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UCI to ban transgender women from participating in female cycling events under new policy

Cycling's world governing body the UCI will ban female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty from participating in women's events on its cale...

Tour de France to return to UK in 2027 with dual men's and women's Grand Départs

The Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will both take place in the UK in 2027, creating history as the first men's and women's Grand Départs to...

By Admin • Cycling

GB swimmer Max Litchfield returns to ISL as Budapest hosts in Covid secure bubble

The lights, the razzmatazz, the superstar swimmers. They're all back for the second season of the International Swimming League.But things are a whole lot diffe...

Tokyo 2020: Sky Sports Scholars Max Litchfield and Freya Anderson make Olympic swimming team

SportNews Scholars Max Litchfield and Freya Anderson have qualified for this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo after 24 swimmers were added to Team GB’s swimming squad...

Mental Health Awareness Week: Michael Gunning and Harry Needs on how 'strength of friendship' is supporting swimmer's Olympics quest

With just 70 days to go before the scheduled start of the Tokyo Olympics, athletes around the world are thinking about the final stages of their Games preparati...

What next for swimming's superman Adam Peaty?

What does it take to be the very best? The top of the tree? A history-making Olympic champion? Adam Peaty has proved he knows during an all-conquering swimming...

National Inclusion Week: Paralympic swimming champion Hannah Russell meets para-swimmer Ethan Naisbitt

At only three days old, Ethan Naisbitt was at risk of losing both legs and his right arm due to blood clots. His right leg and arm were saved, but not his left...

Black History Month: 'Saluting our Sisters' discussion with Donna Fraser, Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell, and Lorna Boothe

Donna Fraser OBE, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell and Lorna Boothe MBE were all elite athletes who have transitioned to leadership positions in boardrooms. They s...

Lia Thomas: Transgender swimmer fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women's races

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has failed in her challenge against rules that stop her from competing in elite women's races.The Court of Arbitration for Sport'...

Michael Phelps says athletes can no longer have faith in WADA after handling of Chinese swimming doping scandal

Michael Phelps said athletes can no longer place their faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency amid major questions over its handling of positive tests returned b...

By Admin • Olympics

Trudy Ederle: American swimmer who became the first woman to swim the English Channel

On August 6, 1926, American swimmer Gertrude 'Trudy' Ederle took on an unthinkable challenge that would change the landscape of women's sport forever.Trudy star...

By Admin • Olympics