Overview

• Imane Khelif is not competing in Liverpool after her federation did not enter her while she challenges World Boxing’s testing rule at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
• CAS confirmed Khelif’s appeal but listed no hearing before September 19, meaning no ruling in time for the championships to start on September 4.
• Taiwan’s Olympic champion Lin Yu‑ting withdrew, her federation said, after uncertainty around the mandatory genetic testing process.
• France’s women’s team was excluded when test results missed the deadline, with the French federation citing domestic legal limits on such testing and delays at an approved lab.
• World Boxing says the PCR-based sex-testing policy, announced in May, is required for fairness and safety, and applies to all women entrants at its events.