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Gender wars and Gazprom vol-au-vents: how boxing ended up in a mess

After a fortnight of unverified claims and counter-claims the sport’s presence at the 2028 Olympics is in doubt

The Guardian - UK

Imane Khelif: I was born a woman, I’ve lived as a woman and competed as a woman

The Algerian won Olympic gold in Paris.

The Independent UK

Algeria’s Imane Khelif wins controversial Olympic boxing gold

Khelif has found herself at the centre of a gender eligibility storm in Paris.

The Independent UK

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Tory MSP lodges ‘dog-whistle’ Holyrood motion on female athletes at Olympics

A TORY MSP has been accused of engaging in “ugly and divisive politics” after lodging a motion in the Scottish Parliament about the “safety of…

The National (Scotland)

A global conflict is playing out at the Paris Olympics – just not in the way we think

From a row about an allegedly blasphemous biblical scene to a controversial boxing match, the Games have been hijacked by culture wars between Russia and the west, says Guardian columnist Nathalie Tocci

The Guardian - UK

The men of international boxing use the Olympics to spoil for another kind of fight

With geopolitics in play, the IBA has made the IOC look ridiculous in the row about the women’s competition

The Guardian - UK

Olympic boxer in gender eligibility row hits out at ‘bullies’ as IBA doubles down

Imane Khelif has said the backlash against her competing in the women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics “can destroy people’

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IBA Faces Scrutiny Over Eligibility Tests For Boxers

IBA news conference in Paris addresses controversy over eligibility tests for boxers Khelif and Lin, raising concerns about transparency and athlete welfar...

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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

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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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

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

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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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.

Radio France Internationale

Olympics news website Insidethegames says 'banned' from Paris 2024

Olympics news website Insidethegames.biz, which was acquired by a Russian-run fund, says it has been effectively "banned" from the Paris Olympics after its accreditation requests were turned down.

The Independent UK

Olympic boxers handed prize money boost for winning medals at Paris 2024

Gold medallists will be awarded $100,000 while silver and bronze medals will take home $50,000 and $25,000 respectively

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The Guardian - UK

IOC expels International Boxing Association from Olympic movement

The IOC has removed a governing body for the first time but boxing will remain in the 2024 and 2028 Olympics

The Guardian - UK

IOC set to strip IBA of its recognition as the official boxing body for Olympics

The body has failed to address finance and corruption concerns ahead of the sport being reinstated for 2028 Los Angeles Games

The Hindu

IOC recommends terminating boxing body's Olympic status

The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Federation and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month.

Al Jazeera

IBA slams ‘black sheep’ breakaway body as schism roils boxing

A new world boxing federation was announced last month in a move aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.

The Independent UK

Breakaway group aims to save boxing's Olympic status

American and British boxing officials are among the leaders of a breakaway group which hopes to save boxing’s place at the Olympics

The National (Scotland)

Denmark World Cup shirt protest over Qatar far too toned down - Susan Egelstaff

WHEN is a protest really a protest? And, perhaps more importantly, when is a protest really worth something?

The Guardian - UK

Boxing’s Olympic future plunged into further doubt after Iba backs president

The International Boxing Association has voted to deny a leadership challenge against Umar Kremlev at a special congress in Armenia

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