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Semenya welcome at world champs, says Coe

Eugene (United States) (AFP) - Caster Semenya, who will make her first appearance in a world championships in five years when she competes in the women's 5000m in Eugene, has every right to be there, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday.

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Caster Semenya returns to world athletics championships, but not in her pet event due to rules around testosterone levels

Caster Semenya switches to 5,000m because of hormone-treatment rules imposed upon her that she calls "an affront to the spirit of the sport".

ABC News

Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport's thorniest problem

South African runner Caster Semenya's surprise return to the world championships this week coincides with a new reckoning over the rules in track and field that regulate the participation of women with high natural testosterone in female events

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Mark Zeigler: Are the World Championships in Eugene a launching pad for U.S. track, or a burial?

EUGENE, Ore. — Newly renovated Hayward Field sits in the middle of the University of Oregon campus, its futuristic exoskeleton rising above the aging brick buildings like a spaceship. It cost Phil Knight and friends $300 million, and it includes a 5,000-square-foot video board, a 10-story tower with a hall…

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On U.S. soil, Ukraine's athletes bring message: 'We protect our country on the track'

LOS ANGELES — The acting president of Ukraine's track and field federation logged into the Zoom meeting from his olive-green tent near the front lines, the country's yellow and blue flag in the background.

Los Angeles Times

Coe: 'Inconceivable' Russians would be allowed at worlds

The leader of global track and field said it would have been “inconceivable” to have allowed Russians into this week’s world championships given the country’s war against Ukraine

The Independent UK

Hard decisions need to be taken sooner rather than later on the transgender issue in sport - Susan Egelstaff

FOR years, most sports have considered one subject too hot to handle: the transgender issue.

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Rugby League joins swimming in banning transgender athletes

Sydney (AFP) - The sport of rugby league on Tuesday joined swimming by banning transgender players from international competition, as World Athletics said it was also considering a rule change.

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Transgender athletes in women’s sport: Athletics could follow swimming and rugby league with ban, hints Coe

World Athletics could become the latest sporting governing body to ban transgender women from participating in elite female competition.

Evening Standard

Lord Coe hints athletics could follow swimming in banning transgender women

World Athletics could follow swimming in changing its rules.

The National (Scotland)

Athletics could follow swimming in banning transgender athletes, Sebastian Coe hints

Swimming has voted to stop transgender competitors from competing in women’s elite races if they have gone through part of male puberty

The Independent UK

Rugby league joins swimming in banning transgender athletes

Sydney (AFP) - The sport of rugby league on Tuesday joined swimming by banning transgender players from international competition, as world athletics said it was also considering a rule change.

AFP

Rugby league bans transgender players from women's internationals

Sydney (AFP) - The sport of rugby league on Tuesday banned transgender players from women's international matches while it develops a "comprehensive inclusion policy".

AFP

World Athletics and FIFA reviewing transgender policies after FINA ruling

World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe praises swimming authorities for their new rules around transgender athletes, adding that the athletics policy will be reviewed at the end of the year.

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Athletics chief Coe favours 'fairness' over inclusion

London (AFP) - World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has hinted track and field could follow swimming in bringing in a tougher policy on transgender athletes competing in women's events.

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe hints athletics could follow Fina in banning transgender athletes

World Athletics could follow swimming in changing its rules

Daily Mirror

Sebastian Coe to look at athletics transgender rules after praising swimming for ban

Swimming governing body FINA has banned transgender athletes from competing in top women's events and World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe has hinted his sport could go the same way

The Guardian - UK

Coe hints athletics may bar transgender women from female competition

Sebastian Coe suggested his sport may follow swimming’s lead, saying ‘biology trumps gender’ and World Athletics’ policies will reflect this

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The Guardian - UK

‘It would be bizarre’: Coe warns against athletics quitting 2012 Olympic Stadium

Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, said: ‘We have to maintain a world-class presence in London,’ amid reports that UK Athletics has been offered £15m to cut ties with the stadium

The Guardian - US

Lia Thomas says she transitioned to be happy, not to win swimming titles

Lia Thomas, who became the first transgender swimmer to win a major US college title, has pushed back against criticism that she had an unfair advantage

Daily Mirror

Chelsea news: Blues may have "debt for 50 years" as Premier League expulsion looms

Chelsea could be plunged into significant debt if their sale does not go through soon according to Lord Sebastian Coe, and they could be expelled from the Premier League

The Independent UK

Sir Jim Ratcliffe ‘still pushing’ to buy Chelsea despite bid rejection

The bank overseeing the sale of the club has rejected Ratcliffe’s bid

Daily Mirror

Lord Seb Coe warns Chelsea may have "debt for 50 years" if takeover is not completed soon

Chelsea face an anxious wait over the status of the club's takeover ahead of the May 31 deadline, with Lord Sebastian Coe warning of the financial impact if not completed soon

Football London

Chelsea takeover hopeful spotted as Christian Pulisic spares Jorginho West Ham penalty disaster

football.london takes a look at the moments you may have missed from Chelsea's late win over Christian Pulisic

The Independent UK

Who is on the shortlist to buy Chelsea? Takeover latest as potential new owners narrowed down

The list of candidates to buy the club is down to three after the Ricketts-led consortium withdrew their bid

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