The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) CEO Kereyn Smith said that Hubbard met the requirements to compete in the international games, and stressed that New Zealand’s team has a “strong culture of… inclusion and respect for all.” Smith acknowledged that the decision was controversial, stating that “human rights” must be …
Read More »US education secretary promises to defend transgender athletes’ ‘civil rights’ in sports
“I do believe in local control. I do believe in state control, but we do have a responsibility to protect the civil rights of students. And if we feel the civil rights are being violated, we will act,” Cardona told ESPN. Cardona’s comments follow Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) becoming the …
Read More »USA Today removes the word ‘male’ from op-ed about trans athletes… and apologizes for using ‘hurtful language’
The outlet published a piece last week penned by Chelsea Mitchell, one of four female high-school athletes who filed an unsuccessful lawsuit last year challenging Connecticut’s decision to allow biological males to compete in girls’ athletics. The champion runner wrote that she was deprived of multiple titles and awards because …
Read More »With trans weightlifter set to make history at the Olympics, elite women athletes are right to feel cheated and insulted
The decision to allow transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard to compete in women’s weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics is unlikely to affect the medal hopes of the world’s top-ranked athletes. But it does leave one question unanswered – what the hell is going on in sport? The 43-year-old will be the …
Read More »‘Let them take a knee’: Sports union, German activists promise legal help to athletes sanctioned for protesting at Tokyo Olympics
“We will work with our affiliates to ensure courageous athletes who take a stand for human rights are properly supported, including through legal and other means,” World Players Association executive director Brendan Schwab said on Thursday. The move came in response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision, announced on …
Read More »North Korea says it will skip Tokyo Olympics to protect athletes from Covid-19
“The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games at the proposal of the members in order to protect athletes from the global health crisis caused by virulent virus infection,” Pyongyang’s Ministry of Sports said in a statement on Monday. …
Read More »Lucky escape: Kid athletes narrowly outrun disaster as snow blamed for terrifying building collapse during race in Russia (VIDEO)
A troubling video of the roof collapse, which stunned onlookers at the Veresniki track and field indoor arena in Kirov, shows parts of the exterior falling over a corner of the track which had just been passed by a group of young runners. According to local reports, the section of the …
Read More »Michigan bill to require trans student athletes to compete under gender ‘identified at birth’ as 20 states mull similar laws
Introduced by GOP state Senator Lana Theis on Wednesday, the measure will require that public school sports programs designate male and female teams, allowing student athletes to compete only on teams that align with their “biological sex.” “Very simply, my bill will ensure that, in school sports in Michigan, student …
Read More »Mississippi’s ban on trans athletes competing in sports is a step in the right direction to stop kids’ gender being weaponized
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves pledged on Thursday that he would sign the legislation which passed the state Senate last month and was approved by the House earlier this week. In a recent Facebook post, he mentioned his two daughters’ dedication to team sports, suggesting they were being unfairly disadvantaged thanks …
Read More »Donald Trump is wrong on trans athletes… it’s the ‘supermen’ with ovaries we should really be worried about
Sporting integrity lit up the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. Following Joe Biden’s issuing of an executive order in January, Trump waded into the trans athlete debate in bombastic style, saying, “I hate to say it, ladies, but you’ve got a lot of new records that are being shattered. Young …
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