The 41-year-old Zimbabwean was unanimously selected to the top post in one round of voting that took less than ten minutes. Zimbabwean candidate for the presidency of the International Olympic ...

Eight pupils and several staff members from Lanchester EP Primary School are stuck at Dubai Airport and are waiting on more information. Simon McLoughlin, a teacher at Lanchester EP Primary ...

Former Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been awarded the top job at the international sporting body, becoming the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its history.

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...

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 ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the Switzerland-based organization’s first woman and first African leader. “This is an ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — 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 in ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, was elected to one of the most powerful jobs in sports on Thursday, becoming the first woman and first African to lead the Olympic movement. She will begin her eight-year term ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...

AN INNOVATIVE Sensory Library Project has launched in Coventry. Coventry Central Library launched the project with a special event featuring Lord Mayor Mal Mutton and Coun Dr Kindy Sandhu. The free-to ...