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

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 ...

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 ...

Kirsty Coventry is the first female and African person elected President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Her election is a proud moment for Zimbabwe and Africa. It’s a vote for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President-elect and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts, and Culture, Honourable Kirsty Coventry, received a hero’s welcome upon her ...

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. “This is ...

Newly Elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry Celebrated on Return Home to Zimbabwe HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry arrived Sunday ...

The Frenchman founded the IOC in 1894 and took over the presidency two years later at the age of 33. Coventry, a 41-year-old former world-class swimmer from Zimbabwe , has always had a strong will and ...

Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president after members from ... she could have never imagined back in her home country of Zimbabwe at nine years old, when she set a goal to go to ...