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The Algerian and Taiwanese boxers embroiled in a dispute over gender in sport at the Paris Games were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both of them ineligible, the International Boxing Association said on Monday. IBA chief executive Chris Roberts said he could not disclose the results of the gender eligibility tests but that …
VILLEPINTE, France — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out seconds into their bout at the Paris Olympics. Khelif was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing unspecified and untransparent eligibility tests for women’s competition from the now-banned International Boxing Association. Khelif …
Having lost all hope of securing an Indian visa to compete at the Women’s Boxing World Championship, starting in New Delhi on Wednesday, Kosova boxer Donjeta Sadiku has questioned International Boxing Association’s decision to grant the event’s hosting rights to India. The Boxing Federation of India is allowing my participation in world boxing championship, and IBA said that there won’t …