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Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes

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Olympic Track Officials to Require Sex Tests for Female Athletes

Track and field will introduce mandatory DNA sex testing for athletes entering female competitions, its global leader said Tuesday, making it the first Olympic sport to add the requirement. The move comes amid an increasingly vexed debate over eligibility rules in female sports and comes less than a year after the issue erupted at the … Read more

Race for IOC Presidency Turns Increasingly Harsh as Decision Day Looms

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Race for IOC Presidency Turns Increasingly Harsh as Decision Day Looms

The race for the most powerful post in sports, the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, already enveloped in the secrecy and byzantine regulations of a 130-year-old club, has become stranger — and much nastier — as decision day looms. Smear campaigns have targeted some of the leading contenders in the final days before the … Read more