026.

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