World Boxing is to announce updated gender eligibility rulings in “two to three weeks”, following a consultation on how the sport tackles an issue which threatened to derail last year’s Olympic Games.

The president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, has criticised the “hate speech” whipped up in response to the boxing gender controversy at Paris 2024, as he defended the IOC’s ...

Sebastian Coe has taken a thinly veiled swipe at the hugely controversial Olympic gender policy in boxing, saying that all sports governing bodies must tackle the issue head-on with a clearly defined ...

French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her sex during the ...

World Boxing announced on Friday it will introduce mandatory gender testing to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes wanting to take part in its competitions. The international ...

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A gender eligibility dispute involving two women boxers, the threat of the axe hanging over it as an Olympic sport, and Uzbek dominance inside the ring combined to make for a ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. Women’s boxing is at the center of the latest Olympics controversy as critics take ...

PARIS – A second Olympic boxer at the center of controversy over gender eligibility stepped inside the ring at the Paris Games Friday. Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan won her opening bout in the women’s ...

The boxing world loves drama, and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif brings plenty of it. Her story combines triumph and controversy in equal measure. Her path hasn’t been smooth. The International ...

In under just 46 seconds, Italian Olympian Angela Carini was hit by two powerful blows to the face and withdrew from her boxing match on Thursday against Algerian opponent Imane Khelif, who was ...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, whose name vaulted into the top of Google searches a day ago after a 46-second bout reraised gender test issues, is not done in Paris. She'll face Hungary's Luca Anna ...