Sports archive

2023

Fury as biological male wins women’s croquet world title The Telegraph 13.12.23

Transgender Athlete Makes Verbal Commitment To Seize One Of Just Twelve Women’s Volleyball D1 Scholarships At The University of Washington Reduxx 12.12.23

Why women deserve their own sport category — even in pool Victoria Smith in The Post 04.12.23

Women are fighting back against the trans takeover of sport Spiked 21.11.23

NJ transgender swimmer breaks women’s college record, inciting outrage National News Desk 21.11.23

Transgender players to be banned from women’s international cricket The Times 21.11.23

Teammates rally round transgender woman footballer who quit after rivals refused to compete against her after she left opponents ‘terrified’ and ‘broke player’s knee’ – as she threatens to sue for discrimination Mail 20.11.23

IRELAND: Male Transgender BDSM Fetishist Wins Award for Playing Football Against Young Women and Girls Reduxx 09.11.23

Transgender women still running and winning as females six months since UK Athletics ban The Telegraph 21.09.23

Changing in front of Lia Thomas was traumatizing. Why don’t the woke left care? The Telegraph 30.08.23

Fencing competitor says trans athletes in female events ‘unfair, short-sighted’ – as incoming national board executive says he’s OK with natural-born women being at a disadvantage Mail 10.09.23

Journalism professor claims children should be exposed to adult GENITALIA to prepare them for seeing naked trans people in locker rooms – in shocking jab at swimmer Riley Gaines Mail 03.08.23

British Rowing to ban transgender athletes from women’s events after members urge policy change The Telegraph 02.08.23

British Swimming changes rules after parents complained that trans pool volunteer, 60, was wandering through female changing rooms while their teenage daughters were using them making the girls feel ‘uncomfortable’ Mail 22.07.23

Why Changing Is a Conundrum Following My Change | by Anne Coombes | Medium Medium 17.07.23

16-year-old female swimmer banned by YMCA swim team for not wanting to share locker room with men The Post Millennial 21.07.23

Transgender runner Valentina Petrillo wins bronze at Para World Championships The Telegraph 14.07.23

Trans-Identified Male Wins Bronze In Women’s 400m At 2023 World Para Athletics Championships Reduxx 13.07.23

Opinion | The Legal Foundation of Women’s Sports Is Under Fire The New York Times 25.06.23

Men don’t belong in women’s sport  Sharron Davies in The Spectator 15.06.23

Half of England ladies’ angling team quit after trans woman is selected to join their squad Mail 10.06.23

British Cycling excludes trans-identified males from competitive female cycling – Sex Matters Sex Matters 26.05.23

Sharron Davies challenges trans athletes claims The Times 25.05.23

‘I’ve been robbed’: Female runner, 51, who lost Parkrun record to transgender woman feels ‘cheated’ Mail 25.05.23

Parkrun women’s record held by transgender attempted murderer, it emerges The Telegraph 23.05.23

‘I’ve left cycling – losing to a trans rider hurts on a million different levels’ The Telegraph 21.05.23

Cyclists No Show Post-Race Podium After Biological Male Finishes 1st In Female Race – OutKick Outkick 19.05.23

Women athletes – next time you’re told to race against a biological man with so many physical advantages, IGNORE the starting gun… remain on your marks. Only a strike will end this madness Mail 08.05.23

Austin Killips: transgender cyclist’s win renews criticism of rules The Times 01.05.23

Trans athlete running as a female in London Marathon labelled ‘wrong and unfair’ The Telegraph 24.04.23

Martina Navratilova: Trans ban means the ‘world is finally waking up’ The Sunday Times 26.03.23

World Athletics and World Aquatics got it right on Russia, Belarus and transgender competitors The Sunday Times 26.03.23

My fight for fairness in women’s sport Sharron Davies in Spiked 24.03.23

‘Concern’ over WRU trans women ban in female-only games BBC 03.03.23

Girls Basketball Team Withdraws From State Tournament In Protest of Trans-Identified Male Player Reduxx 28.02.23

Trans woman competes against girls as young as 12 – parents demand answers from ECB The Telegraph 17.02.23

The true difference between men and women’s bodies – and what it means for the trans athlete debate The Telegraph 06.02.23

