Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a ...

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), making her the first woman and the first African to hold the top job in world sports.

Moroccan Fouzi Lekjaa was elected first vice-president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at an executive ...

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Kirsty Coventry was elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, making history as the first woman and the first African to lead the global Olympic movement.

Kirsty Coventry, an Olympic champion swimmer turned sports administrator, was on Thursday elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, marking an historic milestone as the ...

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CAF President Patrice Motsepe elevated Fouzi Lekjaa to the position of first vice president during the confederation’s ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job ...