Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed the country’s military boss to replace Kirsty Coventry as sports minister ...

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero ...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected a woman as its president for the first time ever. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is also the youngest ever IOC president and the first from an African ...

Chinese Ambassador Wu Peng joins the chorus of congratulations for Zimbabwean swimmer Dr Kirsty Coventry, who makes history ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International ... "It is a signal that we are truly global," the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist said.

Ms. Coventry, 41, from Zimbabwe, was the only woman among the ... “The vast majority of I.O.C. members voted for Kirsty Coventry,” he said. “And that meant they had an idea they wanted ...

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 ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry arrived Sunday in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a ...

(AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli) Newly elected International Olympic Committee IOC President Kirsty Coventry welcomed by officials at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday ...

Kirsty Coventry will become the IOC's 10th president ... position she could have never imagined back in her home country of Zimbabwe at nine years old, when she set a goal to go to the Olympics.

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th president overall of the organization that was founded in 1894. IOC members ...