UK Athletics under fire over ‘inaccurate’ reading of law amid transgender plans Guardian 03.02.23

Three of four transwomen athletes drop out of IOC study The Times 01.02.23

Trans athletes likely to be barred from female classifications The Times 26.01.23

Female Olympic hopefuls join growing revolt against plan to race trans women The Telegraph 25.01.23

Ivy league trans male swimmer Iszac Henig struggles to go head-to-head against men after transitioning – and finished 79th out of 83 in last meet Mail 07.01.23

Boxing is right to stop men fighting women Julie Bindel in The Spectator 01.01.23

 

2022

Transgender boxers would be ringfenced in new category The Times 29.12.22

Olympic chiefs introduce ‘monumental’ transgender guidelines to keep elite women’s sport ‘fair’ after being criticised for claiming there should be ‘no presumption of advantage’ for trans athletes Mail 17.12.22

Sharron Davies backs calls to sack trans row sport boss The Mail+ 22.10.22

Girl track stars take Connecticut to court over biological males in their sport PM 02.10.22

Trans players in Scottish rugby are ‘putting women at risk of life-changing injuries Mail 22.09.22

Welsh Rugby Union updates policy to bar transgender women from female rugby Sky Sports 07.09.22

Leading transgender researcher willing to speak out against RFU in legal fight The Telegraph 06.09.22

RFU hit by legal action over transgender women ban The Telegraph 03.09.22

Trans woman’s victory in female snooker sparks fairness row The Times 01.09.22

WBC statement on transgender athletes Fight News 15.08.22

Transwomen banned from playing women’s rugby at all levels The Times 29.07.22

UPenn Nominates Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year Award National Review 15.07.22

English Rugby wants to BAN transgender women from playing in women’s games Mail 22.07.22

British Triathlon becomes first UK sport to create ‘open’ category for transgender athletes BBC 06.7.22

Ministers need to enforce fairness for females in sport – now The Guardian 29.06.22

Legal fears could block moves to prioritise women over trans athletes The Guardian 28.06.22

Sharron Davies: I Was an Olympic Swimmer, I Want Trans Women Banned From all Female Sports Newsweek 25.06.22

Transgender mountain biker who was ‘average’ in the men’s competition but DOMINATES against biological women issues a brutal message to his haters Mail 23.06.22

Trans women banned from rugby league internationals The Times 22.06.22

Decision time: why sport is struggling to deal with transgender row Guardian 21.06.22

Fifa to review its gender eligibility regulations in wake of Fina ruling Guardian 21.06.22

Sharron Davies: ‘The trans debate is toxic. It’s made my life hell. But female athletes must speak up’ The Times 20.06.22

Fina bans transgender swimmers from women’s elite races The Times 19.06.22

Bristol: Women’s rights activists ‘silenced’ by trans rights mob Mail 19.06.22

Transgender players banned from international rugby league BBC 21.06.22

New blow for Emily Bridges as UCI toughens eligibility rules The Times 17.06.22

Row over cycling’s new transgender eligibility rules The Times 17.06.22

Public want trans women kept out of female sport The Times 16.06.22

Emily Bridges and the threat to women’s sport James Esses in Spiked 08.09.22

Sharron Davies says MSPs in trans talks ‘don’t care about women’s sport’ The Times 25.05.22

Transgender cyclists still competing in women’s races The Times 25.05.22

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘Trans pupils should wear uniform they want — but sport is different’ The Times 14.05.22

Olympic icon Sharron Davies compelled to speak out about transgender inclusion Mail 14.05.22

Sport’s governing bodies are letting down both women and trans athletes, says Great Britain’s Katie Archibald The Times 20.04.22

British Cycling suspends transgender policy ‘unfair to women’ The Times 08.04.22

The flawed science of trans inclusion in women’s sport The Critic 07.04.22

British Cycling chief leads call to ban transgender athletes to ‘ensure fairness for women’ The Times 06.04.22

Boris Johnson: Don’t let biological males compete in women’s sport The Times 06.04.22

Female cyclists scared to speak out on Emily Bridges controversy The Times 04.04.22

Amateur women and girls across Britain are ‘quitting sport’ after facing male-bodied opponents, claim campaigners Karen Pickering in The Times 03.04.22

