We are confident that under Kirsty’s leadership, the IOC will provide the stability and support necessary to achieve our shared goals." With Thursday's win, Coventry ascends to one of the most ...

Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, marking an historic milestone as the ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC. "It is a signal ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International ... round win in the seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. She gets an eight-year mandate into 2033 aged just 41 ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the ... contest after voting by nearly 100 of her colleagues in the IOC membership on Thursday. She gets an eight-year mandate into 2033.

Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry’s parents.

Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president after members from across the world cast their secret vote and tabbed the 41-year-old on the first ballot. Just after her mentor, outgoing ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41 ...

Coventry's election was the result of a stunning first-round win in the seven-candidate contest after voting by 97 IOC members. Kirsty Coventry was elected as IOC President, over fellow ...

One of Coventry’s beaten election rivals, Sebastian Coe, leads World Athletics. It broke an Olympic taboo by paying $50,000 prize money for track and field champions in Paris last year. In Los Angeles ...

In a historic achievement for global sports leadership, Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee, becoming both the first female and first African ...