It follows local reports the Swaziland Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association (SOCGA) had decided to drop the national boxing team, one of the landlocked southern African kingdom's strongest sports, from the team for Glasgow 2014 due to non-compliance with registration requirements.

Various other problems have also been faced by SWABA in recent months, including the cancellation of a planned trip to a competition in Bulgaria due to funding shortages. 

But speaking today, SOCGA secretary general Muriel Hofer provided an assurance that no decision has been made and, subject to the boxing governing body fulfilling several criteria, a team will be selected. 

These criteria predominantly concern internal administrative issues, along with the appointment of a three-star rated coach to best take the squad forward. 

Light-flyweight boxer Simanga Shiba (left) won Swaziland's last Commonwealth Games medal, at Melbourne 2006 ©Getty Images



Since securing independence from Great Britain in 1968, Swaziland have competed in the last 11 Commonwealth Games, and in that time have won four medals, of which three have come in boxing and one in athletics.

The most recent medal success came in boxing at Melbourne 2006 when Simanga "the Boer" Shiba secured a light-flyweight bronze medal.

Swaziland have also sent athletes to nine Summer Olympic Games, along with the Albertville 1992 Winter version, although they are yet to win a medal.

Hofer added that, because they are a small country, they are not specifically targeting medals at Glasgow 2014, but are keen to illustrate their gradual improvement as they build towards the longer term target of success at Gold Coast 2018.

"We are currently revamping the whole sporting system in the country," she told insidethegames.

"We are looking to engage more and more people in sport, and hope that performing at the Commonwealth Games will help us to do this.

"One of our targets is to compete in a larger number of sports, and in Glasgow we will achieve this by competing in cycling for the first time."

Swaziland also sent a large team to the African Youth Games in Gabarone, where aspiring athletes competed across the nine sports of swimming, athletics, taekwondo, netball, football, judo, boxing, cycling and golf.

Carlota Munave won a bronze medal in the women's over 63 kilogram taekwondo competition.