LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization's 131st birthday with praise that the ...

Even if a peace deal is reached with invaded neighbor Ukraine, Russian competitors at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter ...

Olympic cauldrons are set to be lit in both Milan and Cortina to open the 2026 Winter Games. Milan, one of Italy’s largest ...

Kirsty Coventry can remember the spot in her living room 33 years ago when, shortly after getting out of the pool and still wearing her swimsuit, she watched TV coverage of the Barcelona Olympics and ...

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 ...

The International Olympic Committee president rang in the new year with excitement, with the 2026 Games in mind and celebrating her first six months ...

Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland–New International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry pledged on Monday to strengthen and extend the reach of the Games, as Zimbabwe’s Olympic swimming champion took over ...

LAUSANNE — The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization’s 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic movement was ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. ROME (AP) — For her first Olympics as IOC president, Kirsty Coventry could probably order up a ...