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'Misleading Information In Reports': IOC President Thomas Bach's Big Clarification Ahead Of Imane Khelif's Final Bout

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach on Friday said that women must be encouraged to take part in women's events at the Olympics. Bach's response comes amid controversy surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khalif, a boxer who had failed gender eligibility and testosterone tests and has reached the gold medal round in the women's 66 kg boxing at the ongoing marquee event. Speaking at the press conference, Bach said that women should be allowed to be a part of womens' events and also talked about how the boxing does not use sex tests anymore due to human rights reasons.

Boxing's inclusion in LA 2028 Games to be decided next year - IOC's Bach

PARIS :A decision on boxing's inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has to be made in 2025, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Friday.

Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800m final

PARIS : Emmanuel Wanyonyi looked in great shape on Friday as won his semi-final from gun to tape to move into the Olympic 800 metres final where he will hope to make it five in a row for Kenya.

Algerian Boxer, Imane Khelif, In Gender Row, Goes For Olympic Gold

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, at the centre of an Olympic gender eligibility row, goes for gold in Paris on Friday as Thierry Henry bids to lead France's footballers to glory. With just three days of sport to go at the Games, there is a packed athletics programme at the Stade de France. The boxing competition has been overshadowed by a bitter row over whether Khelif and Taiwanese fighter Lin Yu-ting should be allowed to compete in the women's category.

Dual national Kaylia Nemour's gymnastics gold for Algeria has France feeling left out

Dual national gymnast Kaylia Nemour won Algeria's first Olympic gold in gymnastics — leaving France, for whom she competed for until 2021, to wonder what might have been.

Lin Yu-ting books spot in gold medal match before beaten opponent makes ‘X’ sign

Lin Yu-ting, one of the fighters thrust into a gender eligibility row at the Olympics, reached the women’s featherweight final before her beaten opponent made an ‘X’ sign with her fingers.

Coe accuses IOC of having ‘no clear position’ on boxing gender row

World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, has hit out at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for not having a policy to deal with the current controversy over gender eligibility in Olympic boxing, reports insidethegames.biz. “It’s simple: have a policy,” he said.

Lin needs to shut out 'nonsense' gender row, says ex-federation chief

PARIS : The raging debate over boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics is "nonsense" and any talk about it should be ignored by the Taiwanese fighter, the ex-president of the country's boxing federation told Reuters.

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'Misleading Information In Reports': IOC President Thomas Bach's Big Clarification Ahead Of Imane Khelif's Final Bout

Boxing's inclusion in LA 2028 Games to be decided next year - IOC's Bach

Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800m final

Algerian Boxer, Imane Khelif, In Gender Row, Goes For Olympic Gold

Dual national Kaylia Nemour's gymnastics gold for Algeria has France feeling left out

Lin Yu-ting books spot in gold medal match before beaten opponent makes ‘X’ sign

Coe accuses IOC of having ‘no clear position’ on boxing gender row

Lin needs to shut out 'nonsense' gender row, says ex-federation chief