Sarah Lewis
FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 file photo Johan Eliasch, Chairman of the Management Board of the HEAD group celebrates on the podium at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup finals, in Parpan-Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Billionaire businessman Johan Eliasch has been elected president of the International Ski Federation. The CEO of ski and tennis brand Head was one of four candidates and follows long time president Gian Franco Kasper. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, file)
Billionaire Eliasch elected to lead world ski federation

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 04, 2021 11:47 AM EDT

4 candidates Friday in rare election to lead world ski body

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 03, 2021 04:22 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — An open presidential election with several strong, first-time candidates is unusual for an international sports body. It's...

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General and Gian Franco Kasper, President of the FIS, the International Ski Federation, right, visit the finish area of the Aline ski course ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Lewis has declared herself a candidate on Tuesday April 6, 2021, to become the first woman president of the International Ski Federation.(AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, FILE)
Lewis running to lead the ski federation that fired her

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 06, 2021 05:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2019 file photo, Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather speeds down the course as a banner advertising the ski world championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo is seen in the background, during an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. The Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) announced Sunday, May 24, 2020 that it would like to postpone next year’s Alpine skiing world championships in Cortina until March 2022 in order to avoid the championships being canceled or shortened due to the fallout in Italy from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, file)
Sports bodies campaign to reopen safe live events, clubs

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 18, 2020 12:48 PM EDT