It had been thought 70-year-old might try to extend the IOC's 12-year limit Bach had been in post ... dominated by a gender boxing saga Thomas Bach is to step down as Olympics president next ...

IOC president Thomas Bach will leave office next year, announcing that the Olympics will be “best served with a change in ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach says he intends to stand down after the end of his second term next year. The German lawyer, who has been in charge since 2013 ...

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe (center) is a likely candidate to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC presidentImage: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture alliance Having announced he will be stepping down ...

Bach said: “After 12 years in the office of IOC president, our organisation is best served with a change in leadership. I am not the best captain. New times are calling for new leaders.

Thomas Bach has said will step down as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president in 2025 and won't seek another term for which the Olympic Charter would have to be changed.

The hush-hush and innuendo regarding the future of the German as head of the International Olympic Committee has come to an end, and so has his mandate, which will officially close on 24 June 2025 ...