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Britain to boycott women's world boxing championships in New Delhi

Boxing is not on the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, pending reforms demanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). And the International Boxing Association (IBA) was stripped of involvement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The IOC in December last year has also raised the possibility of boxing being excluded from the 2024 Paris Games, accusing the IBA of having "no real interest" in the sport or its athletes. Qualifying for the Paris Games is being organised by the IOC.The IBA, which is backed by Russian energy firm Gazprom, has also reversed bans on boxers from Russia and Belarus competing with national flags and anthems despite the war in Ukraine.

Britain joins boycott of Women's World Boxing Championships

Great Britain will not participate in next month's Women’s World Boxing Championships in India over concerns about the participation of Russian athletes under their national flag.

Britain to boycott women's world championships in New Delhi

:Boxers from the Britain will not participate at the women's world championships in New Delhi next month, the governing body said on Tuesday, citing concerns about the sport's Olympic future.

Russia's gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games - officials

GENEVA : Russia's gymnastics and wrestling federations said on Tuesday they had been invited to take part in this year's Asian Games, a move that could potentially pave the way for their athletes to qualify for next year's Paris Olympics.

‘Life used to be beautiful here’: Saltivka shows scale of destruction caused by fighting in Ukraine

Blown-out windows, and the burns left by old fires: a building in the northern Saltivka suburb of the city of Kharkiv is a stark testimony of the scale of destruction caused by the fighting.

'The French are less about rules and labels': How dating trends differ across Europe

There’s no such thing as dating in France - if you’re together, you’re together.

Russian Athletes Must Denounce War To Compete At Olympics: Kyiv Mayor Klitschko

Russian athletes should publicly denounce the war if they are to be allowed to participate in the 2024 Olympics, Kyiv mayor and former world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko told AFP Monday. "Russian and Belarusian athletes can't participate in the Olympic Games in Paris if they don't say 'no' to war," Klitschko said. "If they publicly express against this war, they can (participate). But they're afraid," the former heavyweight boxer said. Russia and its ally Belarus, which allowed its territory to be used as a launchpad when Moscow began its invasion of Ukraine last February, have been sidelined from most Olympic sports since the war began.

Ukrainian youth hockey team advances at international tourney

QUEBEC CITY — If Mykyta Staskevich needed another reminder of what his boys' hockey team of Ukrainian refugees was playing for back home, it came in the poignant form of the nation's flag unfolded in the locker room before its game against Romania on Monday.

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Britain to boycott women's world boxing championships in New Delhi

Britain joins boycott of Women's World Boxing Championships

Britain to boycott women's world championships in New Delhi

Russia's gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games - officials

‘Life used to be beautiful here’: Saltivka shows scale of destruction caused by fighting in Ukraine

'The French are less about rules and labels': How dating trends differ across Europe

Russian Athletes Must Denounce War To Compete At Olympics: Kyiv Mayor Klitschko

Ukrainian youth hockey team advances at international tourney