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Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized a proposed French bill that seeks to ban “ostensibly religious” clothing and symbols in all sports competitions, arguing it would violate human rights and disproportionately target Muslim women and girls. The French Senate is set to debate and vote on the bill, which would extend existing restrictions to all sports [...]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at keeping transgender women out of women’s sports by rescinding all funds from educational programs that allow transgender women to compete in women’s categories or to use women’s changing rooms. Trump stated that the goal of this executive order is to “protect opportunities for women and [...]

A month ago, we witnessed the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, a 19-day sporting marvel where athletes from all corners of the world came together and pushed the limits of what is humanly possible. More than 200 countries participated in these Olympics, which also included two Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) and a Refugee Team. AIN [...]

Police in Munich, Germany engaged in a shootout with a gunman near the Israeli Consulate on Thursday, ultimately fatally wounding him. Previously, the perpetrator had fired shots at the Nazi Documentation Center, the Consulate General of Israel, and two other buildings in connection with the crimes, the Bavarian Police reported.  It was revealed that a [...]

The trial of four American socialist activists began this week in Florida in a case that echoes the ideological tensions of the Cold War era. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused these individuals of instigating social unrest in the US at the behest of the Kremlin. This case pits allegations of Russian misinformation against [...]

Algerian boxer and Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif filed a complaint on Saturday over online abuse following a controversial gender debate that made headlines during Paris’s Olympic Games. Khelif’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, announced via a press release on the social media platform X that he filed a complaint with the anti-online hatred center of the [...]

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced the Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act of 2024 on Tuesday, threatening to withhold funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) amid allegations that the organization has helped cover up widespread anabolic steroid use by Chinese swimmers competing in the Olympic Games. The proposed bill was [...]

The Sports and Rights Alliance criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a report released on Tuesday for its failure to take any adequate steps towards addressing or investigating the allegations of sexual harassment and violence within the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The report, titled “We Were Only Demanding Justice: Sexual Abuse in Indian Wrestling [...]

The French region of La Rochelle witnessed clashes between protesters and police on Saturday, amidst demonstrations against new irrigation reservoirs being built. The protests, attended by around 2,000 people, turned turbulent when police intervened, responding with tear gas as some protesters threw objects. Both the police officers as well as the demonstrators reported minor injuries. [...]

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday that French security forces detained a far-right extremist in eastern France on suspicion of organizing attacks during the Paris Olympics, in a statement made on X (formerly Twitter). The accused far-right extremist was the administrator of the “French Aryan division” group on the Telegram phone application, where he [...]