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

Her poor performance as Zimbabwe's sports minister and her leaning into the role of the soft face of Zimbabwe's brutal regime ...

Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International ...

Behind closed doors inside a resort in western Greece, International Olympic Committee members elected the first female ...

Today, one of the tenants of the Cary farm is Kirsty Coventry, the Zimbabwean gold medallist who was elected President of the ...

After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 with assistance from neighboring Belarus, the IOC under its outgoing president, Thomas ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Longtime IOC leader Thomas Bach say election of first woman and first African president showcases Games ‘globalization’ ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an ...

The 41-year-old Coventry, who is also Zimbabwe's sports minister, was the only female candidate in the IOC presidency race and became the first woman and first African to be elected head of the ...

It was not clear if Coventry was in Zimbabwe at the time, which was during the final run-in to the IOC vote. Exact details of the stolen Olympic gear and whether it has been recovered are expected ...