(251228) — BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) — Here is Xinhua News Agency’s collection of the ten most important items of worldwide sports activities news in 2025: On March 20, Zimbabwe’s former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry was elected the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president throughout the 144th IOC Session in Greece, changing into the group’s first feminine president and the primary from exterior Europe and North America.
After taking workplace in June, Coventry initiated a “Pause and Reflect” course of and arrange 4 working teams specializing in areas together with the Youth Olympic Games and the Olympic program.
This file picture taken on March 20, 2025 exhibits Thomas Bach (R) inviting Kirsty Coventry to ship a speech after she being elected because the tenth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) throughout the 144th IOC session in Costa Navarino, Greece. (Xinhua/Cao Can)