PARIS: French female boxers have been barred from competing at the inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool after failing to meet a deadline for a genetic sex test that the French Boxing Federation (FFBoxe) said was incompatible with French law. World Boxing, which issued a list of competitors for Thursday’s opening rounds with no French entrants included, said it would not comment on individual cases but added that it had warned all federations of its policy.

Imane Khelif has the right to appeal World Boxing’s decision barring her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing but the Algerian has not entered the world…

Il n’y aura aucune concurrente tricolore pendant la compétition, qui se tiendra du 4 au 14 septembre à Liverpool. Les résultats des tests de féminité exigés par la fédération…