Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and SoFi Stadium will share the opening  ceremony of the 2028 Summer Olympics in an unprecedented dual-venue celebration, Games organizers announced on Thursday.

Torches used in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and numerous other official memorabilia were auctioned off on Sunday, with fans and a museum among the keen bidders.

Adam Peaty announced Wednesday he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games in what he called "an amazing decision."

Australia will build a 63,000-seat stadium and an indoor swimming venue for the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane, officials said Tuesday after shelving contentious earlier plans, with The Gabba to be demolished after the Games. 

Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and set her sights on confronting the dual unpredictability of geopolitical intrigue and US president Donald Trump.

New IOC chief Kirsty Coventry said on Thursday that "communication will be key" with US President Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment".

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.

Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire" with some members believing the very existence of the Olympic Movement is at stake.