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Chinese Taipei’s Olympic boxing champion Lin Yu-ting won gold on her return to the ring following the gender row that exploded at the 2024 Paris Games, her coach told AFP Thursday. Lin triumphed in the 60kg category on Wednesday at Taiwan’s National Games in her first event since the Olympics. Lin and Algerian boxer Imane…
The French women’s team have been barred from the boxing world championships because the results of their gender tests were not delivered on time, the French Federation (FFBoxe) said on Thursday. World Boxing said last month women wanting to compete in the event in Liverpool that starts on Thursday would have to undergo mandatory genetic…
The International Boxing Association said on Monday it will file criminal complaints against the International Olympic Committee in the US, France and Switzerland. The Swiss-based IOC allowing women boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting compete and win gold medals in Paris last year “may serve as grounds for criminal prosecution,” the IBA claimed in a…
Taiwan’s Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has pulled out of an international competition in Britain after the organiser questioned her gender eligibility, Taiwanese sports officials said on Wednesday. Lin, who along with Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was embroiled in a gender row at the Paris Olympics, was due to compete in the World Boxing…
The year 2024 was a year filled with several controversial moments across multiple sports. Here are some of the biggest sporting controversies that happened in 2024: Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic disqualification **EDS: FILE IMAGE** Paris: In this file image wrestler Vinesh Phogat reacts after the round of 16 of the women’s freestyle 50kg wrestling match against…
