AFRICA is optimistic as the start of Kirsty Coventry’s term as the first African and female International Olympic Committee ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman and first African ...

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to ...

The remaining four were even further behind: David Lappartient, Morinari Watanabe, Jordan's Prince Feisal Al Hussein and Johan Eliasch, who together received only 12 votes (12.36%). Nevertheless ...

Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Johan Eliasch, and Prince Feisal al Hussein, bottom row from left, David Lappartient, Juan Antonio Samaranch and Morinari Watanabe. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool Photo via AP, File) Show more Show less ...

This week the International Olympic Committee will announce the identity of its new President – one of the most influential roles in global sport. The ...

One of Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry, Johan Eliasch, Prince Feisal al Hussein, David Lappartient, Juan Antonio Samaranch or Morinari Watanabe will win an eight-year mandate in an election near ...

KIRSTY Leigh Coventry is set to make history as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), succeeding Germany’s Thomas Bach on June 23. Her election marks a pivotal moment for ...

Johan Eliasch and Feisal Al Hussein, in an election that has held global sport spellbound and is a defining moment in the history of the IOC. All seven candidates have been hard at working on thei ...