An Extraordinary Congress is set to be held by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in May to pass new rules that would allow top professional boxers like Wladimir Klitschko and Manny Pacquiao to compete in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
GAMES
David Owen: Infantino - the man who made his own luck
He is a lucky man, but you have to acknowledge he made his own luck.
At just before 6pm tonight, more than four hours after voting started in his home country of Switzerland, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino was elected ninth President of FIFA by the comfortable margin of 27 votes over his chief rival Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa.
Brazilian President and Rio de Janeiro Mayor both confident Zika virus will not ruin Olympics
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes have claimed that the current outbreak of the Zika virus will not affect this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Nick Butler: Has Lillehammer 2016 saved the Youth Olympic Games?
A lot of bests have been seen over the last 11 days here in snowy Norway.
The young Organising Committee has been superb, the volunteers numerous, efficient and helpful, the transport service straightforward, the Wi-Fi flawless. And the sport, while lacking the drama and intensity of an Olympics proper, has been exciting and good to watch, blending the innovative monobob and cross-country cross with older and more established disciplines.
Olympic Committee to follow WHO guidelines
THERE HAS been much discussion about the Zika virus in Brazil and the possible impact of the virus on the Summer Olympics of 2016. The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC)’s representative team of Annette Knott, Secretary General and Dr Ian Hypolite, Chef de Mission recently visited three locations in Brazil to assess the Zika situation and review potential training sites for the national team.
President of the International Olympic Committee said that Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan believes that the organizers of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will not experience major problems due to the Zika virus outbrea
LILLEHAMMER (Norway) (Sputnik) – Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan believes that the organizers of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will not experience major problems due to the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach said Sunday.