Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will also be ...

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.

Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International ... Coventry’s win also was a victory for outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach, who has long been seen as promoting her as his ...

Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, marking an historic milestone as the ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry ... child — IOC vice president Samaranch and Coe. Coventry’s manifesto offered mostly continuity from Bach with little new detail, while ...

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to hold the role.

Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry’s parents.

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president ... In addition to becoming the first female IOC president, Coventry is also the first person from Africa to hold the ...