Doubt clouds boxing’s Olympic future

OLYMPICS: Boxing has moved closer to being thrown out of the Olympics for good after the embattled federation governing the amateur discipline re-elected its incumbent Russian president unopposed following the controversial decision to ban his only rival from standing against him on the eve of the vote.

The International Boxing Association election was pushed back by 24 hours to allow the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule on the appeal from Dutch candidate Boris van der Vorst, who was sensationally barred from challenging Umar Kremlev by an interim nominations panel.

The CAS dismissed Van der Vorst’s uattempt to block the vote on Friday night and Kremlev was officially re