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 ...

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, ...

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

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first ...

Kirsty Coventry becomes the new president of the International Olympic Committee, the first woman and African to hold this influential position. Overcoming a competitive election, her presidency marks ...

Kirsty Coventry, the Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday ...