Coventry, a multiple swimming Olympic champion and her country's sports minister, was long seen as incumbent Bach's preferred ...

The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made ...

Outgoing president Thomas Bach hailed the election of Kirsty Coventry as the first female and first African to lead the ...

After the stunning election win comes the sober business of leading the International Olympic Committee for Kirsty Coventry.

The International Olympic Committee, the sporting world’s equivalent of a white-collar crime family, has made its decision on who will succeed the ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s ...

The success recorded by Coventry at the IOC election was a vindication of the good support Africa got under Bach as well as the fillips enjoyed by the women’s folk under the tenure of the German.

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can "even exceed the ...

The selection of Coventry, 41, at a Greek resort is seen within the IOC and the Olympic movement as a continuation of the policies and direction of IOC president Thomas Bach who hand picked ...

Outgoing president Thomas Bach hailed the election of Kirsty Coventry as the first female and first African to lead the International Olympic Committee as the 144th IOC Session in Pylos ...

With the formal election of Curtis Coventry, a former swimming champion from Zimbabwe, as his successor, a fresh hope emerges for Olympic reforms driven by a new generation of leadership. The legacy ...