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League Notes: Amir Khan To Launch Super Boxing League In India

Indian boxing is to "get a boost," with two-time world champion Amir Khan launching the Super Boxing League, which is scheduled to be held from July 7-Aug. 12. Khan, a British boxer of Pakistan origin, is "launching the SBL in association with AIBA Pro Boxing." British businessman Bill Dosanjh, the founder and promoter of the Super Fight League MMA tournament which was recently held in the capital, "is also associated with the SBL as Founder-CEO" (IANS, 4/24).

Worcestershire County Cricket Club is the latest county to "back the England & Wales Cricket Board's proposed new eight-team city-based T20 competition. County Chair Stephen Taylor revealed that WCCC took its decision "following a vote by the club's board" (BBC, 4/25).

Scotland Rugby League will reintroduce a national league competition this season in "a move that should protect the organisation's right to field an international team." Fixtures have been put in place for a four-team league starting in mid-May and running through a Grand Final in August (HERALD SCOTLAND, 4/24). 

Several months after a confidential document in its investigation of Russian doping was hacked and leaked, the IOC "announced the creation of a new panel on cyber security." The IOC said that its new commission will guide "the IOC's strategy for information security, including cyber-security." It will also make recommendations for "an appropriate strategy for the effective, secure and sustainable use of technology" for the Olympic Games (AP, 4/25).

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