International Gymnastics Federation head Morinari Watanabe and Olympic newcomer and multimillionaire Johan Eliasch, who heads the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, complete the list of ...

The remaining handful of votes went to Frenchman David Lappartient, Jordan’s Prince Feisal, Swedish-born Johan Eliasch, and Japan’s Morinari Watanabe. “This is not just a huge honour but it is a ...

AFRICA is optimistic as the start of Kirsty Coventry’s term as the first African and female International Olympic Committee ...

KIRSTY Leigh Coventry is set to make history as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), succeeding ...

Coventry was pitched against candidates like HRH Prince Faisal Al Hussein, David Lappartient, Johan Eliasch, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Morianari Watanabe and Lord Sebastian Coe. Kirsty received 49 ...

Zimbabwe's Sports Minister and double Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry, is the first African and youngest person, at 41, to assume the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ...

Johan Eliasch (Sweden-Britain), a prominent business leader and current head of the International Ski Federation; David Lappartient (France) President of the International Cycling Union ...

The International Olympic Committee has got a new presidentThe 144th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Greece has ...

In the exclusive members section, the 41-year-old winner celebrated with IOC members and staff while losers including Lord Coe and Johan Eliasch were left to lick their wounds in the more ...

IOC Executive Board member Prince Feisal Al Hussein and FIS President Johan Eliasch got 2 votes each. Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry made history as the first woman and African to become the ...

PYLOS, Greece–Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organization’s first female and first African president in its ...