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France calls Olympic gender test ‘a step backwards’
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» PARIS - France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee’s new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women’s events a “step backwards”, but other countries welcomed the move.
Olympic women's sport to be limited to biological females
AFP, Published on 26/03/2026
» LAUSANNE - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was re-introducing testing for gender to determine eligibility to compete in the female category, preventing transgender women from competing.
US Olympic policy change bans transgender women in women's events
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» WASHINGTON — American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women's events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
Belgium conjures up win at quidditch world cup
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» TUBIZE (BELGIUM) - With a fair bit of wizardry on the pitch, Belgium became the first European country to win the quidditch world cup on Sunday.
Boos and applause for Trump at FIFA Club World Cup final
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» EAST RUTHERFORD (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump experienced the rough side of football on Sunday as he was briefly booed at the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Justice Dept sues California over transgender athletes
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» WASHINGTON — The United States Justice Department filed a lawsuit against California on Wednesday for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
Boxer Khelif not competing in latest tournament: organisers
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - Algerian Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif, who is at the centre of a row over gender eligibility, will not compete in this week's tournament in The Netherlands, organisers said Thursday.
Trans women barred from women’s football in England
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» LONDON - Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s football from June 1, England’s governing Football Association announced on Thursday.
Algerian boxer ‘not intimidated’ by Trump gender decree
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» LONDON - Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second gold in Los Angeles and says she will not be intimidated by Donald Trump.
IOC candidate Samaranch says experience key to handling 'complex world'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» PARIS - International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidential candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he has the experience to deal with heads of state in a rapidly changing world where previously undisputed truths such as "universality, fraternity and unity" are now disputed.