Algerian boxer and Olympic champion Imane Khelif has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to contest the introduction of a gender test, according to a statement released by the court on Monday.

World Boxing's president has apologised after Olympic champion Iman Khelif was singled out in the governing body's announcement to make sex testing mandatory.

Algerian Imane Khelif won gold in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics amid gender controversy, News.az reports citing Reuters .