The International Olympic Committee has frozen planning for the boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 and started a process that could see it completely cut ties with the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

BY THE time you read this, Declan Kidney will have filed away the memories and moved on to the next item on his checklist, but the current Irish coach did take 10 minutes to reminisce on a dream year that yesterday resulted in him being named Philips Manager of the Year.

The Irish Olympic squad could avail of five of 19 byes at the draw for the Olympic boxing event which will take place at the Asia Hotel in Beijing this Friday morning, 11am local time).