Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. She has now taken over from Thomas ...

Kirsty Coventry, the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), says its members have shown "overwhelming support" to protecting the female category in sport.

SPORT, Recreation, Arts and Culture minister, Anselem Sanyatwe, has begun a major shakeup in Zimbabwe sport, announcing a new board for the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC). The board will be ...

New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday ...

Kirsty Coventry, the newly elected president of the International Olympic Committee, emphasized collaboration with stakeholders as a key priority for her tenure, in remarks made Thursday in Berlin ...

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president is already very different to the one she was elected in three months ago ...

FILE -Kirsty Coventry reacts after she was announced as the new IOC President at the International Olympic Committee 144th session in Costa Navarino, western Greece, March 20, 2025.

Kirsty Coventry officially became the president of the International Olympic Committee following a formal handover on Monday morning. The Zimbabwean, a seven-time Olympic medallist, becomes the ...

Kirsty Coventry is the first female IOC president and the first from an African country.