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UK Athletics accused of misinterpreting transgender ‘sporting exemption’ clause

UK Athletics said it believed its desire to reserve the women’s category for female-born competitors would be “very difficult” to realise.

The Independent UK

UK Athletics urges Government to change legislation on transgender athletes

UKA wants the women’s category to be lawfully reserved for female-born competitors

Evening Standard

UK Athletics urges government to change legislation on transgender athletes

World Athletics has proposed to continue to allow transgender women to compete in female international track and field events.

The Independent UK

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Eilish McColgan insists one per cent advantage for trans women athletes ‘too much’

World Athletics is currently consulting member federations over its transgender policy

The Independent UK

Eilish McColgan: One per cent advantage for trans women athletes ‘too much’

World Athletics is currently consulting member federations over its transgender policy.

The Independent UK

Kirsty Law demands fairness in transgender debate

EXACTLY how and where trans athletes fit into the competitive sport picture is a conversation set to rumble on for some time.

The National (Scotland)

World track body proposal: No ban on transgender athletes

Track and field’s governing body is facing renewed criticism from some for a proposal to allow transgender athletes to continue competing in top female events with stricter rules

The Independent UK

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World Athletics says transgender policy not set in stone after athlete criticism

The global organisation is consulting with member federations over a new policy.

The Independent UK

World Athletics’ transgender regulations see scientific rigour give way to a fudge

Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too

The Guardian - UK

Lord Coe details ‘important questions’ in possible run to become International Olympic Committee president

Coe has been World Athletics president since 2015

The Independent UK

World Athletics proposals to preserve path for trans women in female category

World Athletics is set to keep the door open for transgender women to compete at the highest level under a ‘preferred option’ proposal to be voted on in March

The Guardian - UK

Transgender athletes to be allowed to compete against women in new World Athletics rules

World Athletics have reportedly sent a 'confidential consultation' to member federations with the preferred option to tighten rules around trans women athletes but not ban them from female events

Daily Mirror

Tata Mumbai Marathon: Hit the ground running

Women's course record more vulnerable than the men's, says race commentator Hutchings

The Times of India

Benin: Civil society leaders running in elections hope to influence decision making

In tonight's edition: 46 Ivorian troops appear at a court of appeal in Bamako as West African leaders decide not to sanction Mali following the arrest of the soldiers back in July. Also, in Benin, fresh faces have emerged on the political scene and a youthful electorate is looking to…

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Evening Standard

Seb Coe backs UK Athletics to recover from financial slump of £1.8m

World Athletics boss Seb Coe has backed UK Athletics to recover from its current financial predicament.

The Times of India

Neeraj Chopra eclipses Usain Bolt as most written about track and field athlete in 2022

Not many have gone past Usain Bolt in the 21st century, but India's Neeraj Chopra has managed to do that.

The Independent UK

Female athletes targeted by most online abuse, World Athletics study finds

World Athletics’ research looked at almost half a million social media posts.

Daily Mirror

Kenya avoids ban despite 55 athletes serving suspensions as Lord Coe sends warning

The famed East African running nation has avoided being blacklisted after Lord Coe confirmed that they would not be given a blanket ban from competition

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Al Jazeera

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban amid doping crisis

Government commits to ‘zero tolerance’ approach as it urges world athletics governing body not to ban its athletes.

Belfast Live

Belfast Irish Milers Meet set to return in 2023 with added bonus

The event has secured World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger Status for the second year running

Dynamite News

Sports: World Athletics Relays 2023 Postponed Until 2025

The Council said that the decision was taken with the agreement of both the Guangzhou organizing committee (LOC) and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA). Read on for details:

Daily Mirror

Seven nation 'watch list' announced by World Athletics over suspicious Olympic qualifying

Seven Olympic nations have been placed on a "Competition Manipulation Watch List" by World Athletics due to suspicious qualification patterns for last year's Tokyo Olympics.

Daily Mirror

Ex-Team GB Olympian Brian Hewson who was one of first to run four-minute mile dies

Brian Hewson, a former Team GB runner who competed at two Olympic Games and was one of the first people to run a mile in under four minutes, has passed away

Daily Mirror

London Marathon to offer non-binary gender option to make event "truly inclusive"

Elite races at the London Marathon will still operate under the World Athletics rules but the change for the mass-participation race has been changed following an extensive review

Bangkok Post

More sports events scrapped in zero-Covid China

Hong Kong’s top badminton tournament has been cancelled because of stringent anti-Covid policies that required players to compete in an “isolation bubble”, organisers said on Thursday.

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