The International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing could be seen as "smart positioning" given the current US political climate but a former IOC marketing executive has told AFP he did not believe it was the "driving factor".

Maybe Olympic boxing hysteria can remain calm for a moment. For a day, at least? Lin Yu-Ting, the Taiwanese boxer competing for the Chinese Taipei Olympic delegation defeated Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan in a unanimous decision in her opening bout at North Paris Arena on Friday.

The Chinese Taipei Boxing Association said Lin Yu-ting’s return to international events is a “tremendous relief” after World Boxing ruled she can compete in female categories

The International Olympic Committee's announcement on Thursday that it is reintroducing gender testing to protect the female category, after it was last used at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, raises practical,

The International Boxing Association (IBA), which has spent these Olympics ripping the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its president, Thomas Bach, and calling into question the gender eligibility of two boxers in the competition—igniting international controversy and exposing the boxers to torrents of online abuse—came to Paris this morning to hold a press conference in an ornate,

The decision means the 30-year-old can participate in the Asian Boxing Championships in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar starting March 28.

Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females, determined on the basis of a one time SRY gene screening,