The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who previously served as the country’s sports minister, takes over from Thomas Bach ...

Coventry, the Zimbabwean sports minister, is a close ally of German Thomas Bach, who steps down as IOC chief after 12 years.

Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a signal ...

Zimbabwe’s sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee making history by becoming the first woman and first African to occupy the ...

The Zimbabwe sports minister is just the 10th leader in the IOC’s 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic ...

A two-time Olympic champion (seven medals in total), she takes over the IOC presidency at the age of 41, as the first woman, ...

The 41-year-old succeeds German Thomas Bach, whose tenure ends after 12 years. Bach will step down on June 23, with Coventry, ...

Mikhail Degtyarev congratulated Kirsty Coventry on her election as President of the International Olympic Committee ...

International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee announced Thursday. Coventry will be the first woman and African to hold ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever person to hold the most powerful position in sports governance.