India, Aug. 22 -- Recently, Imane Khelif's former manager, Nasser Yesfah, revealed in an interview that the Olympic champion had 'left the world of boxing', which fuelled retirement rumours. Then, a few hours later, Yesfah had another interview with the same newspaper and claimed that he was only talking about her boxing commitments in the city of Nice, where she previously represented Nice Azur club.

Khelif responded to those claims on Facebook on Wednesday and slammed her former manager. She wrote, "It is based solely on statements made by a person who no longer represents me in any way, and whom I consider to have betrayed my trust and my country with his false and malicious statements."

"I have never announced my retirement from box...