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From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender rules

The IOC’s shift in position on trans women in elite sports is seismic, but new president Kirsty Coventry is reflecting a changed political climate By any measure, it amounts to one of the most astonishing U-turns from a governing body in modern times. Four and a half years ago, the International Olympic Committee was lauding […]

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Italy v Northern Ireland: World Cup playoff – live

⚽️ Updates from the single-leg semi-final in Bergamo: 7.45pm GMT KO⚽️ WCL fixtures and schedule | Email Scott Northern Ireland – who already knew they had to do without two of their biggest stars in captain Conor Bradley and defender Daniel Ballard – are also missing Ali McCann in midfield. The Preston midfielder hasn’t recovered

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World Cup 2026 playoffs: Wales v Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic v Republic of Ireland and more – live

⚽️ Updates from the single-leg semi-final playoffs⚽️ Italy v Northern Ireland | Email Taha Slovakia: Dubravka, Valjent, Vavro, Obert, Hancko, Bero, Lobotka, Duda, Sauer, Strelec, Haraslin Subs: Rodak, Takac, Pekarik, Gyomber, Suslov, Mraz, Benes, Tupta, Hrosovsky, Krcik, Rigo, Kapralik Continue reading…

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Prem Rugby will introduce minimum salary floor of £5.4m for clubs next season

Move designed to increase competitiveness of league Prem hope to open expansion windows every four years Prem Rugby will introduce a minimum salary floor of £5.4m for each club next season as part of a long-term plan to increase competitiveness as the top-flight becomes a franchise league. The RFU Council voted last month to ringfence

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Football Daily | World Cup playoffs mean it’s crunch time for Gattuso, Bellamy and Potter

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! It’s Geopolitics World Cup playoff day, dear reader, and Gibraltar are playing Latvia in a winner-takes-all clash. Sadly, for football romantics, that game is the first leg of a Nations League promotion/relegation playoff. Uefa’s scheduling feels a bit cruel, like making some poor

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Tom Brady, 48, says he explored return to NFL but league ‘don’t like that idea very much’

Role as minority owner of Raiders causes problems Former QB says he is ‘very happily retired’ Tom Brady says he explored the idea of making a return to the NFL as a player but the league “don’t like that idea very much”. Brady’s last NFL game came in a defeat to the Dallas Cowboys in

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