The first female and first African president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry was inaugurated in the ...

The world Kirsty Coventry walks into Monday as the International Olympic Committee’s first female and first African president ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. She has now taken over from Thomas Bach of ...

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India's push toward winning the 2036 Olympics hosting contest seemed to stall a little on Thursday in the first big decision of Kirsty Coventry's IOC presidency.

IOC's new President Kirsty Coventry, the first African woman in the role, aims to address gender eligibility in sports and ...

Kirsty Coventry vows that IOC will ensure fairness for female athletes - Two athletes – Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting – won ...

Coventry honored the strong women in her life after becoming the first African and woman to be elected to head the IOC.

Fraser Bullock is eager for the new International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe, to come to Utah ...

Coventry detailed her vision for an IOC presidency in her candidate manifesto published last December (soon after she gave ...