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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower

Noa-Lynn van Leuven banned from women-only darts events after transgender ruling

Noa-Lynn van Leuven at the World Darts Championship in December 2024
Noa-Lynn van Leuven at the World Darts Championship in December 2024 – she has won six PDC Women’s Series titles. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Noa-Lynn van Leuven will be banned from competing in any of the Professional Darts Corporation’s women-only events with immediate effect after a ruling from the sport’s regulatory body stated only biological females can now compete in women’s tournaments.

The Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) has ruled that transgender women will no longer be permitted to compete in women’s events. Van Leuven can therefore no longer participate in the PDC Women’s Series, where she has won six titles, and will be prevented from also competing in the Women’s World Matchplay, which she was on course to qualify for this summer.

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