sports policy

WTA requires all players to pass genetic sex test

The Women's Tennis Association has become the first independent professional women's sports league to require all its players to undergo genetic sex testing, implementing a policy that took effect July 1, 2026. The new Women's Eligibility Policy requires a one-time…

Semenya calls IOC transgender ban ‘a lie,’ rips Coventry

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a sweeping new policy barring transgender women from competing in women's events at the Olympics and all IOC-sanctioned competitions, effective from the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The decision, which also restricts athletes with…

France calls IOC’s Olympic gender testing a ‘backward step’

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday announced a sweeping new eligibility policy that bars transgender women and most intersex athletes from competing in women's events, effective at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The decision reinstates genetic testing that the IOC…

IOC bars transgender women from Olympics with new gene-testing policy

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping new eligibility policy that bars transgender women and athletes with differences in sex development from competing in women's events at the Olympics, a move that will take effect at the 2028…