KIRSTY Coventry now holds the most powerful role in sports when she was elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee.

Seismic”, “groundbreaking”, “landmark”. These are all words that have been used to describe Kirsty Coventry’s appointment as ...

As the German prepares to hand over the baton to Coventry after 12 years at the helm, Bach leaves behind a financially robust yet highly centralised organisation. The former fencer has managed to ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected the first female and African president of the International Olympic Committe ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s members unite behind Kirsty Coventry, who was voted in as his ...

Kirsty Coventry will succeed the ninth IOC President, Thomas Bach, whose 12-year tenure will ... Democracy and the Olympic Games,” he said. Bach, a German lawyer and former Olympic fencing champion, ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s members ...

The successor to Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was decided after just one round of voting on Thursday, the body's Director General Christophe De Kepper said.

IOC will elect their next president on March 20, replacing the outgoing Thomas Bach who had been in the role since 2013. (AP) IOC presidency candidate David Lappartient makes statements to the ...