World Athletics approves gender eligibility test
World Athletics approves a one-time genetic test for athletes who wish to compete in the women's category at international events.
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World Athletics approves swab test to determine female gender
World Athletics said on Tuesday it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.World Athletics is looking at cheek swab tests but is also ...Yahoo Sports - 3h -
All female athletes to have cheek swab gender tests, reveals Lord Coe
World Athletics will introduce cheek swab sex tests to determine if an athlete is biologically female and eligible to compete in their elite women’s category.Yahoo Sports - 13h -
World Athletics to require gender testing for female track and field athletes under new policy
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World Athletics to require chromosome testing of women’s track and field athletes
NANJING, China — World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said Tuesday that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female ...NBC News - 7h -
World Boxing to decide new gender eligibility rules in ‘two or three weeks’
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Female track & field athletes face genetic testing
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced Tuesday that female track and field athletes will undergo random genetic testing in order to maintain "the integrity of the game."ESPN - 5h -
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Texas judge rejects temporary injunction seeking gender testing in NCAA women’s sports
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wanted the NCAA to do sex screening on athletes or remove the word 'women' in promoting women's sports.Yahoo Sports - 6d -
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Former European bobsled champion Arran Gulliver fails a doping test
Former European bobsled champion Arran Gulliver has failed a doping test and been provisionally suspended, the International Testing Agency announced on Monday. The British athlete tested positive ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
India approves legislation to boost oil and gas exploration
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Testing begins at Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge and skeleton
When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year's Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of tunnel under a ...Yahoo Sports - 14h -
How do athletes manage sleep, and how can you improve yours?
For World Sleep Day, BBC Sport examines how athletes get their shut eye and explores the best sleep hygiene tipsYahoo Sports - Mar. 14 -
How do athletes manage sleep, and how can you improve yours?
For World Sleep Day, BBC Sport examines how athletes get their shut eye and explores the best sleep hygiene tipsBBC News - Mar. 14 -
Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes
The change affects women with atypical genetics who have been able to compete if they suppressed their testosterone levels.The New York Times - 7h -
World Athletics mandates cheek swabs to ‘doggedly protect female category’
Coe seeks to ensure ‘integrity of female women’s sport’ Aim is to be ready for September world championships Sebastian Coe has vowed to “doggedly protect the female category and do whatever it ...The Guardian - 15h -
Test cricket could copy Six Nations with in-game bonus points
In-game bonus points and extra points for away wins could be introduced to the World Test Championship as part of discussions to reform the competition before the next cycle begins in June.Yahoo Sports - 6d -
A 15-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Athlete to Run a Mile Under 4 Minutes
The New Zealand athlete Sam Ruthe broke the previous world record set by the two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.The New York Times - 5d -
With the 2026 World Cup near, Nations League finals kick off a series of 2025 'tests' in U.S.
The 2025 soccer calendar serves as both a dress rehearsal and a wake-up call for the Unites States that the World Cup is coming.Yahoo Sports - 6d -
Bridgestone and Michelin test advances in puncture-free tyres
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Eligible or not, ISU’s Gray to enter portal
Indiana State graduate forward Aaron Gray has entered the transfer portal, despite the possibility that he may or may not be eligible to play next season. The Portal Report on X and 247Sports made ...Yahoo Sports - 6d -
'Disappointed' Caudery misses out on world indoor medal
Great Britain's Molly Caudery is unable to defend her women's pole vault title as she finishes fourth at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.BBC News - 3d -
'Disappointed' Caudery misses out on world indoor medal
Great Britain's Molly Caudery is unable to defend her women's pole vault title as she finishes fourth at the World Indoor Athletics Championships.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Anning wins historic world indoor 400m gold for GB
Great Britain's Amber Anning announces herself on the global stage by winning women's 400m gold at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.BBC News - 3d -
Celebrations and protests in the US and around the world mark International Women’s Day
From Istanbul and Warsaw to New York and Los Angeles, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violence. Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark ...The Guardian - Mar. 8 -
World Athletics Indoor Championships: Schedule, start times and how to watch
The British squad have enjoyed a strong event so far in ChinaYahoo Sports - 3d -
Hunter Bell, Caudery & Azu lead GB World Indoor medal hopes
Georgia Hunter Bell, Molly Caudery and Jeremiah Azu are among Great Britain's gold medal hopes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.BBC News - 6d -
Hunter Bell bids to add to GB World Indoor medal tally
Georgia Hunter Bell, Molly Caudery and Jeremiah Azu are among Great Britain's gold medal hopes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Gourley & Hunter Bell win world indoor 1500m medals
Great Britain's Neil Gourley and Georgia Hunter Bell win 1500m medals on the final day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in China.BBC News - 2d -
'He's gone and done it again!' - Ingebrigtsen wins first indoor world title
Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen overtakes Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi in the final stretch to win the 3000m gold medal - his first world indoor title of his career at the World Indoor Athletics ...BBC News - 3d -
Anning wins GB's first ever women's 400m world indoor title
Amber Anning wins the first ever women's 400m world indoor title for Great Britain, narrowly beating USA's Alexis Holmes at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China.BBC News - 3d -
A Path to the Playoffs for All 30 M.L.B. Teams
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Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track slated for test runs by 60 athletes next week
The track’s essential structure is doneABC News - Mar. 18 -
VA halts gender-affirming care for transgender veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer offer gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender former service members, the department announced Monday, citing an executive order ...The Hill - Mar. 17
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