Lord Coe suffered a crushing defeat in his bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee, with Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry routing her six rivals in the first round of voting to ...
PYLOS, Greece: Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...
On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...
The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, selecting the Zimbabwean sports minister and member of its executive board to succeed Thomas Bach. Coventry, 41, ...
It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...
Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a ...
Seb Coe lost his bid to become the most powerful figure in sport today as Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry swept to victory and succeeded Thomas Bach as president of the International ...
The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, emerging from a contentious seven-candidate race Thursday to take hold of one of ...
Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president after members from across the world cast their secret vote and tabbed the 41-year-old on the first ballot. Just after her mentor, outgoing ...