Karen Pickering: I believe in a protected female category The Times 03.04.22

Women will never accept sports being rigged Janice Turner in The Times 01.04.22

Time sport made tough decisions on trans athletes The Times 01.04.22

Emily Bridges has no place in women’s cycling Debbie Hayton 30.03.22

Sharron Davies: Injustice of transgender athletes has echo of the dopers I faced The Times 30.03.22

Trans cyclist Emily Bridges blocked from Laura Kenny race The Times 30.03.22

Olympic chiefs warned over handling of trans athletes (rest of misleading headline omitted) Mail 27.03.22

How gender studies took over the world The Spectator 27.03.22

Team GB cycling stars face losing their Olympics places after a trans woman, 21, announced she would now compete in female events Mail 27.03.22

The Lia Thomas Problem Alex Massie 27.03.22

Olympic medallist Sharron Davies blasts Labour for ‘abandoning’ women’s rights after MP accused anyone criticising transgender US swimmer Lia Thomas of being a ‘lazy transphobe’ Mail 22.03.22

Every win for Lia Thomas is a loss for women in sport The Telegraph 22.03.22

How swimming became the centre of the trans-sports debate Economist 19.03.22

Lia Thomas and the slow death of women’s sports Julie  Bindel in The Spectator 19.03.22

‘I’m a woman, that’s not a woman’: Activist gets into poolside row with woke spectator after Lia Thomas was crowned 500 yard NCAA champion Mail 19.03.22

‘Lia bumped my teammate out of the finals’: Brave Virginia Tech swimmer bravely speaks up to reveal friend was ‘heartbroken’ at losing place in NCAA championships to trans athlete who continues to sweep the board Mail 18.03.22

Australian PM backs bill to bar trans athletes from single-sex sports The Times 22.02.22

Trans athletes have no place in women’s sport Debbie Hayton The Times 22.02.22

Trans privilege Brendan O’Neill 22.02.22

British Cycling Members Warned Not to Criticize New Trans Policy 4w 31.01.22

‘We’re uncomfortable in our own locker room.’ Lia Thomas’ UPenn teammate tells how the trans swimmer doesn’t always cover up her male genitals when changing and their concerns go ignored by their coach Mail 27.01.22

Olympics facing new row over trans-athletes as top medical experts warn guidelines are unfair on female athletes and undermine integrity of sport Mail 12.01.22

Judy Murray expresses concern about integration of transgender women in sport Daily Record 11.01.22

 

2021 and earlier

It was not fair when I raced against doped-up East Germans and it is not fair for women to compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas; here’s why, writes Olympic champion Nancy Hogshead-Makar Mail 24.12.21

‘I can’t participate in a sport that allows biological men to compete against women’: Longtime USA Swimming official QUITS in protest over transgender Penn student Lia Thomas Mail 24.12.21

Sport’s trans issue is here to stay. But at last, the debate is starting to change The Guardian 14.12.21

Allowing Lia Thomas to Compete At NCAA Championships Would Establish Unfair Setting Swimming World 09.12.21

Pennsylvania University trans swimmer sparks outrage by SMASHING women’s competition records after competing as a man for three seasons Mail 02.12.21

IOC releases Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations 16.11.21

New guidance recognises biological sex in sport Debbie Hayton 01.10.21

Create ‘open’ categories for transgender women, report urges The Times 30.09.21

Inclusion or Fairness: New Guidance for Sport in the UK Sex Matters 30.09.21

It’s time to stop this trans sport insanity before women start being killed Piers Morgan in The Mail 13.09.21

Canadian Olympic archer triggers clash over transgender transparency Washington Times 03.08.21

The shame of BBC Sport Rob Jessel and Madison Smith in The Critic 03.08.21

This is the only sport that doesn’t let trans women compete in female competition – why and what can we learn? Julie Bindel in The Telegraph 03.08.21

Be more Samoan to avoid Olympic injustice The Times 31.07.21

Chelsea Mitchell on the unfairness of trans women at the Olympics The Economist 27.07.21

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard in eye of the storm at Tokyo Olympics  The Sunday Times 18.07.21

