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Embattled Gafur Rakhimov steps down as head of AIBA amidst protracted spat with International Olympic Committee
• 6 years agoThe Uzbek businessman Gafur Rakhimov said that under his leadership the work done this last year has revitalised and energised AIBA and boxing, but the IOC seems to disagree.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Russia's Umar Kremlev offers to clear AIBA's multi-million debt if body is allowed to stay in charge
• 6 years agoKremlev, in a letter to the IOC, said he was "ready to close the debts of AIBA in full so long as our favourite sport remains on the Olympic programme".
Under-pressure AIBA to learn boxing's 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games fate after end of IOC investigation in May
• 6 years agoBoxing's inclusion in Tokyo depends on the outcome of an investigation into AIBA by the IOC, which has presented the body with a list of 41 questions.
International Boxing Association approves new uniforms for female boxers to wear for religious reasons
• 6 years agoAIBA says "hijabs and full body form-fitting uniforms" have been designed "that do not compromise the competition and therefore the health of the boxers."
AIBA chief Gafur Rakhimov says he 'understands IOC's concerns' over boxing's troubled world organising body
• 6 years ago"AIBA members and boxers from around the world should be proud of this," Rakhimov said, declaring that AIBA "is healthy now and in better shape than ever before".
AIBA anxious over qualifiers for 2020 Olympics amid IOC's probe into boxing's troubled governing body
• 6 years agoThe IOC froze preparations for boxing at the 2020 Games in Tokyo and launched a probe regarding the governance, ethics and financial management of the AIBA.
2020 Tokyo Olympics organisers say they are working to stage boxing tournament at Games despite freeze by IOC
• 6 years agoBoxing has an ancient Olympic tradition and has featured at every modern games since 1904, expect the 1912 Games in Stockholm because Swedish law at the time banned the sport.
International Olympic Committee freezes boxing preparations for 2020 Tokyo Games, launches probe into AIBA
• 6 years agoIOC sports director Kit McConnell said qualifying for the 2020 boxing tournament had been put on hold, making it the only sport not to have its qualifiers approved.
Boxing superpower Cuba worried about sport's Olympic future with IOC unhappy with AIBA's functioning
• 6 years agoBoxing is the one sport in which the island nation of Cuba is a super-power, having won almost half of its 78 summer Olympic gold medals in the sport.
IOC to decide on boxing's Olympic future in Tokyo after controversial Gafur Rakhimov's election as AIBA president
• 6 years agoThe IOC has been losing patience with boxing since a judging scandal at the Rio Games in 2016 when all 36 officials and referees were suspended amid allegations of bout-fixing.