It was, with hindsight, not a “keep Seb Coe out” but a “get Kirsty Coventry in” campaign that determined the International ...

In a landmark announcement at the iconic "Water Cube" (Beijing 2008) / "Ice Cube" (Beijing 2022) venue, the International ...

Sports management scholar Davies Banda was part of a global research team that compiled an IOC-commissioned report on the ...

Newly-elected president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry, has taken a measured approach to India's 2036 Summer Games candidacy."I believe we should involve the membership in the ...

The International Olympic Committee, the sporting world’s equivalent of a white-collar crime family, has made its decision on who will succeed the ...

Governance For the first time in its 130-year history, the IOC will be led by a female and an African. Mariud Ngula Zimbabwe’s former swimming legend Kirsty Coventry (41) last week made history as the ...

Kirsty Coventry stood on top of the podium in Athens on August 20, 2004, creating history both for herself and Zimbabwe as ...

But as the various royals, sporting dignitaries, politicians and billionaires left the Costa Navarino resort on Friday, some really believed the result could have turned out very differently. Yes, the ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Com-mittee (IOC), can 'even exceed the expectations' of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach on Friday.

A Shiny Facade of Democracy The election of Kirsty Coventry was not merely a historic moment but occurred during the IOC's 144th special session, which took place at a luxurious Greek resort. This ...

GREECE (AFP) — Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can “even exceed the expectations” of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas ...