Tag: AIBA
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Weightlifting could face IOC suspension; AIBA wants a new name and...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Weightlifting ● The fire under the International Weightlifting Federation is getting hotter.
The...
THE TICKER: Everyone wants in on the Russian appeal of its suspension by WADA
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Doping ● It seems that everybody is in on the appeal of the...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 10 to no. 6, and...
As 2019 comes to a close, there were people, places and events that made a bid impression in this pre-Olympic year. We’ll bring you...
TSX REPORT: The IAAF chose Doha during the Lamine Diack regime; his last laugh?...
= TSX REPORT~ 2 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Are the IAAF World Championships in Doha the last laugh for Lamine Diack?
The ongoing...
TSX DAILY: Iran’s Mollaei not seeking German asylum (yet); Coleman cleared of doping issue...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 3 September 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Judo chief Vizer in public Q&A while Mollaei is in own German apartment,...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Lyles to run only 200 m at USATF Nationals; Rakhimov resigns...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● Ending considerable speculation, Noah Lyles and his coach confirmed that...
LANE ONE: IOC chief Thomas Bach channels Star Trek’s Captain Kirk to defeat the...
Fans of the Star Trek storyline know the reference immediately: the Starfleet Academy exercise in which the freighter Kobayashi Maru is marooned in the...
THE BIG PICTURE: IOC Session confirms all of the Bach-led reforms for now and...
The International Olympic Committee membership agreed with all of the initiatives and reforms passed by its Executive Board and gave its President, Thomas Bach...
LANE ONE: The death of AIBA is upon us, but what happens after the...
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board is meeting in Lausanne (SUI), just ahead of the IOC Session next week, which will include the selection...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Semenya’s appeal of IAAF regulations filed with the Swiss Federal Tribunal
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Athletics ● As promised, South Africa’s Olympic 800 m champ Caster Semenya...
LANE ONE: The reasons behind the IOC’s suspension of AIBA, or what a ruined...
On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board recommended the suspension the International Boxing Association (“AIBA”) from its role as the governing body of...
THE BIG PICTURE: Boxing confirmed for Tokyo 2020, but organized by the IOC, not...
/Updated: see footnote/The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board kept its promise to the athletes.
There will be a boxing tournament at the Tokyo Games in...
LANE ONE: Gyarfas responds: “I didn’t commit any crime” plus the day of reckoning...
As a result of our Lane One story on Monday about the international aquatics federation – FINA – having an accused murderer as a...
THE BIG PICTURE: Bach signals AIBA’s days may be numbered
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board will meet on 22 May in Lausanne to determine whether the International Boxing Association – known by its...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Raelene Boyle rightly calls on the IOC to redress East German...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Doping ● The Australian Olympic Committee’s Annual General Meeting drew a lot...
LANE ONE: Russian involvement in elections is nothing compared to what they’re doing with...
The latest turn in the saga of the International Boxing Association came last Thursday when the Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar...
LANE ONE: The strange story of the International Boxing Association gets even stranger
As had been expected, the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board took no action concerning the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on the final day of...
THE BIG PICTURE: AIBA releases interim financials showing it will die if not retained...
The International Boxing Association posted its interim financial statements for the six months ending 31 December 2018, with Executive Director Tom Virgets (USA) announcing...
THE BIG PICTURE: AIBA accepts Rakhimov’s resignation, names Mohamed Moustahsane as President
The Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) met by teleconference over the weekend and accepted the resignation of Gafur Rakhimov (UZB) and...
LANE ONE: Weightlifting confirmed for Paris 2024 by the IOC Executive Board
The International Weightlifting Federation was the big winner on the first day of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board in Lausanne (SUI) on Tuesday,...
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