England Boxing have called for Gafur Rakhimov to resign as President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched an inquiry into the governing body and froze planning for the sport at Tokyo 2020.
London 2012 flyweight bronze medallist Michael Conlan has claimed it would be a "major shame" if boxing does not feature on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020.
Former amateur boxer Conor Wallace has dropped a High Court case in which he was seeking damages after being dropped from Northern Ireland’s team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has claimed the governing body is now in a position to confirm it has "finally and fully left the troubled past behind us" in a letter sent to all National Member Federations.
John Coates has insisted the freezing of planning for the Olympic boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 will not impact organisers prior to the Games.
The director of Olympic Solidarity, Pere Miró, has today written to National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to invite them to contact the body’s athletes’ unit to discuss the re-activation of boxing-related activities.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reassured athletes there will be a boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 as he highlighted International Boxing Association (AIBA) head Gafur Rakhimov's inability to "exercise his full function" as a key concern.
Russian Boxing Federation (RBF) secretary general Umar Kremlev has criticised the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to halt planning for the Tokyo 2020 tournament, claiming the IOC will "fall apart faster than boxing is removed from the programme".
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has frozen the planning of the boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 after it began an inquiry into the International Boxing Association (AIBA) which could end the governing body's right to organise the event.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has made a late plea for leniency from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by releasing two statements claiming improvements in judging and its financial situation as the Executive Board meets here to decide its future.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials are assessing how they can organise a boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 without the Gafur Rakhimov-led International Boxing Association (AIBA) as the Executive Board prepares to decide the future of the sport at the Games.
A provisional suspension imposed on European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) President Franco Falcinelli has been temporarily lifted by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) while his case is being considered and after he promised to back new President Gafur Rakhimov, insidethegames can reveal.
India's Mary Kom won the women's light flyweight final to become the first female boxer to claim six gold medals at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's Boxing World Championships in New Delhi.
Ornella Wahne became the first German to reach a final at the International Boxing Association Women’s World Championships after beating Jemyma Betrian of The Netherlands in the penultimate round of the featherweight category in New Delhi.
Irish lightweight Kellie Harrington reached a second successive final at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women’s World Championships after beating Kazakhstan’s Karina Ibragimova in New Delhi today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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