The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role on Monday.

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.

New International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is establishing working groups to examine the process for ...

India’s push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest has seemed to stall a little in the first big decision of ...

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. Kirsty Coventry made sporting history ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry took over the leadership of the International Olympic Committee from Thomas Bach in a ceremony on Monday with the 2028 Los Angeles Games already threatening ...

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.

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Kirsty Coventry, the new IOC president, discussed the "unanimous" support to protect women's sports amid transgender athlete concerns in her first official address on Thursday.

Kirsty Coventry made history as the first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in March. The 41-year-old Zimbabwean, who succeeded former President ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Fraser Bullock is eager for the new International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, to come to Utah as the state gears up to host the 2034 Winter Games.

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.