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Extra.ie
38 minutes ago
- Sport
- Extra.ie
'Exciting times' -- Kellie Harrington teases boxing comeback
Kellie Harrington has teased a potential boxing comeback as she revealed she was flying to the UK to meet with professional boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn. The double Olympian hung up her gloves in August 2024 after defending her 60kg Olympic title in Paris. While the now 35-year-old has previously been vocally against not turning to the professional ranks, perhaps she's had a change of heart. Kellie Harrington has teased a potential boxing comeback as she revealed she was flying to the UK to meet with professional boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie On Tuesday morning, Kellie took to Instagram and shared a picture alongside two boxing coaches from the IABA [Irish Athletic Boxing Association]. Kellie was all smiles as she posed in front of the departure gates at Dublin Airport ahead of the 7am flight to Liverpool. The Portland Row native was alongside Monkstown BC's [boxing club] James Doyle and Lynne McEnery of St Paul's BC, Waterford. Kellie kept tight-lipped on the reasoning for the trio's trip to Liverpool, tagging British promoter Eddie Hearn in the snap, which also saw her adding a boxing glove emoji as well as an piece of paper emoji. Pic: Kellie Harrington/Instagram Kellie kept tight-lipped on the reasoning for the trio's trip to Liverpool, tagging British promoter Eddie Hearn in the snap, which also saw her adding a boxing glove emoji as well as a piece of paper emoji. Lynne re-shared the picture to her own Instagram, adding: 'Exciting times.' Eddie is one of the biggest boxing promoters at the minute and is the chairman of Matchroom Sport. The 46-year-old has promoted a range of huge boxing names including Gennady Golovkin, Canelo Álvarez, Anthony Joshua and Bray native, Katie Taylor. Before Christmas, Kellie admitted that she needed a 'little bit of time to breathe and decompress' but wasn't ruling out a return to boxing in some capacity. Speaking to RTÉ at the time, she said: 'There is a lot more to life than sport. I'm slowly getting to realise that again. 'After ten years of boxing, I need to find who I am without it and see if I like that. If I don't, then I can get back coaching or boxing.'
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ireland Olympic future secure as IABA joins World Boxing
Team Ireland's future participation in the Olympic Games has been secured following news that the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has formally joined World Boxing. The IABA, the governing body of amateur boxing in Ireland, had a long-time affiliation with the International Boxing Association (IBA), but at a vote in April IABA member clubs overwhelmingly voted in favour of change. At an extraordinary general meeting in April 116 out of the 117 clubs represented voted for constitutional reform which paved the way for international federation dual membership with the IBA and World Boxing. The development came after the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 summer Olympics programme, having already provisionally granted recognition to World Boxing. The IOC ran the boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Games after it had stripped the IBA of recognition in 2023 over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. The IABA's application to join World Boxing has now been approved and Ireland is one of 17 national federations to join the organisation, taking the total membership to 106 countries. Boxing wins vote to be in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Boxing was not part of the programme for LA 2028 when the schedule was first announced in 2022, the IOC having encouraged the sport's national federations to form a new global body. The IOC said only athletes whose national federations were members of World Boxing by the time of the start of the qualification events for the 2028 Olympics could take part in Los Angeles. Chair of IABA's board of directors, Niall O'Carroll, described the development as "a watershed moment for Irish boxing". "Every kid in every boxing club in the Association deserves the Olympic dream – and their clubs have made sure that dream can live on, to LA 2028 and beyond," he said. "Irish Boxing has always valued our Olympic journey – from our first team of nine boxers at Paris 1924, to winning 19 medals over the last 100 years and maintaining our standing as Team Ireland's most successful Olympic sport. "Kellie [Harrington, double Olympic gold medallist Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024], Katie [Taylor, London 2012 champion] and Michael [Carruth, Barcelona 1992, Ireland's 1st boxing gold medallist], are 'the best of us", but we have more Olympic podiums to climb, and more medals to win. "Our joining of World Boxing today ensures that." Boxing schedule and results 2025 Watch every Born to Brawl episode Notifications, social media and more with BBC Sport
Irish Daily Mirror
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Irish boxing's 'red letter day' as LA 2028 qualification path secured
