Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader. “This is an ...

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 ...

The previous nine presidents were men from Europe or the U.S."This is an extraordinary moment," she said in an address to IOC members moments after outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach made the ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an "extraordinary moment". At 41, the two-time ...

Auburn legend and hall of famer Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the president of the International Olympic Committee! She is the first woman and the first African to serve as the IOC President.

INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president-elect Kirsty Coventry wants dreams of young athletes to come true.Coventry was speaking after her welcome to the Olympic House in Lausanne on Tuesday by ...

The former swimming star succeeds the outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany.Kirsty Coventry has made sporting history by being elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at ...

PYLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and becomes the first woman and first African to get arguably the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...