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Pongsakorn aims for second gold in Paris
Sports, Published on 04/09/2024
» Paris: Wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo will be bidding to win his second gold medal at the Paris Paralympic Games as he defends his men's 100m T53 title on Wednesday.
The wait is over: Thais win 3 golds
Sports, Published on 03/09/2024
» Wheelchair racers Pongsakorn Paeyo, Chaiwat Rattana and boccia player Worawut Saengampa claimed gold medals for Thailand at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Italian to be first transgender athlete at Paralympic Games
Reuters, Published on 13/08/2024
» PARIS - Valentina Petrillo is set to become the first openly transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games after the visually impaired sprinter was selected to represent Italy in the women's 200 and 400 metres races in Paris.
Who is Imane Khelif?
Post Reporters, Published on 02/08/2024
» A controversy erupted during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games when Italian boxer Angela Carini refused to continue fighting just 46 seconds into her round of 16 welterweight bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif on Thursday. After taking two powerful punches, Carini, broke down in tears, saying she had never experienced such forceful hits before.
Algerian boxer’s win raises questions about sex tests
Reuters, Published on 01/08/2024
» PARIS - Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned her welterweight round of 16 bout against Algeria's Imane Khelif after 46 seconds at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, says she does not consider the boxing bout as a defeat.
Transgender women banned from playing women's cricket
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» NEW DELHI - Transgender women who have been through male puberty have been barred from international women's cricket under new regulations announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.
Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events
Reuters, Published on 24/03/2023
» SYDNEY/LOS ANGELES: Transgender athletes have condemned World Athletics' exclusion of transgender women from elite female competitions, while the decision was welcomed by some sportswomen as a win for fairness.
Trans women banned from female athletics
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» PARIS - Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday, citing fairness over inclusion.
'We are human beings': Transgender rugby player says ban is punishment
AFP, Published on 22/06/2022
» SYDNEY: Transgender former rugby player Caroline Layt said she was assaulted by her teammates nearly two decades ago, and now she fears a new generation of players is being punished for being themselves.
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.