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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

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: Imane Khelif pleas for 'human dignity' after 'bullying' over boxing gender questions

Algerian will win a medal at Paris Games amid furore over previously-failed test by body banned by IOC

Evening Standard

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Misinformation, abuse and injustice: breaking down the Olympic boxing firestorm

In a preliminary women’s under 66kg boxing match at the Paris Olympics last week between Algerian Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini, a powerful punch to the face resulted in Carini withdrawing after 46 seconds.

The Conversation

Olympic boxer Imane Khelif calls for end to bullying over gender misconceptions

The Algerian said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender ‘harms human dignity’

The Independent UK

Lyles and Mahuchikh win memorable golds as Djokovic ends his long wait

The world’s No 1 sprinter Noah Lyles ran the race of his life to win gold in the men’s 100m while Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh won gold in the women’s high jump

The Guardian - UK

Second boxer in gender row guaranteed Olympic medal after feisty bout

Lin Yu-ting beat Svetlana Staneva by unanimous decision in a bruising battle, after which Staneva’s coach hit out at ‘circus acts’ and ‘dirty’ tactics

The Guardian - UK

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Olympics Organizers Denounce Flawed Testing Of Boxers

Olympics organizers criticize flawed testing of boxers Khelif and Lin, raising gender identity issues in sports.

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Under pressure: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif triumphs after days of abuse over 'gender controversy'

Algerian welterweight boxer Imane Khelif beat Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori by a unanimous decision in the quarter-finals in the North Paris Arena on Friday night after facing days of online abuse following accusations that the 25-year-old fighter is secretly a man. It’s a bittersweet victory for Khelif, who continues to…

France 24

Algerian boxer at centre of gender row sheds tears after quarter-final victory

Imane Khelif, guaranteed a medal after beating Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori, dominated the fight to deafening cheers

The Guardian - UK

‘Looks like a man’: Rowling, Kangana, journos post anti-trans misinformation on Olympic boxer

It was 46 seconds of “strong blows” when Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned her match against Algeria’s Imane Khelif in the women’s 66-kg round of 16 bout in the Paris Olympics on August 1. Carini did not shake Khelif’s hands after the defeat and remarked that she had “never faced…

Newslaundry

Imane Khelif: Boxer at the centre of Olympics gender row guarantees medal with latest win

The Algerian secures at least a bronze and breaks down in tears after comfortable quarter-final victory over Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori

Evening Standard

Imane Khelif beats Anna Luca Hamori as boxing controversy rumbles on

The Algerian now moves into the semi-finals.

The Independent UK

IOC puts out correction after president Thomas Bach confuses gender issues

The IOC has issued a correction after its president Thomas Bach got in a muddle when defending a decision to let Imane Khelif fight in Paris

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The Independent UK

Imane Khelif is taking the Olympic boxing ring after days of gender outcry

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif takes to the ring again at the Paris Olympics following days of online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports

The Independent UK

Banned governing body that's fueling outcry on Olympic boxers has Russian ties and troubled history

The allegations that Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting failed an eligibility test for women's competition have been made by only the International Boxing Association

France 24

Olympics chief slams ‘unacceptable’ hate speech against boxers in gender row

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach condemned the "hate speech" targeting Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, saying that a wider, Russia-led "defamation campaign" against the IOC and the Paris Games was fueling the controversy.

The Independent UK

IOC president weighs in on Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘This is the definition of a woman’

Thomas Bach defended boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif and their place at Paris 2024 after failing gender eligibility tests run by the International Boxing Association

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Evening Standard

Olympics 2024: International Boxing Association to award Angela Carini prize money for defeat to Imane Khelif

Carini has apologised to Khelif for the level of scrutiny she has faced

The Independent UK

Angela Carini to be awarded prize money by IBA despite Olympic loss to Imane Khelif

The Italian pulled out in the first round against the Algerian amid a gender row at Paris 2024

The Independent UK

IBA says it will award Italian boxer Angela Carini Olympic champion prize money

Carini abandoned her fight with Algeria’s Imane Khelif, who is at the centre of a gender row.

The Guardian - UK

Team GB sweep up three more golds and make fast track start on fab Friday

Britain’s runners made a blistering start to the track events in the Stade de France building on seven medals including three golds claimed by Team GB on a fabulous Friday in Paris

The Guardian - UK

In the Olympics boxing arena, facts and fairness are taking a battering

Hugely complex, essentially irresolvable issues have been flattened in the toxic furore over the inclusion of Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif in the women’s competition

USA Today Sports Media Group

Olympic boxer Lin Yu-Ting dominates as gender eligibility issue unfolds

Controversy surrounding gender eligibility in boxing at the Paris Games has sparked outrage, including from honorary U.S. coach Jake Paul.

AAP

Teremoana's golden run ended by Games champ

Australian super heavyweight Teremoana Teremoana Jnr has been denied Australia's seventh Olympic boxing medal, losing a tight contest to the defending champion.

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