Britain confirms boycott of men's world championships

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 16 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

LONDON : British boxers will not take part in the men's amateur world championships in Tashkent after the country also boycotted last month's women's event in India amid mounting concern about the sport's Olympic future. The men's tournament starts on April 30 in the Uzbek capital and runs to May 14.

LONDON : British boxers will not take part in the men's amateur world championships in Tashkent after the country also boycotted last month's women's event in India amid mounting concern about the sport's Olympic future.GB Boxing had said in February when it announced a boycott of the women's championships that it was reviewing participation in the men's.

"This has put further distance between IBA and the Olympic movement in addition to the significant, longstanding issues over sporting integrity, governance, transparency and financial management which the IOC has asked IBA to address to protect boxing’s place on the Olympic programme."

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Confederation of British Industry faces fresh misconduct claimsOther claims concerned unprofessional behaviour by senior staff members towards younger female colleagues. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

Google workers in London walk out over job cutsLONDON – Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company’s London offices on Tuesday, following a dispute over layoffs. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »

My Neighbour Totoro, Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer win at Olivier awardsLONDON - A stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli's 1988 animated film My Neighbour Totoro, was the big winner at the Olivier Awards on Sunday (April 2) , picking up six prizes at Britain's top theatre extravaganza. The Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) critically acclaimed production, based on the much-loved film by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki about two sisters who discover friendly...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »

New Zealand ex-PM Ardern becomes trustee of Prince William's Earthshot PrizeLONDON : Britain's Prince William has named Jacinda Ardern, the former prime minister of New Zealand, as a new trustee for his multi-million pound environmental award, the Earthshot Prize.William, heir to throne, set up the prize in 2020 with the mission of finding solutions to the planet's biggest enviro
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

TikTok fined S$21m by UK watchdog for 'misusing children's data'LONDON — Britain's data watchdog said on Tuesday (April 4) it had fined TikTok 12.7 million pounds (S$21 million) for breaching data protection law including by using the personal data of children aged under 13 without parental consent.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Suspended software firm WANdisco's CEO and CFO step downLONDON : WANdisco, the British software company whose shares are suspended while it investigates possible fraud, said its co-founder and chief executive David Richards and CFO Erik Miller had stepped down on Monday with immediate effect.The company found 'potential fraudulent irregularities' in its accoun
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »