News Round-Up
2 June 2025
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2 June 2025
by Will Jones
A young female rugby player who was left screaming in agony after a transgender rival tore apart her knee ligaments has accused sporting chiefs of letting her down.
Transgender women are to be banned from playing women’s football in England following the Supreme Court ruling that trans women are legally men, as the FA follows its Scottish counterpart in bringing in a ban.
A professional women’s pool tournament has been branded "preposterous" after the final was contested by two transgender players who had each beaten four female opponents.
A female fencer was disqualified from her tournament after taking a knee and refusing to compete against a transgender opponent, telling the referee: "I will not fence against a man."
The BBC has named a player who was withdrawn from a 2022 tournament after failing to meet gender eligibility rules over high testosterone as Women’s Footballer of the Year.
In the Brave New World of 2024 Britain, the Stasi meet the Keystone Cops in a kind of Carry On Kafka. But does the comic dimension of the authoritarianism detract from the moral outrage?
A girl footballer is facing a ban of up to 12 matches for asking a "bearded" transgender opponent "Are you a man?" in the latest case to raise questions about the FA's ongoing failure to ban males from the women's game.
Female cricket players will only be protected from sharing facilities and competing with "trans" males if they're "good enough", according to a new ECB ruling that has been slammed for letting women down.
Who is the Goat? The Greatest of all time? The Government of all the talents? Prof James Alexander ponders the journey of the goat from ancient symbol of depravity to modern symbol of success in his capricornucopia.
Team GB golfer Charley Hull has said the Olympic ban on smoking may harm her chances of a gold medal as cigarettes help her relax after an ADHD diagnosis last year.
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