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No IOC team visit, no Olympic qualifier and threat to Technical Officials: IBA-Olympic body continue to remain deadlocked

NEW DELHI: This should have come on the expected lines for the International Boxing Association (IBA). The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) team of ‘observers’ from Lausanne hasn’t shown up at the women’s World Championships here until now to monitor the IBA and its ongoing governance reform, practices and activities.

The Times of India

Boxing World Championships: High Court clears way for Nitu, Preeti, Jaismine

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the interim application filed by boxers Manju Rani, Poonam Poonia and Shiksha Narwal for consideration of their candidature for the IBA women's World Championships, scheduled to be held here from March 15 to 26.

The Times of India

HC refuses to interfere with non-selection of three women boxers in World Championship team

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the non-selection of three national champions Manju Rani, Shiksha Narwal and Poonam Poonia for the upcoming Women's World Boxing Championships.

The Times of India

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Mary Kom targets Asiad comeback but India Open in July most likely be her swansong

NEW DELHI: Indian boxing legend M C Mary Kom has expressed a desire to represent the country for one last time before the six-time world champion is forced to retire in November this year after attaining the upper age limit to compete in amateur events.

The Times of India

10 films to see at BFI Flare: Europe’s biggest LGBTQIA+ film festival

From Oscar nominees to 1970s eroticism: all the unmissable films at BFI Flare 2023

Evening Standard

No Olympic qualifying status for boxing Women's World Boxing Championships

NEW DELHI: The IBA women’s World Championships, starting next week, will not be counted as the main qualifying event for Paris Games 2024 because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Boxing Association (IBA) failed to reach a consensus regarding the qualification status of the biennial event.

The Times of India

BFI reveals mascot ‘Veera’ for Women’s World Boxing Championships

NEW DELHI: The Boxing Federation India (BFI) on Friday unveiled the mascot ‘Veera’ for the upcoming IBA Women’s World Championships 2023, scheduled from March 15 to 26 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in Delhi.

The Times of India

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Produce evaluation forms of three boxers rejected for Women's World Championship: Delhi HC to BFI

NEW DELHI: Taking note of the seriousness of the matter, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) to produce the evaluation forms of three national champions Manju Rani, Shiksha Narwal and Poonam Poonia, who were rejected for the upcoming Women's World Boxing Championships.

The Times of India

Woolton Picture House 'in communication' with BFI about plans to reopen

The cinema's reopening saga has gone on for years

Liverpool Echo

Women's World Championships: India's boxing federation writes to boycotting nations

NEW DELHI: With as many as nine countries set to boycott the upcoming Women's World Championship in the national capital, the Boxing Federation of India has written to the nations in order to open a dialogue and get them to reverse their decision.

The Times of India

Mossely, Petecio among 7 Olympic medallists set to compete at world boxing

NEW DELHI: Rio Olympics lightweight (60kg) champion, France's Estelle Mossely, and Tokyo Games featherweight (57kg) silver winner, Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines, are among the seven Olympic medallists who will be seen in action at the upcoming women's World boxing championships, scheduled to be held at the IG stadium here…

The Times of India

Olympic champion Estelle Mossely among top boxers at IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Delhi

Top female boxers, including 2016 Rio Olympics Gold medalist Estelle Mossely and 2020 Tokyo Olympics Silver medalist Nesthy Petecio, are among the seven Olympic medalists who will participate in the upcoming IBA Women's World Boxing Championships being held from March 15 to 26 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in…

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BFI president Govindaraj all set to become first Indian as president of FIBA Asia

NAGPUR: In a major first for basketball in India, head of Indian federation K Govindaraj has been nominated as new president of FIBA Asia.

The Times of India

Reopening plans dismissed as 'hot air' as fears for cinema mount

Woolton Picture House has not issued a public statement since October

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India jump to third spot in IBA’s world boxing rankings

NEW DELHI: India continue to dominate in the boxing world with their exceptional performances as it jumped to third spot in the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) latest world rankings.

The Guardian - UK

Michaela Coel says film industry misses out on marginalised communities

I May Destroy You writer and actor is set to take on new mentoring role for upcoming film-makers

The Guardian - UK

Derrick Knight obituary

Director known for a vivid documentary about the Watersons who brought fresh ideas to the British short-film industry in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

Ray Winstone and Gary Oldman on Nil By Mouth: ‘It’s a tough watch’

‘It’s a harrowing film, perhaps not one for a Saturday night with a pizza. But it’s stood the test of time – and that’s down to the genius of Gary Oldman’

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2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championship To Kickstart In Delhi From March 15 Onwards

The 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships is set to take place from March 15 to 31 in New Delhi as India gears up to host the biennial event for the third time in the tournament's history. Read on for details:

The Conversation

Jeanne Dielman: 'greatest film of all time' is a masterpiece of slow cinema that richly details life's quiet intricacies

Every ten years the British Film Institute’s (BFI) in-house magazine, Sight and Sound, polls a large number of critics and film-writers to produce a list of the greatest films of all time.

Wales Online

Female director tops poll of greatest films for first time in 70 years

Chantal Akerman’s 1975 film Jeanne Dielman claims top spot in the 2022 BFI Sight and Sound poll

ABC News

British Film Institute releases latest top 100 film list of all time, but why should you care?

The British Film Institute's once-a-decade Sight & Sound poll has named the greatest movie of all time, but with so many other top 100 film lists kicking about, ABC Radio film critic Matt Neal conducts a data crunch to determine which, if any, is the definitive list, and why they…

The Guardian - UK

Chantal Akerman first woman to top Sight and Sound’s greatest all-time films poll

Film-maker’s 1976 feature Jeanne Dielman pushes Vertigo into second place and Citizen Kane into third

Evening Standard

BFI Southbank Christmas Programme: What festive films are on offer and when are they showing?

This festive season, there are a number of Christmas movies showing at London’s BFI, as well as some non-traditional fare.

The Guardian - UK

Ron Peck obituary

British director of the 1978 film Nighthawks, which depicted London’s gay clubs and bars with compassion and candour

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