Irish Olympic medal hopefuls are on course for LA 2028 as boxing chiefs hailed a "watershed moment" for the sport in this country - the announcement that the IABA has joined World Boxing. A vote by members last month on dual membership of IBA and World Boxing was comprehensively passed and, with World Boxing granted provisional recognition by the IOC, the sport has been recommended for inclusion in the LA is one of 17 national bodies, including Cuba and Spain, who have now joined World Boxing, taking its membership over the 100 federation mark.'This is a watershed moment for Irish Boxing, following the resounding 'yes' of member clubs to safeguarding our Olympic future at our EGM in April," said Niall O'Carroll, the chair of IABA's Board of Directors."Every kid in every boxing club in the association deserves the Olympic dream – and their clubs have made sure that dream can live on, to LA 2028 and beyond."Irish Boxing has always valued our Olympic journey – from our first team of nine boxers at Paris 1924, to winning 19 medals over the last 100 years and maintaining our standing as Team Ireland's most successful Olympic sport. "Kellie (Harrington), Katie (Taylor) and Michael (Carruth) are the best of us, but we have more Olympic podiums to climb, and more medals to win. Our joining of World Boxing today ensures that."This has been a journey for IABA, from our first vote on joining World Boxing in August 2023, to the decisive ballot last month. "I'd like to thank central council and president Anto Donnelly for invaluable advocacy and leadership and Sport Ireland and the Olympic Federation of Ireland for their on-going support of Irish Boxing. "The pace of World Boxing's growth, from six members in August 2023, is testament to the focus of its leadership team on process, performance and the Olympic spirit. "In that time, WB has scaled from a handful of members to organisation at confederation level on four continents, with full calendars of World and confederation level championships at all age groups. It's a remarkable achievement, and one IABA is proud to now be part of.' Donnelly reacted: 'This is a red letter day for the Irish Boxing family, and all the more important because our membership of World Boxing was the express will and wish of IABA's clubs."It's vital that we move forward together. Our joining of World Boxing today represents the unity of Irish boxing, but also the value we place on our Olympic heritage and our Olympic future. "No club knows when the Olympic medalists of the future will walk through their doors – and it's in support of that possibility, in support of that dream, that we have such a comprehensive volunteer-led underage training and competition programmes at local, regional, national and international levels. With World Boxing, we can continue to strive to build on our standing as Ireland's most successful Olympic of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, commented: 'To have surpassed the landmark of 100 national federations in just over two years is a massive achievement."I would like to thank all of my colleagues and every one of our members for their support and their commitment to ensuring that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement."
RTÉ News
22-05-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Olympic future secure as IABA completes process of joining World Boxing
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has formally joined World Boxing, securing the Olympic future of the sport for Ireland. The IABA, which governs amateur boxing in Ireland, has long been affiliated to the International Boxing Association (IBA, formerly AIBA) but that organisation has been blacklisted by the International Olympic Committee. At a vote in April, IABA member clubs voted in favour of removing a reference to IBA/AIBA from the national governing body's constitution. That in turn paved the way for a subsequent vote on dual membership with both the IBA and World Boxing, which passed overwhelmingly. The application to join World Boxing has now been approved and Ireland is one of 17 national federations to join the organisation today, taking the total membership to 106 countries. The move comes after the IOC's executive board recommended the inclusion of boxing in the LA 2028 summer Olympics programme, having already provisionally granted recognition to World Boxing. The boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Games was run by the IOC after it had stripped the IBA of recognition in 2023 over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance. The IOC said only athletes whose national federations were members of World Boxing by the time of the start of the qualification events for the 2028 Olympics could take part in Los Angeles. Chair of IABA's Board of Directors, Niall O'Carroll welcomed today's news and said: "This is a watershed moment for Irish Boxing, following the resounding "yes" of member clubs to safeguarding our Olympic future at our EGM in April. "Every kid in every boxing club in the Association deserves the Olympic dream – and their clubs have made sure that dream can live on, to LA 2028 and beyond. "Irish Boxing has always valued our Olympic journey – from our first team of 9 boxers at Paris 1924, to winning 19 medals over the last 100 years and maintaining our standing as Team Ireland's most successful Olympic sport. "Kellie (Harrington, double Olympic gold medalist Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024), Katie (Taylor, London 2012 champion) and Michael (Carruth, Barcelona 1992), are the best of us, but we have more Olympic podiums to climb, and more medals to win. Our joining of World Boxing today ensures that."