24 Italian female athletes take legal action against male ultra-athletes in their sports. Rad Fem Italia 16.07.21

Every sport is male sport The Critic 12.07.21

Who loses when trans women win? Sarah Ditum 06.07.21

Does testosterone give trans women a sporting advantage? Yes, it does Telegraph 27.06.21

Transgender hurdler is barred from competing in the US Olympics trials after she fails to prove she can meet the testosterone requirements Mail 24.06.21

The essence of who we are as women is under attack The Telegraph 22.06.21

By conflating gender and sex we undermine sporting competition The Guardian 22.06.21

Evidence suggests inclusion comes at expense of fairness The Times 22.06.21

Female athletes’ views not listened to over transgender inclusion at Olympics, report says The Sunday Times 27.06.21

Rugby: Transgender women allowed to play in France The Times 18.05.21

‘It’s another kick in the teeth for female athletes’: Former British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies hits out at decision to allow transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard to compete in Tokyo Mail 08.05.21

Trans weightlifter Laurel Hubbard set to make history at Tokyo Olympics Guardian 05.05.21

Caitlyn Jenner: “Not fair for trans pupils to play girls’ sports” The Sunday Times 02.05.21

Stop this war on women’s sports Andrew Sansone at Spiked Online 19.04.21

Martina Navratilova joins challenge to Joe Biden’s transgender athletes policy Telegraph 06.02.21

Legends of women’s cross country in opposition to UKA’s equality plan Athletics Weekly 18.01.21

‘This is not a step I take lightly’: Transgender footy star SUES the AFL after being banned from playing against other women Mail 17.01.21

Legends of women’s cross country in opposition to UKA’s equality plan Athletics Weekly 18.02.21

Trans women retain 12% edge in tests two years after transitioning, study finds Guardian 07.12.20

Breaking barriers or breaking bones? RFU transgender decision puts women in danger Telegraph 16.10.20

Stonewall are wrong to oppose rugby’s trans women ban Debbie Hayton 12.10.20

World Rugby issues new transgender guidelines BBC Sport 09.10.20

On intersex, transgender and women’s sport La Scapigliata 10.09.20

World Rugby criticised by dozens of academics for trans women ban Guardian 02.09.20

World Rugby’s trans women ban is a wise idea Gavin Mortimer in The Spectator 28.08.20

Rugby, Big Pharma and the Cruel and Craven Trans Lobby  Jennifer Bilek 23.08.20

Safety risks in sport could lead to reforms of transgender rules in Britain Telegraph 20.07.20

Transwomen face potential women’s rugby ban over safety concerns Guardian 19.07.20

I’m a Female Powerlifter. Women’s Sports Are for Females Newsweek 19.07.20

I’m a female student athlete in Idaho. Please protect women’s sports from transgender athletes Idaho Statesman 07.06.20

Teen Vogue Gaslights the Annihilation of Title IX Sports for Women and Girls Gender Heretic 26.05.20

Who has the right to be called a girl? Abigail Shrier 15.05.20

Teen Girls vs. ‘Trans’ Athletes Madeleine Kearns 14.05.20

‘Now that I’ve left the women’s team, I’m ready to start playing for the men’ The Times 30.03.20

Men who transition to women could compete in female-only sports Mail 07.03.20

I deserve a level playing field: A high-school athlete doesn’t want to compete against transgender girls New York Daily News 04.03.20

Men who transition to women could compete in female-only sports Mail 07.03.20

Women’s sport must be kept for athletes who are born as women and no one should ever be afraid to say so Rod Liddle Sunday Times 01.03.20

Transgender MMA Fighter Says Breaking Her Female Opponent’s Face Isn’t a Big Deal pluralist.com 21.01.20

Male Transjacking Will Ultimately End Women’s Sports Kaeley Triller Haver 04.12.19

Big Sky Conference names male runner ‘female athlete of the week,’ leaves out he’s transgender The College Fix 23.10.19

Let’s face it, women suck at sports Libby Emmons 19.10.19

‘Justice’ for trans athletes is unfair to girls like my daughter NY Post 13.10.19

THE FUTURE OF SPORT Transgender athletes – the controversy that could bring down women’s sport Laura Silverman 13.10.19

