said her predecessor Thomas Bach on March 21. Coventry, 41, became the most powerful single figure in sport after sweeping aside her six rivals in the first round of voting on March 20.

GREECE — Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Com-mittee (IOC), can "even exceed the expectations" of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach on ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can “even exceed the expectations” of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach yesterday.

Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s members unite behind Kirsty Coventry, who was voted in as his ...

Coventry, a multiple swimming Olympic champion and her country's sports minister, was long seen as incumbent Bach's preferred choice and her win on Thursday in the first round of voting against ...

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 ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can "even exceed the expectations" of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach on Friday.

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to ...

Whoever succeeds Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday will need to be "cool under fire" with some members believing the very existence of the Olympic ...

Coventry, 41, became the most powerful single figure in sport after sweeping aside her six rivals in the first round of voting on Thursday. She is also the first woman to lead the Olympic Movement.