Imane Khelif embroiled in new controversy: Female boxers banned from World Boxing Championship event in gender test row
A wave of disqualifications has engulfed the amateur World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England, after numerous female fighters failed to clear a newly imposed deadline for mandatory gender verification. Among those sidelined is Imane Khelif, the Olympic gold medallist whose ongoing legal challenges have become central to international discussions on gender eligibility in sport.Inside Floyd Mayweather's private jet life where cards and cash steal the spotlightThe tournament, which commenced this week, was thrown into turmoil when several national federations-including France-were unable to submit required genetic sex tests in time. Under the new rules, all female competitors over age 18 must undergo PCR-based testing to confirm chromosomal sex as part of their eligibility.The French Boxing Federation expressed its outrage in a scathing statement: "It is with stupefaction and indignation that the French team learned ... the French women's boxing team would […]