CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

By Tariq Panja Reporting from the International Olympic Committee meeting in Costa Navarino, Greece Kirsty Coventry was elected on Thursday as the 10th president of the International Olympic ...

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 ...

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

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a ... of oppressing political opposition. Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected President of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday (March 21, 2025) and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports.

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC members ...

Kirsty Coventry, right, is embraced by Anita Defrantz after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). IOC members voted on Thursday to appoint Coventry, a seven-time Olympic swimming ...