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.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, left, and IOC member and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry, right, speak during a press conference after the executive board meeting of the ...

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

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Thursday it would investigate “the transgender issue” of sports participation in the 2028 games, which are slated to take place in Los Angeles.

He wants to relax strict broadcast rules and let Olympic athletes use footage of their games performances on social media and be global influencers. Though clearly an outsider in the IOC contest, the ...

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

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 ...

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

also served as IOC president. Seb Coe, the president of the international ... her as she steers the Olympic Movement into the future," U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee chair Gene Sykes ...

The head of the French Olympic Committee, David Lappartient, won’t seek a new term later this year after losing to Kirsty Coventry in the race for the International Olympic Committee’s top job.

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 ...

IOC President Thomas Bach, foreground, smiles as candidate to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch stands in the background during the 144th session which will ...