The culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has been told by numerous sporting bodies that they are nervous of legal challenges if they carry out the government’s call to prioritise female sport over transgender inclusion, multiple sources have told the Guardian.
In an hour-long meeting with the chief executives of 15 national governing bodies, which included football, cricket and rugby, Dorries urged sports to “raise their game” and protect the integrity of elite and competitive women’s sport.
