Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry has been named president of the IOC. In honor of becoming the 1st female president in the IOC's history, revisit her path to the Olympic podium with this feature from ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed the country’s military boss to replace Kirsty Coventry as sports minister. Mnangagwa said that Gen. Anselem ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. Kirsty Coventry made sporting history ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first female President in IOC history, following 1 round of voting at the 144th ...

When Coventry was named Zimbabwe’s Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts, and Recreation in 2018, she advocated for laws to stop sexual harassment, abuse, and match-fixing in sports.

Kirsty Coventry, a seven-time Olympic medalist in swimming from Zimbabwe, was elected March 20 as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She will become the first woman to ...

Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming for Zimbabwe, finally and formally takes office Tuesday aged just 41 after decisively winning a seven-candidate election in March to succeed ...

The outgoing IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and the new IOC President Kirsty Coventry talk during the handover ceremony of the IOC Presidency at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday ...

In her first major media appearance since being elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Kirsty Coventry offered a strikingly human portrait of the leader she intends to be ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed the country’s military boss to replace Kirsty Coventry as sports minister.

Newly elected International Olympic Committee IOC President Kirsty Coventry, second from right, is welcomed by officials at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, March 23 ...