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Transgender athlete debate rolls on six months after executive order Six months after President Trump signed an executive order banning trans women from women's sports, these athletes are still trying to find ways to compete, and battles around their participation cont...

"If I don't say anything, nothing's going to change," she said in an interview. "I want other trans kids that are trying to find some sort of way to relate to people, to be able to play sports. It's not fair."
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Irish national basketball team before a match versus Israel

Ep. 163: Gaza and Global Sport

We return from our too-long hiatus to discuss athletic boycott in the context of genocide with former Ireland basketball captain Rebecca O'Keeffe, as well as our views on some of the atrocities over the last seven months.

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Bend. Precision. Perfection. 🎯 ⚽️ Quinn finds the top corner with a moment of pure class, your NSL Goal of the Week, presented by Powerade Canada.

Rivalries. Comebacks. First-place chases.

Match Week 15 got everything you need — just watch. 👀⚽

hey that was neat: the menacing of kansas city by taylor flint, jess fleming's assist, and the stars do some soccer

there was a lot of #neat in the nwsl’s first week back, here are three i felt were the #neatest
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Le futur a un nom : Ève Gascon | Sans Restriction Le Québec a longtemps été une pépinière de gardiens et gardiennes de but. Du côté masculin, les héritiers de ces légendes se font rares. C'est plutôt chez les dames qu'on retrouve la prochaine grande ...

Le Québec a longtemps été une pépinière de gardiens et gardiennes.

Du côté masculin, les héritiers se font rares. C’est plutôt chez les dames qu’on retrouve la prochaine grande vedette des cerbères du Québec.

Le futur a un nom et ce nom est Ève Gascon.
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World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

World Athletics says that "The SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex." The guy who literally discovered the gene and has spent the last 35 years researching it says they're wrong. theconversation.com/world-athlet...

MARTA, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

THIS IS MARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Marta scores at the end of the first extra-time period to give Brazil the lead, 4-3, in the Copa América Femenina final.

Legend gonna legend.

Sealed with a kiss.

Leicy Santos equalizes in the second extra-time period of the Copa América Femenina final.

LEICY SANTOS BANGERRRRRR

BRAZIL ARE ONCE AGAIN QUEENS OF SOUTH AMERICA 🇧🇷

The Conmebol giants win their fifth straight and ninth Copa América title in penalty kicks after an eight-goal thriller in regular time. They went behind three times, but never gave up thanks to the heroics of the GOAT Marta 🏆

Marta was just 17 years old in her first Copa América. 22 years later, at 39 she scores twice in the final, including a 96th-minute equalizer and wins the Best Player Award 🇧🇷

What a performance from one of the greatest players to ever step foot on the pitch. Legends never die 👏

HAPPY NWSL IS BACK DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE finally, our chaotic league is back

HAPPY NWSL IS BACK DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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Road to Olympics for Canadian women's hockey team begins late August in Calgary | CBC Sports The Canadian women's hockey team will begin its quest to defend its Olympic title with three training camps throughout the country this summer and fall. It will be the first time that Hockey Canada mu...

Thirty players will compete at training camps in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal this fall, in a bid to make the Canadian women's Olympic team.

I talked to GM Gina Kingsbury and head coach Troy Ryan about how they designed the program around the PWHL:

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Black On Both Sides On the 2 and the 4: A Shea Butter Newsletter

We're back like the NWSL baby! An all new edition of On the 2 and the 4 is out now. We bring a little joy, preview the NWSL weekend, and talk about the racism Jess Carter experienced. Feel all your feelings while you tap in.
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World Athletics is indeed going back to mandatory sex testing. In unsurprising, but still pretty unfortunate news: Yesterday, World Athletics announced that it would indeed be bringing back genetic sex testing for all...

I wrote up what the new World Athletics policy actually means, who is exempt, and what might come next, along with a little *hot take* about the financial piece of this. buttondown.com/tested/archi...

📍New faces in new places

These players might just change the trajectory of the 2nd half of the season 👀📈

Wrote about Hockey Canada

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We welcome Shea Butter FC's @southernsylvs.bsky.social to recap the highs and lows of the summer tournaments, and to tell us about @fearlesssc.com!

Plus! What the second half of the season could bring for ACFC, and Seattle Reign. Tune in wherever you pod!

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“Our hearts go out to the trans community, and we will continue to use our platform to advocate for you.” 🏳️‍⚧️

Sam and Becky weigh in on the U.S. Olympic Committee's decision to bar transgender women from competing.

20e anniversaire du mariage pour tous au Canada Le 20 juillet 2005, le Canada devenait le quatrième pays à légaliser le mariage entre personnes du même sexe, après la Belgique, les Pays-Bas et l'Espagne.

🗞️💒 Découvrez le témoignage de Line Chamberland, fondatrice de la Chaire de recherche, dans cet article sur le 20e anniversaire de la légalisation du mariage entre personnes de même sexe au Canada :
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@linecham.bsky.social

Sex testing is officially back in sports -- which is a huge bummer and also contradicts so much ethics, human rights law, and actual science. More on all that (and the history) on my podcast Tested: www.tested-podcast.com

Women football players as role models – an uneven playing field? - Durham University

With all eyes on women’s football, and the England team as European champions ⚽🏆, the players are often held up as role models. ‪@staceypope.bsky.social ‪@dusportexsci.bsky.social asks if the pressure is greater on women than men to inspire the next generation.

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Seattle Storm & French national team star Gabby Williams shares the potential issues that might arise from WNBA expansion and a longer season, including conflicts with Unrivaled and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball.

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Delphine will not like this name 😅

OPINION | As women's sports grows, so do the threats to racialized athletes | CBC Sports Online abuse poisoned the recent Women's Euros championship. The reality is that despite all the well-intentioned programs in the world, racialized and misogynist hatred can fester.

I decided to address an uncomfortable truth: the rise of women's sports creates an increase in racist and misogynistic abuse.

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Nigeria's Super Falcons are welcomed home as CHAMPIONS 🏆🇳🇬

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