Russia believes the election of Kirsty Coventry as IOC president can see the banned nation “return to the Olympic podium”. Russia believes the election of Kirsty Coventry as IOC president can see the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- For the first time in its 130-year history, the IOC will have a woman as its president. The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

The new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to face questions over her role in one of the biggest controversies in women's boxing history. Former Zimbabwean Olympic ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been voted as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round. Coventry secured a surprise majority in the first round of ...

Former Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will succeed Thomas Bach as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), marking an historic milestone as the first African and ...

MARAH SAAD, Occupied West Bank — Tysir Odeh sits in his office, watching a group of kids run and jump at a playground, taking in the early spring sun. Odeh is the head of this small school ...

The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...

COSTA NAVARINO (AFP) – Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first ...