(FEB 6) AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev came for an official visit to Africa to take part in the AIBA Virtual Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Kremlev met with representatives of the Ministry of Sports of Kenya, National Olympic Committee of Kenya and the President of Kenyan Boxing Federation Mr. Anthony Otieno Ombok, as well
(JAN 22) AIBA issues new Membership Policy and renounces to collect the 2021 annual membership fee from its National Federations due to the COVID pandemic AIBA renounces to ask National Federations to pay any membership fee for the year 2021 in view of the exceptional situation caused by the COVID pandemic. The AIBA Board has further
(JAN 21) When the boxers of the USA Boxing Olympic Qualification Team arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo. this week they walked into a new training facility with just over six months left until the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and even less time to their qualification tournaments. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, USA Boxing athletes have
(JAN 15) The members of USA Boxing’s Olympic Qualification Team, along with 13 additional training partners, travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. today for the first high performance training camp of the new year. A complete camp roster can be seen below. The boxers will train at USA Boxing’s newly established temporary training gym while the
(JAN 11) AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev signed an agreement with International Testing Agency (ITA), represented by Director General Benjamin Cohen, extending the collaboration between AIBA and ITA for 2021. ‘AIBA is fully committed to clean sports. In boxing, we continue to fight doping at all levels to make sure our sport is completely doping-free. We
(DEC 29) Five new Committees were established under the adopted AIBA Constitution during the virtual Board of Directors meeting. In addition to four Committees standing in the Constitution – Disciplinary Committee, Ethics Committee, Athletes Committee and the Audit Committee – the directors created five new committees. These are: Coaches Committee – which will solve the issues
Following the election of Umar Kremlev as the new President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Saturday, the boxing body adopted its new Constitution with an overwhelming majority during the second day of its Congress meeting today with 84 votes in favor, 25 votes against and 21 abstentions. The principle objectives of the constitutional
(DEC 12, 2020) Lausanne, Switzerland – Umar Kremlev is the new president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), winning the election on Saturday with 57.33 per cent of the vote. Kremlev has called for unity and reforms in AIBA, the sports body that represents amateur boxing worldwide. The election was held virtually at AIBA’s ongoing
PRESS RELEASE/HISTORY RELATED: THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) TODAY APPROVED THE EVENT PROGRAMME AND ATHLETE QUOTAS FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024, WHICH ARE CENTRED ON GENDER EQUALITY AND YOUTH. Skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and breaking were confirmed as additional sports proposed by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee. This new
(NOV 17) Katie Taylor’s masterful Undisputed Lightweight World Title defence against Miriam Gutierrez at The SSE Arena, Wembley drew more than two million views across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Sports made the historic World Title triple-header, featuring Terri Harper and Rachel Ball, available to all, customers and non-subscribers alike, via multiple digital platforms including