Mary Kom named in IOC's Olympics athlete ambassadors group
5 years, 2 months ago

Mary Kom named in IOC's Olympics athlete ambassadors group

The Hindu  

Six-time world champion M. C. Mary Kom has been included in a 10-member athlete ambassadors group to represent boxers in the build-up to next year’s Tokyo Olympics by the IOC’s Task Force for the sport, adding to the iconic pugilist’s innumerable achievements. Mary Kom will represent the Asian bloc in the group, which also comprises the likes of Ukrainian legend Vasyl Lamachenko, a two-time Olympic and world gold-medallist who now plies his trade in the professional circuit, and five-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold-winner Julio Cesar La Cruz among others. We are delighted with this group of diverse and inspirational athletes who make up the Athlete Ambassadors.,” said Morinari Watanabe, IOC Member and Chair of the Boxing Task Force. The creation of an Athlete Ambassadors Group was announced in August this year, and they had to be first nominated by the respective National Olympic Committee, NOC Athletes’ Commission and the National Federation.

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Boxing given Olympic ultimatum for inclusion at LA 2028
1 month, 1 week ago

Boxing given Olympic ultimatum for inclusion at LA 2028

The Independent  

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Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif to turn professional
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif to turn professional

The Telegraph  

Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer at the centre of the gender storm to engulf this summer’s Olympics, has announced she is to turn professional. Khelif, who won women’s welterweight gold at Paris 2024 after being disqualified from the last World Championships upon being ruled to have failed a gender eligibility test, also revealed she would fight in Liverpool next year. …

Algerian boxing that’s home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status
4 months ago

Algerian boxing that’s home to Imane Khelif joins global body trying to save Olympic status

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Algerian boxing federation that is home to Olympic champion Imane Khelif on Tuesday joined the World Boxing group that wants to save the sport’s place at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The International Olympic Committee has set a deadline of early next year for a credible governing body to be in place after years of turmoil …

Ahead of Olympic women's boxing title bouts, IOC president again defends Imane Khelif and Li Yu-ting
5 months ago

Ahead of Olympic women's boxing title bouts, IOC president again defends Imane Khelif and Li Yu-ting

The Independent  

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Watch: International Boxing Association holds press conference amidst Paris Olympics gender debate
5 months, 1 week ago

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

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Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif claims Angela Carini 'knew her well after training at the same gym' - and claims the Italian is using 'smear campaign to throw her off' after controversial 46-se
5 months, 1 week ago

Olympics gender row boxer Imane Khelif claims Angela Carini 'knew her well after training at the same gym' - and claims the Italian is using 'smear campaign to throw her off' after controversial 46-se

Daily Mail  

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has hit out at Italy's Olympics boxing team for 'trying to weaken her' after revealing Paris 2024 opening round opponent Angela Carini knows her well from previous training camps. Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting have been at the centre of a 'gender row' controversy at the Olympics after both were given the green light to …

Boxer Cindy Ngamba secures first medal for Olympic refugee team with quarterfinal win
5 months, 1 week ago

Boxer Cindy Ngamba secures first medal for Olympic refugee team with quarterfinal win

New York Times  

Boxer Cindy Ngamba clinched the first medal of any kind for the Olympic refugee team Sunday at North Paris Arena, guaranteeing herself at least a bronze with a win against France’s Davina Michel in the women’s 75-kilogram quarterfinals. “It means the world to me to be the first refugee team member to win a medal,” Ngamba said. #Paris2024 #OlympicGames pic.twitter.com/lmN0fhdqA5 …

Who is Anna Luca Hamori? Hungarian Olympic boxer set to fight Imane Khelif at Paris 2024
5 months, 1 week ago

Who is Anna Luca Hamori? Hungarian Olympic boxer set to fight Imane Khelif at Paris 2024

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IOC president weighs in on Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘This is the definition of a woman’
5 months, 1 week ago

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

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‘No doubt’ boxers like Imane Khelif are women, says Olympics president
5 months, 1 week ago

‘No doubt’ boxers like Imane Khelif are women, says Olympics president

The Telegraph  

The president of the International Olympic Committee has insisted the two gender-row boxers are women because it says so on their passports. “There was never any doubt about them being a woman,” said Thomas Bach as he defended controversial bouts involving Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. “This is not a DSD case, this is about a woman taking part in …

'Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination': IOC on boxing gender row
5 months, 1 week ago

'Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination': IOC on boxing gender row

Hindustan Times  

The International Olympic Committee has defended its decision to allow Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Chinese Taipei's double world champion Lin Yu-ting to compete in the ongoing Paris Olympics. “Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination,” IOC said in its statement, released late on Thursday. “All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris …

Imane Khelif’s Olympic participation decried in letter from her next opponent’s boxing federation
5 months, 1 week ago

Imane Khelif’s Olympic participation decried in letter from her next opponent’s boxing federation

Associated Press  

VILLEPINTE, France — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary’s Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori’s quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. “This is unacceptable and outrageous.” The boxing association plans to “express our indignation and request that the IOC reconsider its …

Savannah Marshall speaks out on Olympic boxing controversy
5 months, 1 week ago

Savannah Marshall speaks out on Olympic boxing controversy

Daily Mail  

She beat Carini within 46 seconds and her victory has been hugely controversial Savannah Marshall has slammed the International Olympic Committee and called for clarity after women's boxing left the Paris Olympics shrouded in controversy on Thursday. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Angela Carini in the opening round of the women's welterweight event in Paris after her Italian opponent abandoned …

Two boxers competing at Olympics despite failing gender test at World Championships
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Two boxers competing at Olympics despite failing gender test at World Championships

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games

The Hindu  

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year’s World Champion­ships for failing gender eligibility tests are eligible to compete at the Paris Olympics, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s …

Boxing might hear its last Olympic bell in Paris. Gennady Golovkin supports the fight to save it
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Boxing might hear its last Olympic bell in Paris. Gennady Golovkin supports the fight to save it

Associated Press  

VILLEPINTE, France — Gennady Golovkin believes he owes his incredible boxing career in part to his Olympic beginnings, and the possibility of his sport vanishing after the Paris Games has staggered one of the greatest fighters of his generation. Dozens of national federations already have left the IBA to join a breakaway governing body called World Boxing, but nobody can …

Summer Olympic federations exclude IBA, call for new boxing body
9 months ago

Summer Olympic federations exclude IBA, call for new boxing body

The Hindu  

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations on Tuesday excluded the International Boxing Association and called for a new organisation to take over the sport’s global duties. The IOC has since urged national boxing federations and national Olympic committees to find a partner international federation by next year at the latest to keep the sport in the Olympics. Boxing is …

Boxing’s IBA out of Olympics, but bouts still on for Paris Games
1 year, 6 months ago

Boxing’s IBA out of Olympics, but bouts still on for Paris Games

Al Jazeera  

The International Olympic Committee has banished the International Boxing Association from its ranks due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical issues. The IBA’s debts approaching $20m were cleared under Kremlev, and the IOC objected to the boxing body’s financial reliance on Russia’s Gazprom. Kremlev announced last month at the men’s world championships that the IBA …

International Boxing Association Stripped off Recognition by IOC
1 year, 6 months ago

International Boxing Association Stripped off Recognition by IOC

News 18  

The International Boxing Association’s recognition as the global body for the sport was stripped on Thursday by the International Olympic Committee, which ratified an executive board recommendation. The IOC’s extraordinary session held online on Thursday, rubber-stamped the recommendation by 69 votes to one to withdraw the IBA’s recognition over what the IOC said was a failure to complete reforms on …

IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the sport will still be at the Paris Games
1 year, 6 months ago

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

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The International Boxing Association was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the IOC. Boxing was never really in danger of being kicked out of the Olympics over the four years since the IOC suspended the sport’s governing body in an effort to force changes. We embrace …

Defiant boxing body IBA aims for progress in Olympic dispute
1 year, 8 months ago

Defiant boxing body IBA aims for progress in Olympic dispute

The Hindu  

Seeking to resolve a years-long dispute with Olympic officials, the International Boxing Association said it will update the IOC this week and no longer has Russian energy giant Gazprom as a sponsor. Boxing’s financial dependence on Gazprom is among governance and integrity concerns for the International Olympic Committee, which cut ties with the sport’s governing body in 2019 and is …

Defiant boxing body IBA aims for progress in Olympic dispute
1 year, 8 months ago

Defiant boxing body IBA aims for progress in Olympic dispute

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Seeking to resolve a years-long dispute with Olympic officials, the International Boxing Association said on Monday it will update the IOC this week and no longer has Russian energy giant Gazprom as a sponsor. Boxing’s financial dependence on Gazprom is among governance and integrity concerns for the International Olympic Committee, which cut ties with the sport’s governing body …

Breakaway group aims to save boxing’s Olympic status
1 year, 9 months ago

Breakaway group aims to save boxing’s Olympic status

Associated Press  

LONDON — American and British boxing officials are among the leaders of a breakaway group launched Thursday with the aim of saving boxing’s place at the Olympics. “Amateur, Olympic-style boxing was facing elimination from the Olympic Games,” said USA Boxing president Tyson Lee, who is on the interim board of the new organization. Kremlev said officials who backed a boycott …

New organisation World Boxing hopes to save sport’s Olympic status
1 year, 9 months ago

New organisation World Boxing hopes to save sport’s Olympic status

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Breakaway group aims to save boxing's Olympic status
1 year, 9 months ago

Breakaway group aims to save boxing's Olympic status

The Independent  

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New international federation set up to help keep boxing part of the Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

New international federation set up to help keep boxing part of the Olympics

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If IOC want to conduct Olympic qualifiers, they should ask us: IBA president Umar Kremlev
1 year, 10 months ago

If IOC want to conduct Olympic qualifiers, they should ask us: IBA president Umar Kremlev

Firstpost  

New Delhi: International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev on Tuesday asserted that the International Olympic Committee can’t hold Olympic qualifying championships without taking the world boxing body’s permission. “IBA is the main association that should be responsible for the Olympic qualification and the World Championships before the Olympics Games,” Kremlev told reporters ahead of the women’s World Championship. However last …

IBA President Kremlev: If IOC wants to conduct Olympic qualifiers they should ask us
1 year, 10 months ago

IBA President Kremlev: If IOC wants to conduct Olympic qualifiers they should ask us

The Hindu  

The president of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev declared that India was the capital of women’s boxing, when he addressed the media here on Tuesday. With the International Olympic Committee keeping the IBA under suspension, the focus was on Olympic qualifiers, but the president of the Boxing Federation of India, Ajay Singh reiterated that it was time to celebrate …

MC Mary Kom, Farhan Akhtar named brand ambassadors of Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

MC Mary Kom, Farhan Akhtar named brand ambassadors of Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023

The Hindu  

Indian women’s boxing owes everything to six-time World Champion and Olympic medallist MC Mary Kom. It was no surprise that Mary was announced as the brand ambassador along with film star Farhan Akhtar for the Women’s World Championship to be staged at the KD Jadhav Hall of the Indira Gandhi Stadium here from March 15 to 26. No less”, said …

‘IBA-IOC slugfest to affect boxers’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘IBA-IOC slugfest to affect boxers’

The Hindu  

The ongoing slugfest between the International Boxing Association and the International Olympic Committee will affect boxers the most, according to some accomplished pugilists of the country. The tussle between the IBA, The IBA, which has been suspended from the second consecutive Olympics by the IOC for various irregularities, said its system “was approved by the IOC Executive Board on April …

Wrestlers vs WFI: Babita Phogat Joins Sports Ministry's Oversight Committee
1 year, 11 months ago

Wrestlers vs WFI: Babita Phogat Joins Sports Ministry's Oversight Committee

The Quint  

''The Oversight Committee is also doing an enquiry into the allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment and/intimidation, financial irregularities and administrative lapses of the WFI, as levelled by prominent sportspersons," it added. Babita is the sixth member of the Committee, being headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom. "Babita Phogat now becomes the 6th member of the Oversight Committee, being headed …

Olympic Committee raises prospect of removing boxing from Paris 2024 Games
2 years ago

Olympic Committee raises prospect of removing boxing from Paris 2024 Games

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IOC Refuses to Lift Suspension of Boxing Body; Writes Letter Listing its Concerns
2 years, 1 month ago

