18 h. ago Susie Wolff: ‘I can be very punchy and pragmatic. If I have to fight for something, I’ll fight’

Head of F1 Academy explains how close she came to a grand prix debut, her quest to produce female drivers and a frightening knock on her hotel room door by a powerful man in the sport“There was a deep loneliness to karting, and then definitely in single-seaters, because no one else was going through the same thing as me,” says Susie Wolff as she remembers her long struggle in motorsport, from racing as a teenager against Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to her determined, but unfulfilled, quest to become a Formula One driver.“After the whole #MeToo movement, we forget what it was like before. But the way I heard boys talking about girls in the paddock made me think I never want to be spoken about in that way. I realised I’d have to be whiter than white to get through it unscathed.” Continue reading...

Politics

38 h. ago Paralympics 'well behind the curve' on banning transgender athletes

Daily Mail Sport reported on Monday that the International Olympic Committee, under new president Kirsty Coventry, is set to trigger a dramatic policy shift that would impose a blanket ban.

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58 h. ago IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events

Sources expect ban within next six to 12 monthsIOC president wants to protect the female categoryThe International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...

Politics

59 h. ago International Olympic Committee set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sports

The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year

Sport

7 d. ago Joey Barton was ‘being provocative to make point’ in posts on female commentators, he tells court

FOOTBALL’S Joey Barton has told a court he was “being provocative to make a point” in posts on female commentators. The former Bristol Rovers boss said his comparison of Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko to killers Fred and Rose West in 2024 was to suggest they were “murdering” commentary. Barton, 43, also told Liverpool crown...

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1 week ago Women’s sport being watched by ‘record number of female viewers’, report says

Victories for the Lionesses and Red Roses at Euro 2025 and the Rugby World Cup helped spearhead a record summer of women’s sport

Politics

2 w. ago Body image taboos holding girls back from playing sport, experts warn

64% of girls give up sport by the end of pubertyTanni Grey-Thompson outlines ‘barriers to participation’Taboos around women’s bodies are holding girls back from pursuing sport into adulthood and preventing the creation of “a generation of fit and healthy women”, a parliamentary committee has heard.With surveys showing 64% of girls give up sport by the end of puberty, experts told the women and equalities committee that a complete sea change in understanding around the impact of sport on female bodies is required, but that such a change is possible and “if we get it right we’d be on a winning streak”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago IOC recommends no international sporting events in Indonesia after country barred Israeli athletes

The International Olympic Committee says it recommends no international sporting events be held in Indonesia after the country barred Israeli athletes from the gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

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3 w. ago Female referee who officiated Chelsea vs Liverpool reveals she's been told to tone down her 'attention

A top female referee has hit out at the sport's sexist environment and claimed she was once told to tone down her looks after 'attracting too much attention'.

Society

3 w. ago Female darts star dramatically 'pulls out of tournament AGAIN after being drawn against transgender opponent Noa

Deta Hedman, 65, had been due to compete against Noa-Lynn van Leuven. who was born a male, in the quarter-finals of the PDC Women's Series on Saturday.

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