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Swimming to set up 'open category' for transgender athletes
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» BUDAPEST: Swimming will set up an 'open category' to allow transgender athletes to compete as part of a new policy which will effectively ban them from women's races.
Teammates of transgender swimmer seek bar from women's competition
AFP, Published on 04/02/2022
» NEW YORK: Sixteen teammates of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas on Thursday urged US college sport authorities to follow new USA Swimming rules which could bar her from competing at upcoming championships.
'Biggest ever' disability rights campaign launched before Paralympics
AFP, Published on 19/08/2021
» TOKYO - A global campaign aimed at ending discrimination towards the world's 1.2 billion people with disabilities kicked off Thursday spearheaded by Paralympic chiefs and backed by a broad group of international organisations.
Weightlifter Hubbard becomes first trans woman at Olympics
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO: Pioneering weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games Monday, but her Tokyo dream was cut short when she crashed out of her final early.
New Zealand weightlifter selected as first transgender Olympian
AFP, Published on 21/06/2021
» WELLINGTON: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete Monday after Kiwi officials made a groundbreaking call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue".
Swiss court confirms Semenya cannot compete without hormone-suppressing treatment
AFP, Published on 09/09/2020
» LAUSANNE: South Africa's double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya cannot compete until she accepts to be treated with hormone-suppressing drugs, the Swiss supreme court confirmed on Tuesday.
Semenya takes gender rule challenge to sports court
AFP, Published on 18/02/2019
» LAUSANNE - Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya of South Africa goes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge proposed rules that would force her to lower her testosterone levels.
S.African govt rally behind Semenya on IAAF's new gender rules
AFP, Published on 15/02/2019
» PRETORIA - The South African government on Friday threw its weight behind Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya ahead of next week's landmark hearing on proposed rules that aim to restrict testosterone levels in female athletes.
Life, death and rugby - why it's more than a game in New Zealand
AFP, Published on 29/10/2015
» WELLINGTON - A marketing dream, an inspiration and for some, an irritation -- for New Zealanders, the All Blacks are about far more than rugby, giving this weekend's World Cup final a significance that goes way beyond sport.
Caitlyn Jenner steps out to collect sports courage award
AFP, Published on 16/07/2015
» LOS ANGELES - Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner issued an impassioned plea for transgender acceptance in her first public appearance since coming out as a transgender woman, defying a blizzard of derision on social media.