On eve of Olympic election, IOC presidential candidate Samaranch plays down emerging favorite status

In the race for the succession of Thomas Bach as IOC president, the son of the former boss is in the lead. Others are in wait: for example, the only woman protégated by Bach.

Seb Coe’s bid for the Olympic throne – and the Spanish kingpin trying to stop him

Coe is bidding to become president of the IOC in Thursday’s once-in-a-generation election, writes Lawrence Ostlere. But the British Olympic great must beat the giant reputation of Juan Antonio Samaranch to take the crown

On eve of Olympic election, IOC presidential candidate Samaranch plays down emerging favorite status

IOC presidential candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch has played down his possible status as favorite on the eve of voting Thursday.

IOC candidates make their final push ahead of voting

The race for the most powerful job in world sport is coming to a finish as the seven contenders for the International Olympic Committee presidency make their final moves ahead of a vote that will shape the sporting landscape for the next decade.

Now a member of the International Olympic Committee, the former French biathlete is preparing to take part in his first election as head of the governing body.

Samaranch, before the vote of the IOC: "No, I don't think it's favorite"

The world bleeds; Benjamin Netanyahu continues to kill children; Trump and Putin are distributed Ukraine; Europe gets rid; The youth of the world mobilize, and in a Greek resort, at 10.30, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), one of the great universal powers, submits to the vote of his council the only matter of the whole day: “Do we do a Break Coffee Half an hour now or we skip it and we already do at 11 lunch b…