‘Border Patrol’ shirts worn by teachers spark controversy, lead to staff being fired at South Carolina school
A South Carolina elementary school is facing backlash after a photo of a staff member wearing a “Border Patrol” T-shirt was posted on the school district’s Facebook page. The Royal Elementary staff members pictured in the photos have since been fired or placed on administrative leave, according to a letter sent by Florence 1 School […]
Algerian boxer at center of controversy makes 4-word declaration on gender after latest Olympic win
Algerian boxer Imane Kherif, who failed a gender test, sent a short message to her opponents after winning a medal in the women’s 66kg category. Kheriff is competing in the women’s division almost a year after the IBA announced that her gender test results showed she has XY chromosomes. But the boxer feels there is […]
‘Really A Phony Controversy’: Byron Donalds Spars With George Stephanopoulos Over Kamala Harris’ Racial Identity
Republican Rep. Byron Donald of Florida on Sunday got into a spat with ABC News host George Stephanopoulos over Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity. Former President Donald Trump claimed last week at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) 2024 Conference in Chicago, Illinois that he didn’t know Harris was black until a few […]
IOC slams gender tests at center of Paris Olympics women’s boxing controversy
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Bulgarian fighter stokes controversy with gesture after loss to Olympian who failed gender test
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Former Olympian says boxers at the center of gender eligibility controversy ‘do not deserve this mistreatment’
Australian Boxer Featherweight champion Skye Nicholson has defended the two boxers at the centre of the debate over men’s and women’s eligibility for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nicholson said, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Following revelations that Algeria’s Imane Kherif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting had been disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championships […]
Imane Khelif wins quarterfinal bout amid Olympics gender controversy
Imane Kherif is moving forward, and one of the Paris Olympics’ biggest controversies isn’t likely to go away anytime soon. Kherif, the Algerian boxer whose gender eligibility dispute has been a source of controversy among the International Olympic Committee, the International Boxing Association and all people with opinions, defeated Hungary’s Anna-Luka Hamori by unanimous decision […]
IOC President Thomas Bach calls out ‘hate speech’ at boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting amid gender controversy
IOC president Thomas Bach said on Saturday that “hate speech” against boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yuting at the Paris Olympics was “totally unacceptable.” “We will not take part in politically motivated culture wars,” Bach said at a news conference. Algeria’s Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin have faced days of global scrutiny over their gender, with […]
Paris Olympics: Second Gender-Related Boxing Controversy Emerges With Taiwanese Fighter Lin Yu-Ting
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 2: Chinese Taipei team’s Lin Yuting competes against Sitra Turdibekova in the women’s 57kg preliminary round (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images) By Blake Wolf, OAN StaffFriday, August 2, 2024 12:31 PM Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting’s victory in her bout against Uzbekistan’s Shitra Turdybekova on Friday sparked a second controversy in Olympic […]
Angela Carini has regrets after Imane Khelif Olympic gender controversy explodes
Angela Carini is trying to quell the furor surrounding Imane Kherif. The Italian boxer, whose loss to Kherif by 46 seconds on Thursday sparked an Olympic debate over the gender of his Algerian opponent, apologized on Friday. “These disputes make me sad,” Carini told the Italian newspaper. Gazzetta dello Sport“I also feel sorry for my […]