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IOC grants 'provisional' recognition to World Boxing as international federation

NEW DELHI: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday granted provisional recognition to World Boxing as the governing body for the sport at the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

The Times of India

'I Will Fight': Khelif Responds To Boxing Organisation Lawsuit

Algerian Olympic champion Imane Khelif has denounced "false and offensive" allegations after the International Boxing Association (IBA) said it will sue the International Olympic Committee over her inclusion at the Paris Games' women's boxing last year.

International Business Times

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif says she's 'never stayed down' and vows to fight back after lawsuit

The Algerian boxer who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics has denounced “false and offensive” accusations from the International Boxing Association

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Boxing Olympics 2028: IBA Enlist Donald Trump to Help Reinstate Sport

Boxing Olympics 2028 remains questionable with the IOC refusing to organise it themselves. Trump enlisted to help by the IBA.

The Sports Daily

IBA sticking with Gazprom sponsorship as boxing still in limbo at 2028 Olympics

The International Boxing Association is still taking sponsorship money from the Russian state energy supplier Gazprom but could still play a role in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The Guardian - UK

IOC tells NOCs to derecognise boxing bodies that remain tied to IBA, which calls it disturbing

NEW DELHI: The IOC has escalated its feud with the International Boxing Association by effectively asking member countries to derecognise national federations that remain aligned to the suspended body, a directive that the IBA lambasted as "unacceptable gaslighting".

The Times of India

Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex and legally difficult. Here's how they work

Women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout

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‘I don’t care what anyone is saying’ – Imane Khelif sidesteps gender row

The Algerian 66kg finalist and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting of Chinese Taipei were previously ruled ineligible by the International Boxing Association.

The Independent UK

Taiwan sports administration threatens legal action over gender row

Taiwan’s sports administration has threatened the International Boxing Assocation with legal action over ‘false information’ in the gender eligibility row

The Guardian - UK

Boxing group answers some questions but raises many more about tests on Imane Khelif, Lin Yu-ting

The International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships

The Independent UK

Women’s boxing in Olympic storm: who is Algeria’s Imane Khelif and what are the issues she’s facing?

Imane Khelif from Algeria is one of two women boxers at the 2024 Paris Olympics making the news – as ugly issues of gender testing and testosterone levels once again raise their head, as they did in the case of South African runner Caster Semenya. Khelif and Taiwanese boxer Lin…

The Conversation

Bulgarian Boxer Staneva’s ‘XX’ Sign After Losing To Lin Yu-Ting Escalates Olympic Gender Debate

Bulgarian boxer Svetlana Staneva flashes a double ‘X’ sign to the crowd after her defeat by Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting amid gender eligibility controversy The post Bulgarian Boxer Staneva’s ‘XX’ Sign After Losing To Lin Yu-Ting Escalates Olympic Gender Debate first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Italian Boxer Who Abandoned Fight After 46 Seconds Could Receive $50,000 Prize From Banned IBA

The organization wants to award Angela Carini $50,000 "as if she were an Olympic champion" despite her losing to Imane Khelif. The post Italian Boxer Who Abandoned Fight After 46 Seconds Could Receive $50,000 Prize From Banned IBA first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Who are the IBA? Controversial boxing authority locked in gender row with IOC over Imane Khelif

The IBA’s Russian links have come under scrutiny as they defend their decision on boxer Imane Khelif

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Watch: International Boxing Association holds press conference amidst Paris Olympics gender debate

Watch as the International Boxing Association (IBA) holds a press conference in Paris on Monday 5 August as the gender debate continues at the Olympic Games boxing tournament.

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IOC Seeks New Boxing Body To Save Olympic Future

Learn about the IOC's plan to establish a new international boxing body to secure boxing's presence in the 2028 Los Angeles Games after de-recognizing the IBA.

Daily Mirror

International Boxing Association makes 'fascist Germany' reference after Olympic expulsion

The International Olympic Committee voted unanimously to strip the International Boxing Association of its status, sparking fury and eye-catching comparisons from the organisation

Irish Mirror

IOC expels IBA from Olympics with boxing to remain part of program for 2024 & 2028

The decision to expel the International Boxing Association was backed by 69 countries.

The Independent UK

IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the sport will still be at the Paris Games

The International Boxing Association has been banished from the Olympic family but the sport will stay on the program for the 2024 Paris Games

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