International Olympic Committee members elected Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as president, replacing Thomas Bach, the committee ...

By Ossian Shine, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of oppressing political ...

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, ...

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

Source: Kirsty Coventry elected International Olympic Committee president in IOC vote –Newsday Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry was ...