Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to ...

Many Zimbabweans question why Coventry was unable to reverse the decay of the country’s badly neglected sports facilities ...

The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa’s most decorated ...

Two brothers have been arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International ...

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

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

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday, becoming the ...

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 ...

Zimbabwe expressed pride at the appointment of Kirsty Coventry as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. She's the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in global sports, and aged just 41.

The 41-year-old Coventry, who is also Zimbabwe's sports minister, was the only female candidate in the IOC presidency race and became the first woman and first African to be elected head of the ...