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IBA
abbreviation for
- Independent Broadcasting Authority
Example Sentences
Enter World Boxing, a Switzerland-based body founded in 2023 by an international collection of boxing officials that included many former IBA members.
The Russian-led IBA was then stripped of its status in June 2023 over a failure to implement reforms.
The IOC was at loggerheads with the IBA during last year's Olympics in Paris over the participation of two boxers, Algeria's Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting.
The IBA banned the fighters midway through the 2023 World Championships saying they had failed gender eligibility tests, but the IOC allowed them to compete and both won gold medals in their weight classes.
The IBA also said it welcomed Trump's stance on the "participation of ineligible athletes" in boxing.
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