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World Athletics introduces mandatory sex testing for female competitions
The introduction of sex testing comes two years after World Athletics banned trans women from competing in the female ...
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Cork women star in 'inspiring' RTÉ series on female fighters
A Cork boxer and a jiu-jitsu fighter will star in a new TV doc about women in combat sports. The RTÉ series Cailíní Comhraic ...
The Olympics has created some of the best boxers - staying in the 2028 Games means everything
The Olympic Committee decided to include boxing at Los Angeles in 2028 despite a number of controversies involving the sport, ...
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Track and Field to Be First Olympic Sport Requiring DNA Sex Tests for Women
By Tariq Panja Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the ...
Athletes to have cheeks swabbed to determine if they are female in controversial test after Olympics gender row
FEMALE ATHLETES will undergo a cheek swab to confirm their gender before they can compete at international level. World Athletics – the governing body of track-and-field – has approved the ...
World Athletics approves cheek swab tests to protect 'integrity of competition' in women’s sport
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction ...
Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of International Olympic Committee
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th ...
First female Olympic president elected as Kirsty Coventry defeats Sebastian Coe
Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee.