4 d. ago Olympic head accuses Russia of ‘fake news campaign’ over boxers

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting found themselves at the centre of a media storm at Paris 2024

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4 d. ago Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, claims IOC chief

Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers competed in Paris under cloud of controversyA gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA following a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete. A bitter war of words ensued b...

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4 d. ago Olympic boxing gender row a result of Russian fake news, says IOC chief

Thomas Bach criticises ‘fake news campaign from Russia’Two boxers under scrutiny won gold in Paris A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, said on Saturday. Bach, who is stepping down in June after 12 years in the biggest job in world sports, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games. The boxing competition in the Paris was run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. But the IBA, run by the Russian businessman Umar Kremlev with close links to the Kremlin, accused the IOC during the Games of allowing two female athletes, who had been banned by the IBA after a chromosome test a year earlier, to compete.A war of words ensued between the two organisa...

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5 d. ago Revealed: Heroic father saved his baby son by jumping from burning home with five

Gary Anderson leapt from the first-floor window with tiny Cyrus in the only secure place for him, so he could keep his hands free to break his fall.

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6 d. ago Man 'saves baby's life as he leaps from burning home with five

Emergency services rushed to Lochawe Close in Heywood just before 3pm today following reports of the inferno that ripped through four flats.

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2 w. ago Trump teases 'major' investment announcement as China and Mexico tariffs loom

DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Donald Trump is tearing into the 'fake news' for its coverage of his relationship with Russia's Putin.

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2 w. ago Trump savages Zelensky and Europe as Ukrainian leader says deal with Russia is 'very far away'

DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Donald Trump is tearing into the 'fake news' for its coverage of his relationship with Russia's Putin.

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2 w. ago Trump tears into the media for 'fake' coverage of his relationship with Putin

DAILYMAIL.COM LIVE BLOG: Donald Trump is tearing into the 'fake news' for its coverage of his relationship with Russia's Putin.

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3 w. ago Gunman 'shoots multiple victims' outside trial of murdered professional boxer

Several people have been injured in a shooting outside a court in the German city of Bielefeld. 

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