Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from World Athletics

Marathon race walk mixed relay to debut at Paris Olympics

Paris (AFP) - World Athletics on Saturday released details of a new event, the marathon race walk mixed relay, to be staged at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

AFP

Most unwanted? How sports treat the Russia problem

Paris (AFP) - International sports bodies are taking wildly varying stances on allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams to compete while the war in Ukraine continues.

AFP

Adidas Adizero Prime X Strung Review: This Rule Breaker Is Fantastically Bouncy

The Adidas Prime X Strung is ludicrously bouncy and fast to run in, but the fit and stability give cause for concern

Coach

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition

UKA confirmed on Friday it had received the required assurances from relevant bodies that the sporting exemption in the Equality Act 2010 applies to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

The Independent UK

Trans athletes ruling: ‘return to sanity’ or unleashing ‘forces of hate’?

“It was a victory few had expected,” said Janice Turner in The Times. When Lord Coe, the president of World Athletics, unveiled the organisation’s response to the issue of transgender women taking part in elite female events, it seemed likely that it would be a mere tweak to current rules…

The Week

The real consequence of World Athletics’ transgender ban will go untold

Elite athletics won’t feel any sweeping change as a result of a new ruling which prioritises competitive fairness over inclusion, but life for transgender people who participate in sport might get a little harder

The Independent UK

Transgender track and field athletes can't compete in women's international events

World Athletics Council said they prioritize fairness and the integrity of female track and field competitions, rather than inclusion. The ruling could hinder several Olympic medalists.

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Sport facing ‘fairness v inclusion’ issue with transgender athletes, expert says

World Athletics has banned competitors who have been through male puberty from female category events.

The Independent UK

Transgender athletes condemn ban on inclusion in female events

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.

Bangkok Post

Track and field authorities ban trans women from international competition

Transgender women were banned from international track and field competition Thursday following a decision from the sport’s governing body.

Tribune News Service

Russia doping suspension lifted, but war ban keeps athletes out

The Russian Athletics Federation is still excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

From Semenya to Thomas: five sportspeople who changed the gender rules

Paris (AFP) - The decision taken by World Athletics on Thursday to ban male-to-female transgender athletes from women's competition is likely to have a wider effect on global sports.

AFP

Transgender athletes banned from women's events

Paris (AFP) - 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.

AFP

Attorney-general responds to Lidia Thorpe incident, school shooter's parents may face trial, and TikTok CEO grilled — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Vaping ‘health emergency’, World Athletics trans ban, TikTok grilled in Washington

Health professionals call for ban on vape imports; Liberal leader under pressure to reveal stance on referendum; Chinese app boss grilled by US Congress

Sports Illustrated

World Athletics Bans Transgender Women From Ranking Competitions

The decision will take effect March 31.

The Independent UK

World Athletics bans transgender athletes from competing in female events

The organisation also confirmed Russian and Belarusian athletes remain banned for the foreseeable future.

Daily Mirror

World Athletics take tough Russia stance and make decision on transgender female athletes

World Athletics president Lord Coe has announced Russian Athletes have been banned due to the war with Ukraine, while transgender female athletes who have gone through male puberty have also been banned

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Trans women banned from female athletics

AFP

World Athletics doping ban on Russia lifted, but Russians still suspended

Paris (AFP) - World Athletics on Thursday lifted the ban on the Russian track and field federation for state-sponsored doping although its athletes remain barred from competition while Moscow's invasion of Ukraine continues.

The Independent UK

Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

Track and field leaders have signaled it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics Council excludes transgender women from female events

World Athletics has confirmed that its council has voted to exclude transgender women from female events

The Independent UK

World Athletics bans transgender women from women’s competition

The governing body will exclude male-to-female transgender athletes if they have gone through male puberty from female competition from the end of this month

The Independent UK

World Athletics confirms Russians remain barred from athletics for ‘foreseeable future’

The IOC is looking at ways Russian and Belarusian athletes can be reintegrated to international competition

Evening Standard

World Athletics ends Russia ban over state-sponsored doping but maintains Ukraine invasion sanction

World Athletics has voted to end its eight-year ban of the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) but the country's athletes, and those of Belarus, will remain excluded from international competition because of an ongoing, separate ban over the invasion of Ukraine.

1 … 7 8 9 10

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

UEFA Champions League

the International Olympic Committee

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.