•Kirsty Coventry A Zimbabwean, Kirsty Coventry, became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee yesterday, declaring it to be an “extraordinary moment”. At 41, the two-time Olympic swimming champion is also the youngest person ever to be elected to the most powerful position in sports governanc...
•Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris For the second time in eight years, a woman has won the Democratic nomination for US president, only to come up short in a campaign where gender was a central issue. Like Hillary Clinton in 2016, Kamala Harris had a shot at becoming the first woman to occupy the Oval […]

