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Of course Algeria are going to deny it. But look:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2025/06/01/imane-khelif-m...

https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2025/6/1/xxyetyl1aewfij...

https://lecorrespondant.net/docteur-suis%e2%80%91je-un-homme...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/imane-khelif-eindhoven-ne...

The evidence indicates that Khelif is male, with male physiological advantage, and therefore should never have been competing in women's boxing. And it is a matter of record that Khelif withdrew from the Eindhoven Cup rather than take the sex verification tests required to compete.

That proposed lawsuit mentioned in your BBC article near the end of 2024 went nowhere, by the way. How could it? The facts show there was no libel.