Sports like cross-country running and cyclocross may join the 2030 Winter Olympics and beyond. It comes as part of new IOC ...

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 seize ...

The president of the International Olympic Committee officially closed the first edition of the initiative, which provides ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday. Coventry became the first woman to be chosen for the global sports post and also the first African ...

At the time, Russia cried foul. The IOC had initially responded to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine by banning Russian ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament. The country's former dictator, Robert Mugabe, called her "a golden girl, ...

Thomas Bach presented Kirsty Coventry with a symbolic key to the IOC headquarters in LausanneLaurent Cipriani/AP Photo/picture alliance Kirsty Coventry made sporting history by being elected president ...

During her Hall of Fame swimming career, Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry stood on an Olympic podium on seven occasions, medal performances that spanned the 2004 and 2008 Games. In addition to capturing ...

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 an ...

First African and female IOC president Focus on transparency and new sports for youth Aims to enhance athlete representation PYLOS, Greece, March 20 (Reuters) - Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), becoming the first woman and African to ever be elected to the position. Coventry, 41, will also be ...