Romanian trio sent home for stealing

THREE fighters from Romania were thrown out of the World Boxing Championships after they were caught trying to steal from a department store in Chicago.

Richard Baker, head of public relations for the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA), said in a statement that the boxers Marius Bogdan Dinu, 21, Ronald Gavril, 21, and Gabriel Julian Stan, 20, were caught by surveillance cameras in the Nordstrom department store as they attempted to make off with merchandise.

“The AIBA considers this type of conduct incompatible with its code of ethics,” the AIBA release said, adding that the trio had been ordered home, along with the chief trainer of the Romanian squad.