Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Zimbabwean sports minister and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the first female president of the ...

To date, the IOC has had nine presidents since its foundation in 1894, including figures such as Pierre de Coubertin, who led the organisation from 1896 to ... to have Athens host the first ...

Seven-time Olympic medallist Kirsty Coventry broke new ground when she was elected the 10th president of the International ...

After an electoral race that began last September, when the names of the seven candidates were announced, the election of the ...

The 2004 Summer Olympics were held between 13 and 29 August in Greece's capital Athens. The 28th Olympiad hosted athletes ... The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, a ...

The slow-burn race for the most powerful job in world sport roared into life on Wednesday, set against the dazzling backdrop ...

Securing 49 out of 97 votes, Kirsty Coventry won a decisive victory over Spanish IOC vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr ...

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...