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Chiara Hölzl in action during a training session in Innsbruck, Austria Credit: Patrick Steiner/GEPA via ZUMA

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Manchester City players celebrate winning the Women's FA Cup Final with the trophy Credit: REUTERS/Facundo Arrizabalaga

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Sanjida Islam, a Bangladeshi cricketer, showed in photos of her wedding that she could hold a bat even in traditional dress Credit: Sanjida Islam/AFP via Getty Images

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Italy's Marta Bassino speeds down the course on her way to win an alpine ski women's World Cup giant slalom in Soelden, Austria Credit: AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta

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Armagh's Orlagh Murray and Rachel Merry help launch the 2020 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championships, which are take place over a nine-week period beginning October 17th Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

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Poland's Iga Swiatek lifts the trophy after winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Sofia Kenin of the U.S. in two sets 6-4, 6-1, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

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The Seattle Storm celebrate after winning the 2020 WNBA championship Credit: Mary Holt/USA Today Sports

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Russia's Alina Charaeva plays a shot in her third round junior girls match again Italy's Matilde Paoletti of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France Credit: AP Photo/Christophe Ena

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Danielle Collins of the U.S. celebrates winning her fourth round match against Tunisia's Ons Jabeur at the French Open Credit:REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes  

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Paris, France

Tennis player Asia Muhammad of the USA during day eight of the French Open at Roland Garros.

Photograph: Javier García/BPI/REX/Shutterstock

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Eve McCrystal of Strata 3 Velo Revolution cycling team on her way to winning the senior women's title at the time-trial national championships in Knockaderry, Co Limerick Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho

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Serena Williams plays a shot against Kristie Ahn in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

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Amy Tinkler claims British Gymnastics 'lied' and warns it 'cannot be trusted' 

 A war of words has broken out between Amy Tinkler and British Gymnastics after the Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist accused the governing body of lying to her for five months.

In a post on social media, Tinkler said she discovered that British Gymnastics had secretly dismissed her complaint against the women’s national head coach, Amanda Reddin, in March but had declined to tell her until August despite her repeated requests for information over the spring and summer.

“This really stinks and my patience has run out,” Tinkler wrote. “I’ve tried to do the right thing but the people running British Gymnastics cannot be trusted. They have let us down. They lie. We deserve better than this.”

The 20-year-old also criticised the British Gymnastics chief executive, Jane Allen, for not bothering to reply to a recent plea on social media for more answers, and said the integrity officer, Richard Evans, and his team had “lied” to her “over the last five months” about whether her complaints had been resolved. Tinkler ended her post by warning that she would start to post screenshots of her correspondence with the national governing body. “Change at the top must happen before the right thing will be done,” she added.

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South Africa's Nikita Robb catches a wave during a surfing competition organised to revive local tourism with national and international participants present on the island at Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka Credit: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images

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Paris, France

Estelle Mossely of France shadow boxes during a training session at Temple du Noble Art.

Photograph: Aurélien Meunier/Getty Images

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Hungary's Zsofia Racz and Lilla Turanyi and Sweden's Amanda Ilestedt fight for the ball during the Uefa Women's Euro 2021 Group F qualifying football match in Gothenburg Credit: Adam Ihse/EPA

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Rome, Italy

Camila Giorgi of Italy serves to Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska during their match at the Italian Open tennis tournament.

Photograph: Alfredo Falcone/AP