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Tennis Becomes the First Major Women's Sport to Require Genetic Testing as Rights Advocates and Scientists Sound Alarm

The WTA began mandatory SRY gene testing for all players in July 2026, becoming the first major women's sports league to require genetic testing. Experts warn the policy could harm intersex women.

Medical Daily · Jul 24

As A Tennis Player, I Wasn't Planning To Watch The Dink, But Then The Reviews Dropped

I'll try to keep my feelings about pickleball out of it.

Cinemablend · Jul 24

Nagaland Is the Northeast Indian State That Will Rearrange Your Assumptions About India

The India you thought you knew stops at the foothillsKohima sits at roughly 1,500 metres above sea level, and the air there does something immediate to your assumptions. The town is the capital of Nagaland, a state that shares borders with Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh, and it looks nothing like…

Times Life · Jul 23

The Dink review – Jake Johnson’s pickleball comedy serves up engagingly silly laughs

Johnson is delusional ex-tennis player The Hammer, who has to switch to the sport he loathes after injury

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21

WTA's New DNA Test Rule: One Swab Determines Your Tennis Career

The Women's Tennis Association will require a one-time DNA sex test for eligibility on its tour from 2026, aiming to ensure fair competition by confirming biological sex through an SRY gene test.

International Business Times UK · Jul 20

WTA introduces gene testing for all players on women's tennis tour

The Women’s Tennis Association is introducing one-off mandatory gene-testing for all players effective from Tuesday – a requirement to compete at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Female tennis players must undergo genetic sex testing to play on WTA Tour

The decision sees the WTA move in line with the IOC and other sporting governing bodies including World Athletics, despite there being no transgender women in professional tennis

The Independent UK · Jul 20

Breakthrough for Tomic after lean tennis times

Veteran Bernard Tomic continues to toil away on the world tennis circuit and has been rewarded with his first Challenger tour victory in eight years.

AAP · Jul 20

Gym culture on the rise in France, as young people reshape ideas about exercise

France is better known for football, cycling, tennis and skiing than weightlifting. But gym culture is on the rise, especially among young people – many of whom have been inspired by social media, with France’s most popular YouTuber building his audience around bodybuilding.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 19

Kimi Antonelli reveals Roger Federer advice on handling F1 title race pressure

Kimi Antonelli met Roger Federer at Wimbledon and received advice from the tennis icon

The Independent UK · Jul 17