Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia’s Olympic bosses say Kirsty Coventry’s ascension to IOC president is a watershed moment, but her election leaves a ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

Former Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry, 41, was today elected as the new Olympics chief, pipping Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch to the position. The election means Ms ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been voted as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round. Coventry secured a surprise majority in the first round of ...

Seb Coe lost his bid to become the most powerful figure in sport today as Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry swept to victory and succeeded Thomas Bach as president of the International ...

The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...

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 president of the International Olympic Committee and become the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe sports ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean Coventry wins with 49 out of 97 votes Samaranch Jr. and Coe follow in voting results Coventry pledges to lead with pride and commitment PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty ...

First African and female IOC president Focus on transparency and new sports for youth Aims to enhance athlete representation PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic ...

Coventry, a former Olympic swimming champion ... Still, for some members, those rules — and others — did not go far enough. In this view, any form of campaigning should have been barred ...