Tag: Boxing
Boxing: Svetlana Kamenova Staneva’s controversial gesture and actions after the loss to Lin Yu-Ting in the Olympic boxing: “XY chromosomes are nothing to me”
Lin Yu-Ting has been on the receiving end of a lot of hate this past week, as she was one of two boxers banned from competing at the World Boxing…
Cindy Ngamba, from Cameroonian refugee to historic medalist
Cameroonian Cindy Ngamba, who fled to London because of her homosexuality, has qualified for the semi-finals of the under-75kg boxing tournament, making history as the first medallist from the Refugee…
Khadija Mardi’s distress as she missed out on a medal for Morocco
The first African to win the World Boxing Championship, Morocco’s Khadija Mardi failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the under 75 kg category in Paris. The boxer expressed her…
Does Russian money threaten the future of Finland’s successful sport at the Olympics? Finland’s boxing boss admits a harsh fact | Sport
Boxing is not yet 100% on the program of the Los Angeles Olympics. Paris Olympics on channels 26.7.–11.8. Go to the competition website here. You can find the entire program…
Pihla Kaivo-oja fought, but succumbed in the Olympic ring – this is how the boxing promise talked about his career | Olympics
Pihla Kaivo-oja’s Olympic tournament was very successful as a whole, even though the Turkish opponent was stronger in the quarter-finals. Emma Hyuppa, Janne Karinkanta 3.8. 22:28•Updated 3.8. 23:34 Paris Olympics…
Boxing: Imane Khelif takes Olympic medal after hate storm – breaks down in tears after victory over Luca Anna Hamori
Imane Khelif has been one of the most talked about athletes of the Paris Olympics in recent days. The 25-year-old Algerian, who, among other things, has a WC silver medal…
Boxing: Imane Khelif’s father: “My child is a girl”
Boxer Imane Khelif has endured a huge storm of hate on social media in recent days. The reason is that in many places, not least in social media, it has…
Imane Khelif, controversial Algerian boxer, proudly medalist
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif reached the semi-finals of the boxing tournament in the under 66 kilo category and is already assured of bringing home a medal for Algeria, the first…
Boxing: Knocked out boxer gets half a million: “They have killed women’s boxing”
– I don’t understand why they have killed women’s boxing, says International Boxing Association (IBA) president Umar Kremlev to Reuters. Carini gave up after 46 seconds against Algeria’s Imane Khelif…
Boxer David de Pina wins Cape Verde’s first medal in history
By winning on points against Zambian Patrick Chienyemba, boxer David de Pina has now made history. He will become Cape Verde’s first ever Olympic medallist. 1 min From our special…