Of the seven candidates running to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Swedish-British billionaire Johan Eliasch is something of an outlier. The 62-year-old ...

Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organisation’s first female and first African president in its 130-year history.

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new IOC president, becoming the first woman and first African to ...

Also in the race are Prince Feisal al Hussein of Jordan and three presidents of sports governing bodies: Johan Eliasch of skiing, cycling’s David Lappartient and Morinari Watanabe of gymnastics.

Other candidates Johan Eliasch and Morinari Watanabe would not speculate. Japanese Watanabe, head of the world gymnastics federation, smiled and simply said: "I am waiting," while president of the ...

Others in the running were four presidents of sports governing bodies: Track and field's Sebastian Coe, skiing's Johan Eliasch, cycling’s David Lappartient and gymnastics' Morinari Watanabe.

Prominent athletes in the sport drafted and signed a letter -- a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press -- that urged FIS president Johan Eliasch to "reconsider your position on CVC's ...