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The return of sex testing in sport risks harming women athletes rather than protecting them

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new policy on the protection of the women’s category that will force thousands of elite women athletes from around the world to undergo genetic sex testing in order to compete.

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Olympics Make a Disappointing Decision for the Los Angeles Games

A generalization that hurts all women.

The Mary Sue

Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth

The International Olympic Committee announced a new policy on March 26, 2026, for women’s competitions: Every athlete must be tested for a gene called SRY, usually found on the Y chromosome. Males typically have a Y chromosome and females typically don’t, so the IOC says this requirement will exclude “biological…

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France calls Olympic gender testing a 'step backwards' as other nations support policy

France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women's events a "step backwards", but other countries welcomed the move.

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Human rights experts raise concerns over IOC gender eligibility ruling

The Sport & Rights Alliance, along with over 100 other allied organisations, has called on the IOC to abandon its plans to mandate genetic sex testing

The Independent UK

Transgender women athletes banned from competing in female Olympic events in new IOC policy

The IOC announced the ban on Thursday after its executives voted to adopt the new policy. The ruling now means transgender women, as well as women with select rare medical conditions, are no longer eligible to compete in female categories, effective from the 2028 LA games.

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Inside Kirsty Coventy’s transformation of the IOC – and the Trump problem looming over the LA Olympics

ONE YEAR ON: A year after she was sensationally elected as the first woman and first African to hold the most powerful office in sport, the IOC president retains plenty of internal support, writes Lawrence Ostlere. But far bigger challenges lie ahead

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The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.

The Conversation

Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups have criticised the new gender eligibility guidelines as ‘a blunt and discriminatory response’

The Guardian - AU

IOC Bans Trans Women From Competing In All Future Olympics Over Apparent Safety Concerns

The IOC will require a gene test for women’s events at the Olympics, a move critics say effectively bans most trans women from competing.

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From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender rules

The IOC’s shift in position on trans women in elite sports is seismic, but new president Kirsty Coventry is reflecting a changed political climate

The Guardian - UK

Olympic committee moves to require genetic testing for all female competitors ahead of Los Angeles Games

New rules force female Olympic Games athletes to prove their sex

Cycling News

Olympics announces ban on transgender women in female competition

Eligibility for any female category will be limited to biological women from 2028 Games

Evening Standard

Olympic chiefs bar trans women from female category at LA2028

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Transgender women banned from female Olympic events in new IOC ruling

The International Olympic Committee has ruled that eligibility for the women’s category will now be limited to biological females

The Guardian - UK

Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from competing in the female category at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday

The Independent UK

Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games

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Charlie Kirk’s ‘mentor’ and father of modern cheerleading dies after falling while playing pickleball: report

Varsity Spirit said that Jeff Webb ‘built a community that will continue to inspire generations to come’

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Full 2028 Olympics Soccer Schedule: Matches Everywhere, Not Just in L.A.

The soccer games in the 2028 Summer Olympics will be accessible to fans everywhere.

International Business Times

Kremlev says IBA will pay Olympic boxers in 2028 if IOC refuses prize money reform

The International Boxing Association president announced this week that if the International Olympic Committee does not revise its policy on athlete compensation ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the IBA will once again award prize money to Olympic boxers.

The Independent UK

What to know about the 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

The Winter Paralympics opening ceremony is taking place on March 6. It is taking place at the Verona Olympic Arena, northern Italy. UK viewers can watch the ceremony on Channel 4 from 6.30pm GMT, while US viewers can watch it on NBC from 1.30pm ET. Friday’s opening ceremony will mark…

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The Paralympics are welcoming Russia back to the Winter Games – and this is just the start

Ten athletes will compete for Russia and Belarus at the Paralympic Games and parade under their national flags in Friday’s opening ceremony in Verona, despite condemnation across Europe

The Independent UK

West Brom sack Eric Ramsay after winless tenure leaves club on brink of relegation

The 34-year-old coach lasted just 44 days in the role and picked up just four points from his eight league games in charge

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics must tackle environmental impact before the snow runs out

With the rhetoric not matching the reality, future Olympics hosts must forge clearer sustainable standards

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to come back, to win gold’: banned Ukrainian determined to race for glory in helmet of memory

On the eve of the fourth anniversary since Russia invaded Ukraine, Vladyslav Heraskevych tells Sean Ingle he has no regrets about sacrificing his Winter Olympic dreams in Milano Cortina

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