LAUSANNE — The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization’s 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic ...

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry took over the leadership of the International Olympic Committee from Thomas Bach in a ceremony on Monday with the 2028 Los Angeles Games already ...

Career spy Blaise Metreweli to become first woman to head MI6 Until now, a female spy chief had only headed MI6 - also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - in the James Bond movies.

Royal Siu moved from working as a pharmacist to the pharmaceutical industry. It took nearly 18 months and more than 600 applications.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting is certainly having a busy week. First, he puts weight-loss drug Mounjaro on the National Health Service, allowing up to 220,000 obese and chronically unhealthy ...

Olympics' champion: New IOC president Kirsty Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role ...

Kirsty Coventry vows that IOC will ensure fairness for female athletes Two athletes – Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting – won gold medals despite having been disqualified from the 2023 World ...

Angel Reese powered the Chicago Sky to a 78-66 victory over the Connecticut Sun Sunday with her first-career triple-double. The second-year forward out of LSU scored 11 points, dished out 11 ...

Hailey Van Lith set career highs with 16 points and 5 rebounds, leading the Sky to a 78‑66 win over the Sun; Angel Reese recorded her first career triple‑double.

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was elected as the first woman and the first person from Africa to the post of International Olympic Committee president in March. She has now taken over from Thomas ...