These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on the occupied West Bank for Friday, March 28. Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya ...

There has been concern, however, that the Kremlin would use any international success as a weapon against the west. On her election, Coventry said being the first women and African to hold the role ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kirsty Coventry has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee, becoming the first woman ...

On Thursday, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and Zimbabwe’s current minister of sports became the first woman and the first African to be elected president of the International ...

The organization’s members elected Kirsty Coventry as its 10th president on Thursday, selecting the Zimbabwean sports minister and member of its executive board to succeed Thomas Bach. Coventry, 41, ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

Former Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry, 41, was today elected as the new Olympics chief, pipping Lord Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch to the position. The election means Ms ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece — 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 ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been voted as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in the first round. Coventry secured a surprise majority in the first round of ...

Former Olympic swimming champion, Kirsty Coventry will succeed Thomas Bach as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), marking an historic milestone as the first African and ...

MARAH SAAD, Occupied West Bank — Tysir Odeh sits in his office, watching a group of kids run and jump at a playground, taking in the early spring sun. Odeh is the head of this small school ...

The former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry has become the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 131-year history, after winning a shock first round win ...