The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa's most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of oppressing political ...

Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term. The 41 ...

A look at the seven candidates in the International Olympic Committee presidential election on Thursday ... led the winning bid and organizing of the 2012 London Olympics; the president for a decade ...

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

The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its new president. With Coventry's deep ties to surfing, ...

The head of the French Olympic Committee, David Lappartient, won't seek a new term later this year after losing to Kirsty ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Russian President Vladimir Putin was quick to send congratulations to the newly elected leader of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe, as Moscow ...

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

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 ...