Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone.

PYLOS, Greece–Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organization’s first female and first African president in its ...

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

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry says she is against banning countries from Olympics over wars and reveals plans for talks on Russias return; I believe that its best for our m ...

The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.

Lord Coe suffered a crushing defeat in his bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee, with Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry routing her six rivals in the first round of voting to ...

HARARE – International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s President-elect, Kirsty Coventry was warmly welcomed by IOC President Thomas ...

Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed the country’s military boss to replace Kirsty Coventry as sports minister. Mnangagwa says that Gen.

While some organizations like the NCAA moved quickly to align their participation rules to comply with the order, states that ...

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This week, a new chapter for global sports opened when Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). With the 41-year-old Zimbabwean now occupying the ...