Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.

Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and ...

Her poor performance as Zimbabwe's sports minister and her leaning into the role of the soft face of Zimbabwe's brutal regime ...

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Coventry’s win also was a victory for outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach, who has long been seen as promoting her as his successor. He did not use his right to vote. “I will make all of you very, very ...

Kirsty Coventry, a seven-time Olympic medalist in swimming from Zimbabwe, was elected March 20 as the 10th president of the ...

A fortnight after her historic election, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s President-elect, Kirsty Coventry, was ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe ...

Fifteen days after her overwhelming victory in the Peloponnesian electoral battle, with the euphoria of renewal still ...

Kirsty Coventry transitioned from Olympic champion to IOC president with her lifelong commitment to the transformative power ...