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

Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Frenchman founded the IOC in 1894 and took over the presidency two years later at the age of 33. Coventry, a former world-class swimmer from Zimbabwe , is 41. Africa's most successful female ...

Following her swimming career, she became a member of the IOC’s athletes commission. She was named Zimbabwe’s minister of sport in 2019. Four years ago, she also became an IOC member.

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 ...