Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected as the 10 th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first female President in IOC history, following 1 round of voting at the 144 ...

Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry becomes the first woman and the first person from Africa to be elected to the post. The former swimming star succeeds the outgoing president, Thomas Bach of Germany ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — 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 ...

Member Humphrey Kayange (apo-opa.co/4jRmpwp) has been named as the new Chair of the IOC Coordination ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. She will begin her eight-year term ...

The Olympic women's soccer tournament will be bigger than the men's edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic Committee decided Wednesday, with 16 teams for women and now just 12 ...

U.S. Olympic official touts support for L.A.'s 2028 Summer Games after discussions with Trump administration, Congress about ...

The International Olympic Committee president-elect, who beat off stiff competition for the top job in March, is set to ...

Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a ...