Her ruling SWAPO party also retained its parliamentary majority, although by a very thin margin, and extended its 34-year hold on power since the southern African country gained independence from ...

Coventry was chosen over six other candidates, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, to succeed Thomas ...

Isabel Person, who was born on February 4, 1931, served as the first woman president of the world. She served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. Isabel was the third wife of Juan ...

Kirsty Coventry, 41, of Zimbabwe becomes the first woman to lead the IOC. She is eligible to serve up to a 12-year term.

Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee on the first ballot, making her the first woman to lead the organization.

Kirsty Coventry is the first female president in the IOC's 130-year history ... votes in the first round of Thursday's election, while World Athletics boss Coe won just eight.

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 ...