IOC Refuses to Lift Suspension of Boxing Body; Writes Letter Listing its Concerns

News 18  

The International Olympic Committee has decided not to lift the suspension of the International Boxing Association’s recognition and involve it in conducting boxing competitions at the Paris Olympics in 2024. “As a consequence, the IOC Executive Board has sent another letter listing its concerns to IBA, following the one delivered in September 2022, informing it that the drastic change of …

Mary Kom elected as the Chairperson of Athletes Commission of IOA
2 years, 2 months ago

Mary Kom elected as the Chairperson of Athletes Commission of IOA

The Hindu  

Six-time World women’s boxing champion and Olympic medallist Mary Kom was elected as the Chairperson of the Athletes Commission of the Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday. The athletes commission nominated Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Gagan Narang for inclusion in the electoral college for the Executive Council of the IOA. The immediate task of the Athletes Commission would be to …

Boxing body won’t hold new election, damaging Olympic hopes
2 years, 3 months ago

Boxing body won’t hold new election, damaging Olympic hopes

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Umar Kremlev will remain the president of the International Boxing Association after the amateur sport’s governing body voted against holding a new election Sunday, a decision that puts the Olympic future of boxing in serious doubt. The International Olympic Committee issued a statement saying it was “extremely concerned” about the Olympic future of boxing after an IBA …

IOC questions Olympic boxing leadership after IBA election
2 years, 8 months ago

IOC questions Olympic boxing leadership after IBA election

Associated Press  

GENEVA — With boxing’s status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sport’s governing body which was stripped of recognition in 2019. International Boxing Association members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the only other candidate, from the Netherlands, was removed by an independent …

Lovlina Borgohain — One medal has done wonders!
3 years ago

Lovlina Borgohain — One medal has done wonders!

The Hindu  

The Tokyo Olympics bronze medal has not only elevated the status of Lovlina Borgohain — the third boxer and the second woman from India to win a bronze in the mega event — but also highlighted the contribution of the North-East in the country’s boxing journey. Following her superb performance in the women’s 69kg category in the Japanese capital, 24-year-old …

Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina wants to take up professional boxing after Paris 2024
3 years, 1 month ago

Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina wants to take up professional boxing after Paris 2024

The Hindu  

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain on Friday said she wants to take up professional boxing soon. So, I want to leave a mark there as well,” Lovlina said on the sidelines of Sportstar’s North-East Sports Conclave. Lovlina became the third Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal, after Vijender Singh and M. C. Mary Kom. So, if one medal …

Priyanka Chopra hails Mary Kom after boxer's exit from Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Priyanka Chopra hails Mary Kom after boxer's exit from Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

Mary Kom has exited the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Global star Priyanka Chopra, who portrayed the role of legendary boxer in the 2014 National Award Winning biopic film, penned a heartfelt appreciation note for the athlete after she exited from the Olympics on Thursday. Mary Kom, the face of India's boxing contingent, faced a shocking defeat -- split decision -- at …

Tokyo 2020: Respect the fight, not just the medal
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: Respect the fight, not just the medal

Hindustan Times  

The third day of a golf tournament is called “moving day” for players to race up the leaderboard and set themselves up for a fourth-round charge. The Indian men’s hockey team overcame an embarrassing 7-1 loss to Australia to first take down Spain and then Olympic champions Argentina. Fair warning, it’s possible that none of these athletes end up with …

Olympic women’s boxing is bigger, deeper, better in Tokyo
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympic women’s boxing is bigger, deeper, better in Tokyo

Associated Press  

TOKYO — About 15 minutes after Nesthy Petecio clinched the Philippines’ first-ever medal in Olympic women’s boxing, Irma Testa laughed with joy when she achieved the same history for Italy. Professional boxing has 17 weight classes for men and usually 10 for women, but boxers who don’t weigh close to the broader limits set by the Olympic sport — eight …

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom slams IOC Boxing Task Force for 'poor judging', says can't believe I've lost
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom slams IOC Boxing Task Force for 'poor judging', says can't believe I've lost

Hindustan Times  

Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom on Thursday slammed the International Olympic Committee's Boxing Task Force for "poor judging" in her flyweight pre-quarterfinal at the Tokyo Games which she lost despite winning two of the three rounds. In the next two rounds, Mary Kom got three of the five judges to rule in her favour but the overall score-line was …

