LAUSANNE: The International Boxing Association (Aiba), the governing body for amateur boxing, has named its longest-serving vice-president Gafur Rakhimov, long accused of having links to major crime syndicates in The Caucasus, as its new interim president.
The IOC has responded to the latest appointment in a statement saying that it is ‘extremely worried about the governance in Aiba’. Its chief ethics and compliance officer will give a report to the IOC’s executive board meeting in South Korea this week before the board decides on ‘further measures’.