Kirsty Coventry's story is one of apparent contradictions. She's a white woman celebrated as a national hero in a Black-majority Zimbabwe and an Olympic swimmer turned politician. She's also now one ...

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

She said in a victory news conference Thursday that she will likely resign as Zimbabwe's sports minister and move full-time to the IOC's home city Lausanne, Switzerland. Coventry attended an all ...

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

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 with assistance from neighboring Belarus, the IOC under its outgoing president, Thomas ...

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

Breaking news.  Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa (second from (right), Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier ...

Breaking news.  WELCOME HOME ICON . . . International Olympic Committee president-elect Kirsty Coventry (centre) melts into a ...

A former swimmer, Kirsty Coventry is Zimbabwe's most decorated Olympian. Elected as the next IOC president on March 20 for a period of eight years (till 2033), she succeeds mentor Thomas Bach ...

The 41-year-old former swimmer, who won two Olympic gold medals, secured a majority of 49 of the 97 available votes in the first round of Thursday's election, while World Athletics boss Coe won ...

Also, it's the first ever World Day for Glaciers. Finally, Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is elected the first ever female president of the International Olympic Committee.