Key players have met in Brisbane for the first in-country talks with organisers of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — 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 ...

Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic President (IOC), replacing Thomas Bach who steps down in June after a 12-year-term.

The 68-year-old Brit has two Olympic gold medals in the 1500-metre run (1980, 1984) and led the Organizing Committee of the London 2012 Games. He has been at the helm of the world athletics ...

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee and becomes the first woman and first African to get arguably the biggest job in global sports. The Zimbabwe ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (WSFA) - Kirsty Coventry, a Zimbabwean swimmer who competed for Auburn in the early 2000s, has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee. The IOC is the ...

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Wednesday announced a ... Disclosure: CNBC parent NBCUniversal owns NBC Sports and NBC Olympics. NBC Olympics is the U.S. broadcast rights ...