Irish Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
The Needle
Long ago, Sorrel the foraging elf lived a peaceful life in their small cottage, but alas, Sorrel really didn't like this house. Sorrel couldn't invite their best friends over because their house was too tiny: they only had a livingroom, kitchen and bedroom – all packed into the one room! Winter was coming, and it was getting too cold to meet up outside. Harper the androgynous witch liked to couch surf and Kellie the lesbian siren lived underwater, so they couldn't meet up at their houses either. Sorrel wanted to live in a nice insulated treehouse, with fairy lights all over. They wanted it to be in a tall tree with one big bed that they could share for sleepovers. They dreamed of having a little wooden elevator to go up to the house that ran through the trunk of the tree. But of course, such a build was extremely expensive and they could not afford it. Being a forager is a low-paying job, and they mostly work in bartering. READ MORE Kellie, being a siren, wasn't able to visit too often, so Harper and Sorrel would sometimes visit her at her lake. Kellie hated fishermen, because they disrupted the lake and fish up all her fishy friends. Sorrel and Harper didn't mind the fisherman: Sorrel bartered with them, so they needed them, and Harper sold them potions to make the fish bite. One day, as the two came to visit to go surfing with Kellie, they saw her being caught in a fisherman's net. 'AHHHHHHH!' screamed Kellie. 'Put down that lesbian at once!' Sorrel demanded. Sorrel shook their fists at the fisherman and ran towards the stony pier. Harper, ever the practical one, walked forward calmly, took out a knife and started to cut Kellie loose. The fisherman nervously backed away from the side of the boat, hands raised in surrender. As the fisherman were distracted with Harper, Sorrel swooped in, grabbing Kellie from the ripped fishing net. Kellie was wailing loudly, thrashing in the net until Harper cut her loose and Sorrel rescued her. 'Let me at 'em!' Kellie said furiously, lunging at the fisherman. Harper quickly grabbed Kellie and began to drag her back to Sorrel's tiny cottage, and Sorrel skipped behind them. 'Next time someone tries to catch me, I'm gonna eat them,' said Kellie, deadpan. 'Calm down, ya crazy lesbian,' Harper said. 'Let's all cheer ourselves up and get some piercings.' Harper was covered in tattoos of potion doodles, and had lots of piercings. 'Absolutely!' Kellie said enthusiastically. Sorrel froze at the idea of getting a live piercing. Harper had always given them a sleeping draught to make sure they didn't have to see or feel the needle. Harper noticed Sorrel looking upset, and said: 'It's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of, it's over in two seconds! But I'll get you some sleeping draught anyway.' Taking their bag off their back and placing it on the floor, Harper rummaged through the contents. A look of confusion crossed their face. 'It's not there.' To be continued… Transgender Equality Network Ireland (Teni) is an advocacy, support and education organisation that focuses on the issues and needs of transgender and gender diverse people in Ireland. Each year, Teni hosts a family residential weekend for families who have trans children and/or young people. At last year's weekend, the organisation worked with a group of trans young people on fantasy world-building through writing, where they could imagine a world where trans and gender diverse people are not framed in a negative light.
