Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term.

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.

A two-time Olympic champion runner in the 1,500 meters ... That move, and how it was announced, annoyed outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach and also leaders of other sports. Some of those will vote ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is seen on a giant screen during the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, on the election day of the next IOC President ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm ... of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Bach led the International Olympic Committee through two locked-down Games in a global ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa's most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often ...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach talks to the Associated Press during an interview at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Laurent ...

the Olympic committee under its outgoing president, Thomas Bach, banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competition, calling the ongoing war a violation of the United Nations ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Thomas Bach says he feels a rare calm ... of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Bach led the International Olympic Committee through two locked-down Games in a global ...

Kirsty Coventry will officially succeed Thomas Bach on June 23 ... only Kirsty Coventry at the head of the International Olympic Committee, a powerful symbol for world sport Coventry's agenda ...

Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term.

A two-time Olympic champion runner in the 1,500 meters ... That move, and how it was announced, annoyed outgoing IOC president Thomas Bach and also leaders of other sports. Some of those will ...