International Boxing Association
New Category Proposed in Boxing for Transgender and Intersex Competitors
The controversy surrounding trans and intersex women in the women's boxing tournament at the Paris Olympics may soon have a resolution. Gabriel Martelli, director of the coaching committee at the International Boxing Association, suggested that introducing a third category in boxing is under consideration.
Are Men Competing as Women in the Olympics? The Facts Say: 'No!'
The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow Algerian Imane Khelif and Taiwanese Lin Yu-Ting to participate in boxing competitions has sparked heated debates recently. Both athletes were disqualified during the world championships in Delhi last year, with the International Boxing Association stating they did not meet the requirements for the women's category.
Olympic Games: Games continue with intersex boxers despite the uproar over the scandal with the two athletes with male chromosomes
The decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to allow two female boxers with male chromosomes (intersex), but who are biologically women, to compete in the Paris Olympics has sparked reactions.
Serbia Bars Kosovo Team From Competing in Boxing Championship
A national boxing team from Kosovo spent the weekend travelling from Kosovo to the Serbian border three times for a planned journey to the Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade before finally returning home after Serbia refused to let them enter the country.
Bulgaria's Stanimira Petrova Loses Boxing Women's World Championships Accreditation
Indian boxer Sonia Chahal's win in the AIBA Women's World Championships on Monday was marred with controversy after both her opponent Stanimira Petrova and Bulgaria coach Peter Yosifov expressed displeasure at the result and accused the judges of corruption, reports News 18
Bulgaria's Olympic Champion Boxing Coach Petar Lesov Suspended
Bulgaria's Olympic champion boxing coach Petar Lesov was Monday barred from ringside in the ongoing women's World Championship, while his ward Stanimira Petrova accused judges of "corruption" after a hard-fought pre-quarterfinal loss to India's Sonia Chahal (57kg) here, reports Devdiscourse.
Minister Invites Qatari Entrepreneurs to Invest in Bulgarian Sports Complexes
Bulgaria's Minister of Youth and Sports, Krasen Kralev, invited building entrepreneurs from Qatar to invest in the mountain sports complexes Belmeken and Pamporovo.
Kralev extended the invitation during a meeting with his Qatari counterpart Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali, the press service of the sports ministry informs.