France calls IOC sex testing a ‘step backwards’ while Trump praises move
Transgender women athletes now excluded from female events at the Olympics after IOC agrees new eligibility policy.

Transgender women athletes now excluded from female events at the Olympics after IOC agrees new eligibility policy.








Women’s Asian Cup hosts Australia face criticism for the political tug of war over the Iranian women’s football team.











Iran’s national women’s football team has been given a hero’s welcome home, weeks after they were thrust into a crisis.
Hosts Australia will be hoping to turn the tables on Japan as they meet for a third time in the Asian Cup final.
Samantha Johnson looks at how Iran’s women footballers became caught in the middle of geopolitics.
Japan will face Australia in the final of the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup after beating South Korea 2-1 in the semifinal.
Sam Kerr nets the winner as Australia beat China 2-1 to reach the final of the 2026 Women’s AFC Asian Cup.
Zahra Ghanbari is fifth football player to withdraw her request after seven squad members sought asylum in Australia.
Seven members of the Iranian football delegation sought asylum, with four now known to have withdrawn applications.