The Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) has welcomed a decision by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to reinstate professionals from Russia and Belarus to its rankings.

and is due to do the same again at Paris 2024.Boxing has been left off the provisional programme for Los

Angeles 2028.Financial transparency is one of the IOC's areas of concern when it comes to the IBA, including

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has confirmed that he will seek an eight-year term as head of the organisation when he stands for election under the new constitution next year.

There is a lot of work to be done to prepare for the 10 years, LA [Los Angeles 2028] or Brisbane [2032

Britain's Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympics Mark England believes the country "has the foundations in place to continue its success" in boxing from Tokyo 2020, despite what is likely to be a much-changed team.

concerns at the International Boxing Association (IBA).The sport remains off the initial programme for Los

Angeles 2028, after a fresh warning was issued to the IBA after last week's IOC Executive Board meeting

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has confirmed four additional members are set to join the Board from the start of next year in incoming chair Gene Sykes, Lawrence "Bubba" Cunningham, Elana Meyers Taylor and Virginia Sung.

Former Los Angeles 2028 chief executive Sykes was announced as successor to Susanne Lyons in July, and

success - on and off the field of play - as Team USA marches toward Paris 2024, Milan Cortina 2026 and Los

Angeles 2028."

Jorge Sanchez and 2011 world 110 metres hurdles champion Jason Richardson have joined young people from Los

Angeles at a Youth Council on "Education and Inclusion around Paralympic sports".

The council was established in 2021 by the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Organising Committee

face.Participants aged 18 to 24 were nominated by community based organisations from across the greater Los

Angeles area."

included a wheelchair basketball clinic held in the John Wooden Center at the University of California Los

Angeles (UCLA).The LA28 Youth Council was formed in 2021 with 13 members aged 18 to 24, nominated by

Karen Bass, who was recently elected the new Mayor of Los Angeles, has pledged to improve the issue of

homelessness, calling a state of emergency over the problem in the host city for the 2028 Olympic and

My mandate is to move Los Angeles in a new direction with an urgent and strategic approach to solving

©Getty ImagesMental health problems and substance abuse remain among the issues for the homeless in Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics and Paralympics, 44 years on from the last time the city held the Games.The Los

Angeles 2028 Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 21 to August 6 2028, followed by the Paralympics

from August 15 to 27.Los Angeles has the highest population of homeless people in the US behind New

Paralympic Committee (IPC) Extraordinary General Assembly in Berlin which reviewed possible sports for the Los

Angeles 2028 Games.

Karen Bass has been sworn in as the first female Mayor of Los Angeles as she prepares to help the city

stage the 2028 Olympic Games for the third time.

241-year history.Despite the looming Olympic Games, Bass has more pressing matters and aims to tackle Los

Angeles' housing crisis as a priority as more than 40,000 people are homeless in the city."

Los Angeles' rate of homeless people has been one of the causes for protest against the Games going to

for it, not his team.Karen Bass has said her priority is to reduce the number of homeless people in Los

Angeles and the militarisation of American police, and it fears that the same could occur in 2028.The

This year's Para Surfing World Championships in Pismo Beach demonstrated the sport "belongs in the Paralympics" - at least in the eyes of International Surfing Association (ISA) President Fernando Aguerre.

and AmpSurf held the event in California, where it is hoped the sport will make a Paralympic debut in 2028

first-ever medal at this event.There are a record 33 applications in place for sports to feature at the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympics.Ten International Federations have applied to join the Paralympic programme

sitting volleyball there.Surfing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and is on both the Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 programmes.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) is set to renew its sponsorship deal with Gazprom following the approval of the governing body's National Federations.

Boxing is currently left off the sporting programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games due to reservations

International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev has claimed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has "no right to dictate to us how to live".

comes after the IOC Executive Board stated it would not be able to recommend the inclusion of boxing at Los

Angeles 2028 under the IBA's authority.President Thomas Bach has also made clear that the IOC's issue

recognition of the IBA, then known as AIBA, in 2019.Boxing is not on the provisional programme for Los

Angeles 2028, but there is what the IOC has termed a "pathway" for its reinstatement.IOC President Thomas

The International Boxing Association (IBA) is looking to prove its credentials to organise the sport in future editions of the Olympic Games with its Global Boxing Forum here in Abu Dhabi.

meeting this week.The German said that "if a decision had to be taken today regarding the Olympic Games Los

Angeles 2028, the IOC EB would not be able to recommend the IOC Session to include boxing in the sports

John Lisko has been named external managing director of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) global media rights.

reach of IPC’s television and media rights with focus on LA28 ©Getty Images With special focus on the Los

Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games, Lisko will work on increasing the reach of IPC’s television and media

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has updated it maternity rules in the wake of criticism from double Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Jessica von Bredow-Werndl.

pentathlon's place at the Olympics is in jeopardy, with the sport left off the provisional programme for Los

Angeles 2028 in the wake of a horse-abuse scandal at Tokyo 2020, equestrian remains on the timetable

for Paris 2024, Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

The Olympic champion Hidilyn Diaz has voiced her support for a plan to give weightlifters scholarships that would make a huge difference to their prospects in the sport.

to this project, starting with Paris 2024 and hopefully [if weightlifting is on the programme] for Los

Angeles 2028."