Sports




AIBA lifts provisional suspension on England

By Emily Goddard

AIBA has lifted its provisional suspension on ABAESeptember 5 - A provisional suspension on the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) has been lifted by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), but they have given the country's national body just over a month to launch a "reform process".





Scrum protocol trial is needed but be patient, says top rugby referee

By James Crook at Twickenham Stadium in London 

Elite rugby union referee Wayne Barnes spoke of why changes to scrum protocol were necessarySeptember 4 - Leading rugby union referee Wayne Barnes has spoken of the necessity for the global trial of the "crouch, bind, set" scrum engagement sequence here at the home of England rugby today, but also warned that "teething problems" were likely in the implementation.






Baseball-softball swing for the streets in Rotterdam

By James Crook

The world's first street baseball-softball diamond is now up and running in RotterdamSeptember 2 - The world's first street baseball/softball facility has been developed and successfully tested in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, which World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) officials claim could herald a revolution in sports participation.