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Boxing fights for Olympic future after gender-row 'disaster'

NEW DELHI: Boxing's Olympic run in Paris has come to an end, but the battle to have the sport included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has begun after a negative gender scandal brought the sport back under investigation.

The Times of India

Boxing Fights For Olympic Future After Gender-row 'Disaster'

The boxing competition at the Paris Olympics is over but the fight now starts for its inclusion at the 2028 LA Games after a damaging gender controversy placed the sport under renewed scrutiny.

International Business Times

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

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IOC president Thomas Bach to step down after his second term ends next year

Bach, who has held the role since 2013, revealed elections will be held next March and his successor will take charge in June.

The Independent UK

Vinesh Phogat's CAS verdict before Paris Olympics end

NEW DELHI: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced that it will pronounce its verdict on Vinesh Phogat's appeal for a joint silver medal in the women's 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics before the end of the Games. The multisport event will conclude with the closing ceremony…

The Times of India

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins gold at Paris Olympics amid gender controversy

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold in the women's 66kg final at the Paris Olympics on Friday, overcoming the gender controversy. She triumphed over China's Yang Liu, securing a unanimous points decision and becoming one of the most controversial and successful athletes at the Games.

The Times of India

Algeria's Khelif rides out storm for boxing glory

Algerian fighter Imane Khelif has won her country's first women's boxing gold medal, defeating China's Yang Liu in the welterweight final in Paris.

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Noah Lyles decided to race with COVID-19. The USOPC's CEO is '100% comfortable' with that decision

The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee says she is “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles' decision to run in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event

The Independent UK

IOC President Thomas Bach Says Climate Change Could Affect Timing of Future Olympics

The Games appear prepared to adapt to a warming world.

Sports Illustrated

Thomas Bach says boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting have a right to fight

Khelif and Lin are into the gold medal matches.

The Independent UK

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

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to fight for an Olympic title when IOC president Thomas Bach again defended her right to compete in the women’s competition at the Paris Games

The Independent UK

US Sprinter Noah Lyles Tests Positive For Covid-19

US sprinter Noah Lyles, who tested positive for Covid-19, will attend the 200m medal ceremony. IOC president compares Covid management to flu.

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Boxer Imane Khelif fights for gold to cap an Olympics filled with misinformed scrutiny

Imane Khelif is one victory away from wrapping up her tumultuous Paris Olympics with a gold medal around her neck after enduring waves of online abuse over misconceptions about her sex

The Independent UK

North Korea returns to the Olympics after eight years – eyeing more than just medals

Athletes from North Korea are currently competing in the Summer Olympics for the first time in eight years. The communist state had been suspended for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having withdrawn unlawfully from the Tokyo Games in 2020 citing pandemic concerns.

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Al Jazeera

Who is Imane Khelif? When is her Olympics gold medal fight?

Algeria’s Imane Khelif will face China’s Yang Liu on Friday for a chance to win the country’s first women’s boxing gold.

The Independent UK

The greatest Olympian you’ve never heard of just retired – and it was beautiful

Greco-Roman wrestling can seem impenetrable but Mijain Lopez makes it simple. And he retires having accomplished something no one else in history has

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 Independent 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

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The Independent UK

Lin Yu-ting guaranteed at least a bronze medal after booking semis spot

The Chinese Taipei fighter is one of two boxers competing in Paris at the centre of a gender controversy.

France 24

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…

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Hungary boxer Anna Luca Hamori ‘proud’ after defeat to Imane Khelif

The participation of Khelif and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting at Paris 2024 has led to scrutiny.

The Independent UK

Tearful Imane Khelif given ray of light in heartening victory amid dark Olympic episode

The Algerian fighter advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s welterweight tournament after victory against Anna Luca Hamori amid the gender controversy that has dominated the Paris Games

The Times of India

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif ensures medal at Paris Olympics amid gender row

NEW DELHI: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif on Saturday secured a medal at the Paris Olympics after defeating Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in the women’s 66-kilogram quarterfinals.

The Independent UK

Imane Khelif beats Anna Luca Hamori as boxing controversy rumbles on

The Algerian now moves into the semi-finals.

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