C OSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ...

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...

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

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

Seismic”, “groundbreaking”, “landmark”. These are all words that have been used to describe Kirsty Coventry’s appointment as ...

The International Olympic Committee, the sporting world’s equivalent of a white-collar crime family, has made its decision on who will succeed the ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry on her election as International Olympic Committee ...

The selection of Coventry, 41, at a Greek resort is seen within the IOC and the Olympic movement as a continuation of the ...

The IOC elected two-time Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry as its new president in a vote on Thursday. She will replace Thomas Bach.

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 ...

As the first African to run for the International Olympic Committee’s top job, Kirsty Coventry has made waves in IOC politics, albeit in a different way than in the pool.