The third high-profile figure to take on the role since the position was created 17 years ago was named Saturday: Former ...

Kirsty Coventry visited TODAY six months after being elected the first woman president of the IOC.

The International Olympic Committee president was caught off guard by questions about Germany and a Russian anti-doping chair ...

MILAN — Two years before the Los Angeles Olympics, the United States is already dominating the narrative in the run-up to the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games. International Olympic ...

You can give International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry credit for not relying on coachspeak and vague generalities to get through a press conference at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter ...

Kirsty Coventry is the first female IOC president and the first from an African country.

Ukraine's skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was informed of his disqualification after a meeting with IOC President Kirsty Coventry early in the morning at the sliding venue, shortly before the ...

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 ...

These were the compelling words of the first-ever female IOC president, delivered on International Women's Day, highlighting ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often accused of ...

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 ...