The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated ...

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. Kirsty Coventry will officially succeed Thomas Bach on June 23, but urgent issues, such as the return of ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to ...

The previous nine presidents were men from Europe or the U.S."This is an extraordinary moment," she said in an address to IOC ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, securing victory in a high-stakes ...

After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry.

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Coventry's win also was a victory for outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach, who has long been seen as promoting her as his ...