Top news of the day: Centre announces reservation for OBCs, EWS in medical and dental courses; Mary Kom bows out of Olympics after a fiercely-fought showdown, and more
3 years, 5 months ago

Top news of the day: Centre announces reservation for OBCs, EWS in medical and dental courses; Mary Kom bows out of Olympics after a fiercely-fought showdown, and more

The Hindu  

All India Quota was introduced in 1986 under Supreme Court directions. Tokyo Olympics | Mary Kom bows out; wins 2 out of 3 rounds but still loses bout Six-time world champion M.C. Mary Kom's pursuit of a second Olympic medal ended in the pre-quarterfinals of the Tokyo Games as she went down to 2016 edition's bronze-medallist Ingrit Valencia in a …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Amit Panghal to MC Mary Kom, meet India's nine boxing gems at Games
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: From Amit Panghal to MC Mary Kom, meet India's nine boxing gems at Games

Firstpost  

From Amit Panghal to MC Mary Kom, here are nine Indian boxers who will go for glory at Tokyo Olympics 2020, New Delhi: An unprecedented nine Indian boxers will be taking the ring at the Tokyo Olympics, conscious of the fact that medal expectations from them are at an all-time high. His cabinet already has the World Championships and Commonwealth …

Mary Kom on her Rio Olympics bronze medal and Tokyo: Second appearance, second shot
3 years, 6 months ago

Mary Kom on her Rio Olympics bronze medal and Tokyo: Second appearance, second shot

The Hindu  

M. C. Mary Kom elevated her star status by adding a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics to her rich collection of five world titles that she had gathered by then. As women’s boxing made its debut at the London Games, Mary earned a podium finish in the 51kg weight category to become the first female boxer from India …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian boxing contingent to leave for Games from Italy on 17 July
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian boxing contingent to leave for Games from Italy on 17 July

Firstpost  

An unprecedented nine Indian pugilists have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, including five men and four women. New Delhi: India’s Olympic-bound boxing contingent, which is preparing for the Games in Italy right now, will leave for Tokyo from their training base in Assisi on 17 July. The support staff that will accompany the team includes men’s high-performance director Santiago Nieva, …

Tokyo Olympics: Ageless boxer Mary Kom still pulling no punches | Profile
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Ageless boxer Mary Kom still pulling no punches | Profile

India TV News  

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, India's most accomplished woman boxer, is gearing up for what probably would be her final tilt at the Olympics. Born on November 24, 1982, in an impoverished tenant farmer's family in Kangathei village in Churachandpur district of Manipur, Mary Kom has fought poverty, lack of infrastructure, and societal stereotyping -- that boxing was too macho and …

Mary Kom heads to Italy for training to avoid Tokyo Games travel restrictions
3 years, 6 months ago

Mary Kom heads to Italy for training to avoid Tokyo Games travel restrictions

The Hindu  

Six-time world champion M. C. Mary Kom has decided to join the rest of India's Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added restrictions on those travelling to Tokyo from here amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Daily COVID tests The Indian athletes and officials have been asked by the Japanese government to undergo daily COVID-19 tests for a …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: MC Mary Kom to join Games-bound boxing team in Italy to avoid travel restrictions
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: MC Mary Kom to join Games-bound boxing team in Italy to avoid travel restrictions

Firstpost  

Mary Kom will take off for Assisi in a day or two to join the eight other Olympic-bound boxers, who are set to leave for Tokyo from there itself. New Delhi: Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom has decided to join the rest of India’s Olympic-bound boxing team in Italy for training to avoid the added restrictions on those travelling …

Umar Kremlev confident AIBA will return to Olympic role in Paris
3 years, 6 months ago

Umar Kremlev confident AIBA will return to Olympic role in Paris

The Hindu  

The International Boxing Association's new president is confident his beleaguered organisation will be welcomed back into the Olympic family after the Tokyo Games. Umar Kremlev said at a news conference on Monday in Switzerland that AIBA is implementing the changes necessary to get back in the good graces of the International Olympic Committee, and he still expects the sport's governing …

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