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

The previous nine presidents were men from Europe or the U.S."This is an extraordinary moment," she said in an address to IOC members moments after outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach made the ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader. “This is an ...

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

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

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...

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

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and becomes the first woman and first African to get arguably the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, securing victory in a high-stakes vote at a luxury seaside resort in Greece’s southwestern Peloponnese. The ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ...