Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports, and aged just 41.

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya hopes that newly appointed International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

The IOC is betting on a younger female leader to signal change. She enters the ring at a crucial time for athletes.

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...

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

Lord Coe takes questions after receiving just eight of 97 votes in the IOC presidential election - Getty Images/Angelos Tzortzinis Lord Coe suffered a crushing defeat in his bid to become ...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday appointed the country’s military boss to replace Kirsty Coventry as sports ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee ...

Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, saying it was an "extraordinary moment". The 41-year-old two ...

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, becoming the first ...

We have just witnessed a historic and inclusive milestone in the world of sports, as Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry has been ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — 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 ...