Rugby league bars transgender athletes in women’s sport
By DW
22 June 2022 |
12:55 pm
The sport's authority cited "welfare, legal and reputational risk" for the decision. Over the weekend swimming's world governing body FINA voted to restrict transgender athletes in elite women's competitions.
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