Torch bearer Louise Martin poses for photographers with the London 2012 Olympic torch on the Swilken Bridge next to the eighteenth tee on the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland June 13, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - British sports administrator Louise Martin was elected as the Commonwealth Games Federation's first female President on Wednesday after promising to boost the commercial returns and attract top-class athletes back to the Commonwealth Games.
Martin beat the incumbent Prince Tunku Imran of Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games Federation general assembly in Auckland on Wednesday to head an organisation that has faced pressure to remain relevant in a crowded sporting market.
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