GREECE — 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 ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can "even exceed the expectations" of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach on Friday.

Coventry, 41, became the most powerful single figure in sport after sweeping aside her six rivals in the first round of voting on Thursday. She is also the first woman to lead the Olympic Movement.

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 ...

Coventry, a multiple swimming Olympic champion and her country's sports minister, was long seen as incumbent Bach's preferred choice and her win on Thursday in the first round of voting against ...

IOC president Thomas Bach, right, spoke of his “relief” at the outcome of the election to find his successor, which was won by Kirsty Coventry, right (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP) Outgoing ...