Boxing, Weightlifting IF's must make governance reforms following Olympic exclusion

After years of governance failures causing a cloud to hang over the International Federations ('IF's') of long-time Olympic sports Boxing and Weighlfiting, the IOC Executive Board has decided to remove the sports from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games ('LA28') schedule.

Although the IOC has left open a "pathway" for the IF's to save their Olympic status if improvements are made- sports governance experts believe the sports, which have been plagued by a combination of mismanagement, doping and integrity issues, face an uphill battle to return in the short-term so severe are their deficiencies in governance.