Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape race and power.

Two brothers were arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court Friday accused of an armed robbery at the home of new ...

Many Zimbabweans question why Coventry was unable to reverse the decay of the country’s badly neglected sports facilities ...

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

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

Coventry said she will relocate to Lausanne, Switzerland − where the IOC's headquarters are located − in the coming months and resign from her government role in Zimbabwe. She has served as ...

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

C OSTA NAVARINO, Greece — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ...

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...

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 ...