Too strong trans players in women’s rugby are driving referees away The Sunday Times 29.09.19

IOC delays new transgender guidelines after scientists fail to agree Guardian 24.09.19

We transwomen should compete only against men Debbie Hayton 03.09.19

Olympic star Mary Peters charges into trans athletes row The Sunday Times 01.09.19

Transgender row stoked by new findings The Times 29.08.19

Transgender policies could alter after hormone research The Times 23.08.19

Former England captain Catherine Spencer criticises World Rugby for new gender neutral World Cup branding Telegraph 22.08.19

Transgender rugby player playing with ‘a smile on my face’ BBC online 22.08.19

Teenagers who identify as transgender taking powerful ‘puberty blocker’ drugs ‘may suffer from weaker bones in the future’ Mail 18.08.19

Trans player puts cricketers on the back foot The Sunday Times 18.08.19

ECB to review rules on transgender cricketers The Times 14.08.19

It’s women who will lose out if the male/female binary in sports disappears Courtney Tanner 26.07.19

The IOC and transgender participation: in their own words Antonia Lee 25.07.19

No. You may not take our sport. Ani O’Brien 27.06.19

‘Any transwoman who wins a race prevents a natural-born woman from doing so’ Telegraph 16.05.19

Champion powerlifter is stripped of titles because she was ‘still a man’ when she won the female records Mail 14.05.19

Girls and Women Deserve Single-Sex Sports National Review 03.05.19

Trans ‘Woman’ Demolishes World Records; Olympian Decries ‘Pointless, Unfair Playing Field’ PJ Media 29.04.19

Why I’m fighting to save women’s sport Beth Stelzer 25.04.19

40 transgender athletes volunteer for Brighton research Brighton & Hove News 05.04.19

Who Really Influenced the IOC? Helen Saxby 09.04.19

Sport’s transgender debate needs compromise not conflict Joanna Harper Guardian 01.04.19

Intersex skiing champion – who competed as a woman before discovering he was a man – becomes latest athlete to say transgender women should NOT compete in female events Mail 05.03.19

Sportswomen’s Rights are Women’s Rights Helen Saxby 12.03.19

Trans Athletes: The Death Of Women’s Sports T-Nation 11.03.19

Sport can help to clarify the trans debate Hadley Freeman 06.03.19

Trans athletes make a mockery of women’s sports Meghan Murphy 05.03.19

Trans athletes are making a travesty of women’s sports Rich Lowry, NY Times 04.03.19

The male sports writers who say the end of womens’ sports is no big deal WoLF 03.03.19

Tansgender sport: advantage upon advantage Dr Antonia Lee 25.02.19

The Hurdles of Genderless Track 01.03.19

Watch Selina Soule, a high school athlete cheated out of the chance of a college sports scholarship by two young men, try her best to make her point without saying anything that will get her chewed up and spat out by the transcult bullies. Interviewer Laura Ingraham has no time for that crap.

Fox News Video Student who lost track championship to transgender athletes speaks out  26.01.19

For older stories about Yearwood and Miller, go here.

Transgender sport: is it Ilhan Omar and not USA Powerlifting who is discriminatory and unscientific? Dr Antonia Lee 09.02.19

Related piece: USA Powerlifting bans all trans women from competing as women Outsports.com 01.02.19

The IOC’s transgender guidelines are unscientific and pose a serious risk to the health of both female and transgender athletes Antonia Lee 30.01.19

Of sport, sex and gender Dr Antonia Lee 10.01.19

Why calls for athletes to compete as a homogenised group should be resisted  Guardian 10.12.18

Professor of physiology says transgender athletes have advantage in speed, power Olivia Caldwell 03.12.18

Harder, better, faster, stronger: why we must protect female sports Fond of Beetles 01.10.18

How the Transgender Movement is Destroying Women’s Sports Women are Human 25.06.18

In defence of women’s sports Daphna Whitmore 30.10.18

Transgender Guidelines: an attempt to ‘dead cat’ debate on gender Sports Integrity Initiative website 24.02.16

Do transgender athletes have an edge? I sure don’t. Joanna Harper

“Surly Shirley” and the assault on women’s sport–then and now  4thWaveNow