5 h. ago US Olympic committee sidesteps transgender athlete policy amid LA28 buildup

USOPC won’t set transgender eligibility rules for LA28LA28 passes $1bn in sponsorship, confirms key venuesUSA Football certified ahead of flag football’s debutThe United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has said it will not set any policy on transgender athlete eligibility ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games, despite growing political pressure from the Trump administration and increasing scrutiny over access and inclusion in women’s sport.Speaking Thursday after the committee’s first board meeting of 2025, chief executive Sarah Hirshland said the USOPC had no plans to define eligibility criteria, even as US president Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14201 – titled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports – threatens to upend international participation protocols. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Trump administration sues Maine over transgender athletes in girls’ sports

It follows weeks of feuding between the administration and the state’s Democratic governor

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38 h. ago Trump administration sues Maine over trans athletes in girls’ sports

It follows weeks of feuding between the administration and the state’s Democratic governor

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3 d. ago Jeff Bezos FACEPLANTS as he scrambles to find the door to his celeb

Blue Origin 's New Shepard rocket has just taken an all-female crew of celebrity astronauts to space in a history-making event not seen in 60 years.

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5 d. ago Brownlee brothers relive an iconic moment as they share how being an elite athlete translates to saving money

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee built an impressive athletics career together - now they want to help young people build up their savings.

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6 d. ago Trump administration to refer Maine to Justice Department over transgender participation in sports

The deadline has arrived for Maine officials to reach a resolution with the U.S. Education Department over a finding that the state violated antidiscrimination laws by allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports

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9 d. ago Parkrun embroiled in transgender 'bigoted bullying' row as race director tells former Olympian to 'f*** off'

Former British Olympic runner Mara Yamauchi has been branded a 'bigoted bully' and told to 'f*** off' by a Parkrun director in a furious row about trans women competing in the event's female category.

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1 week ago John Oliver draws JK Rowling’s fury over mockery of trans athletes debate

The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host argued there is no evidence trans athletes ‘pose any threat to safety or fairness’

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1 week ago Mother of murdered teen Brianna Ghey says mobiles should be banned in ALL schools

Esther Ghey said she supported a 'blanket ban' on phones in schools across the country amid concerns about how devices can be misused by students.

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1 week ago Transgender athlete Lia Rose wins girls event in Oregon... two years after finishing LAST against boys

Rose, a senior at Ida B. Wells High School, won with a height of 4-foot 8-inches and beat her nearest competitor Addyson Skyles by a huge two inches.

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2 w. ago Battle over trans athletes' participation in girls sports comes to California Capitol

A committee in the California legislature plans to vote on bills Tuesday that would restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls sports

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3 w. ago Transgender athletes stamped out of sport as new bombshell rules force women to prove their birth gene amid pressure from Trump

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said the decision taken by the World Athletics Council was further evidence his organization would 'doggedly' protect the female category.

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3 w. ago ‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Brisbane 2032 Olympic rowing may be held in saltwater crocodile habitat

Fears dismissed by Brisbane Olympic chief, saying ‘there are sharks in the ocean and we still do surfing’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter 82 years of a life devoted to saltwater crocodiles, John Lever still fondly recalls the first “saltie” he ever caught on Rockhampton’s Fitzroy River, about 500km north of Brisbane.The year was 1982, the crocodile was a three-metre long female and she’d just eaten “a lovely labrador dog” from a market garden in the central Queensland city.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry celebrated on return home to Zimbabwe

Newly elected International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry has arrived in her home country of Zimbabwe to a hero’s welcome as her victory is celebrated as a national milestone

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3 w. ago Trump returns to Philadelphia to attend NCAA wrestling championships with Musk: Live updates

Trump used his social media platform to demand Maine Governor Janet Mills apologize for disputing his transgender athlete executive order

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3 w. ago Lord Coe never had a chance in Olympics race with Robert Mugabe's 'golden girl'

JEREMY CROSS COLUMN: Lord Seb Coe was in the running to become the next IOC President though was beaten by two-time gold medallist and Zimbabwe sports minister Kirsty Coventry

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3 w. ago Trump demands ‘full throated apology’ from Maine governor over trans athlete dispute: Live updates

Trump used his social media platform to demand Maine Governor Janet Mills apologize for disputing his transgender athlete executive order

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3 w. ago Armed robbers ransack new Olympic president Kirsty Coventry's parents' home and steal £46,000 of jewellery, cash and her gold

Armed robbers broke into the Zimbabwe home of Kirsty Coventry's parents before making off with sporting mementos belonging to the new International Olympic Committee president.

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3 w. ago View from Africa: how Kirsty Coventry will handle sport’s biggest job at the IOC

Incoming president owes her position to political support but is promising a collective and sustainable approachThe International Olympic Committee’s president-elect, Kirsty Coventry, did not initially have designs on a role in sports administration until she was thrust into it, essentially by politics.On 7 September 2018, Coventry found out, along with the rest of Zimbabwe, that she had been appointed as the country’s minister for sports, art and recreation. She was the only white person on the 23-member cabinet, a unifier, albeit briefly, of a nation divided by racial schisms and labelled the “golden girl” by the then-deposed president Robert Mugabe. As an athlete who was also seen as a patriot, in a country where non-compliance has had serious ramifications, she could not refuse the position. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago New Olympics chief claims Russia's exile is double standards and opens door for their return for Los Angeles Games in 2028

Incoming IOC president Kirsty Coventry has revealed that she will open talks to have Russia reinstated to the Olympics in time for the 2028 Games in LA. Russia was banned from Paris 2024. 

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