September 15, 2014 7:57 PM

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AIBA grants provisional recognition to newly-elected Boxing India

Indian boxing today finally came out of an administrative exile after the International body AIBA gave provisional recognition to the newly-elected Boxing India. It has cleared the decks for the the country's pugilists' hassle-free participation in the upcoming Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea. Kishan Narsi, India's official representative in the AIBA, told this to a news agency. The Indian team for the Asian Games comprises 10 men and three women. This development comes after more than a one-and-a-half year-old impasse and after a new body headed by industrialist Sandeep Jajodia was elected in Mumbai last week for a four-year term in the elections conducted through a secret ballot in the presence of two AIBA observers. Whether the boxers will be allowed to compete under the Indian flag or have officials such as doctors accompany them for the September 19 to October 4 Games is yet to be made clear by the world body. The Indian boxers were only traveling with their coaches at international events due to the termination of the national federation. A permanent recognition to Boxing India is expected to be accorded during the AIBA Congress in Jeju Islands, Korea in November. The erstwhile Indian Amateur Boxing Federation was terminated in December 2012 for alleged manipulation in elections. Thereafter, AIBA Executive Committee decided to terminate India in March this year "due to serious violations of the AIBA Statutes and Bylaws".

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