International Olympic Committee condemn International Boxing Association’s decision to award cash prize money for medallists
The International Olympic Committee has condemned the International Boxing Association’s decision to award cash prize money for medallists at this summer’s Games, citing a “total lack of financial transparency” within the organisation. It comes as the IBA announced yesterday that they will bestow $100,000 to gold, $50,000 for silver and $25,000 for bronze medallists at Paris 2024, despite the reality …
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A Farewell to Olympic Boxing? Why We Should Embrace the Final Rounds But Also Look For Change
When the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) committee confirmed the 33 sports that would be included in the programme, boxing was notably absent from that list. Boxing has been under scrutiny since the Rio 2016 Olympics, marred by judging controversies. In 2019, the IOC suspended the International Boxing Association (IBA) due to governance and financial issues. Last October, the …
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Russian and Belarusian athletes to be allowed to compete as neutrals in Paris Olympics
Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs), the IOC announced Friday. No team from Russia or Belarus will qualify, and athletes from the countries will compete without emblems, anthems, or flags. The IOC also said that no athletes “who actively support the war” or “who are contracted to …
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Five New Sports Confirmed In An Exciting Development For LA 2028 Summer Olympics
Image credit: LA2028 Organising Committee Baseball/Softball, T20 Cricket, Flag Football, Sixes Lacrosse and Squash have been officially included as additional sports on the programme for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28). There has also been a reprieve for Modern Pentathlon, with obstacle racing replacing horse riding, and Weightlifting which has agreed to oversight of its drug testing procedures. …
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IOC Announces Suspension Of Russian Olympic Committee “With Immediate Effect”
The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released a statement announcing the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) “with immediate effect until further notice.” This decision stems from the ROC’s recent acknowledgment of regional entities from four Ukrainian territories, which have been illegally absorbed by Russia amid the ongoing large-scale conflict that began in 2022. The …
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Russian and Belarusian athletes to be allowed to compete as neutrals in 2024 Paralympics
The International Paralympics Committee announced Friday (Sept. 29) that it had partially suspended the National Paralympic Committees of Russia and Belarus “for breaches of their constitutional membership obligations.” Belarus aided Russia last year in launching its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The partial suspension means that Belarusian and Russian athletes will be allowed to compete as individuals under a neutral flag …
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Russian athletes ‘unlikely’ to be at Paris Olympics, says World Athletics President Seb Coe
Russian and Belarusian track and field athletes are ‘unlikely’ to be allowed to compete in the Paris Olympics, said Sebastian Coe, speaking after being elected World Athletics President for a third term. In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Athletics currently bans athletes of both nations from competing in its events, even under neutral flags. Its stance is contrary …
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IOC strips recognition from Russian-funded International Boxing Association
Following years of controversy, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken unprecedented action and stripped Olympic recognition from the International Boxing Association (IBA) after the latter’s failure to reform regarding governance and finances. However, IOC director general Cristophe De Kepper has said that boxing is ‘guaranteed’ to be in the 2028 Olympics in LA, which had hitherto been in doubt. …
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Russia seeks Olympics alternative, backed by China
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Grace Fisher
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March 24, 2023
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Olympics
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2024 Paris Olympics, IOC, Oleg Matytsin, Olympic Athletes from Russia, Paris 2024, Russian Olympic Committee, SCO Games, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Games, Vladimir Putin, World Anti-Doping Agency, Xi Jinping
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As the war in Ukraine rages on, sporting sanctions against Russia and Belarus (Russia’s primary ally in the war) continue to be enforced worldwide. The IOC has reaffirmed that while Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics, “No flag, anthem, colours, or any other identifications whatsoever of these countries” will be allowed, with …
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“FIFA will say they don’t want to get involved in politics, but this is a human rights issue and they know it. They’ve just chosen to discard us.”
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have barred all women and girls from participating in sport. Their national soccer team have settled 7,000 miles away in Australia as the Afghanistan Football Federation and FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, do not recognise the team as an official national team. As a result of fleeing the country to Australia to gain freedom, …
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