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UK is ‘horrified’ by ‘heinous’ Nigeria church attack, says minister

The UK is “horrified” by a “heinous” attack on a Catholic church in south-western Nigeria which took place on Sunday night, a minister has said. Vicky Ford’s comments came as Conservative MP for Congleton Fiona Bruce raised an urgent question in the ...

06 Jun 2022 at 18:59

Sport

Three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty questions FINA schedule changes

Adam Peaty has questioned there being two World Championships and an Olympics in the space of a year after swimming’s governing body FINA announced schedule changes. FINA on Tuesday said that, in light of the current coronavirus pandemic situation ...

01 Feb 2022 at 13:56

Nadine Dorries supports ban on trans swimmers in elite women’s events

Sport Secretary Nadine Dorries has voiced strong support for the move to ban trans swimmers from competing in elite women’s events. The global governing body for swimming, Fina, voted to exclude athletes who have gone through male puberty from ...

20 Jun 2022 at 11:21

Sport

Nadine Dorries welcomes FINA ruling on transgender athletes

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has urged other sports to follow the example of swimming’s world governing body FINA and bar transgender athletes who have gone through puberty from competing in women’s events. FINA announced the decision ...

20 Jun 2022 at 05:30

Football

FIFA reviewing its gender eligibility regulations

FIFA has confirmed it is reviewing its gender eligibility regulations as world sports governing bodies scramble to establish policies that will make their competitions fair and inclusive across the board. The inadequacy or absence of ...

21 Jun 2022 at 15:37

PM expresses support for excluding trans athletes from women’s events

Boris Johnson has expressed support for excluding transgender athletes from competing in women’s events as his government applies pressure on sports bodies to impose bans. The Prime Minister indicated he supports swimming governing ...

26 Jun 2022 at 23:30

Dorries to urge sports leaders not to let trans athletes compete against women

The Culture Secretary is set to urge sports leaders to ban trans athletes from competing in women’s events, arguing “we can’t pretend that sex doesn’t matter”. Nadine Dorries will make the case to the country’s sports governing ...

25 Jun 2022 at 20:24

Lord Coe hints athletics could bar transgender women from female competition

Sport

Sebastian Coe hints athletics could follow FINA in banning transgender athletes

World Athletics president Lord Coe has hinted track and field could follow swimming in banning transgender athletes from elite female competition. FINA, swimming’s world governing body, has voted to stop transgender ...

21 Jun 2022 at 10:04

Sport

Sport-by-sport look at governing bodies’ stances on transgender issue

The decision by swimming’s world governing body FINA to ban transgender athletes from male and female competitions has put other sports’ policies in sharp perspective. The International Olympic Committee has ...

21 Jun 2022 at 16:56

Sport

Transgender swimmers barred from female events if they went through male puberty

Swimming’s world governing body FINA has voted to ban athletes who have gone through male puberty from racing in women’s events. In addition, FINA will set up a working group with a view to establishing an ...

19 Jun 2022 at 23:24

Sport

Nadine Dorries: Women’s sport must be reserved for those born female

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries says UK sport must follow swimming’s lead and ensure that only athletes born female are able to enter female competitions, saying the issue had been “ducked” for too long. ...

28 Jun 2022 at 20:11

Horse Racing

Laurens Bay lunges to unlikely Sandown success

Laurens Bay produced a remarkable finish to win the European Breeders’ Fund Betfair ‘National Hunt’ Novices’ Handicap Hurdle Final at Sandown. The Jamie Snowden-trained gelding had won one of his four ...

08 Mar 2025 at 14:40

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