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US SC likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in women's sports

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to deal another setback to transgender people and uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. The court's conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, signaled during more than three hours of arguments it would rule the state bans don't violate either the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education. More than two dozen Republican-led states have adopted bans on female transgender athletes. Lower courts had ruled for the transgender athletes who challenged laws in Idaho and West Virginia. The legal fight is playing out against the backdrop of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to target transgender Americans, beginning on the first day of his second term and including the ouster of transgender people from the military and declaring that gender is immutable and determined at ...

Updated On : 14 Jan 2026 | 1:34 PM IST

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra parts ways with JSW, to set up Vel Sports

Olympic javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra launches Vel Sports, his own athlete management firm, ending a decade-long association with JSW Sports

Updated On : 05 Jan 2026 | 11:07 PM IST

Recognise your child's potential and stand by them: Anju Bobby George

Parents play the most crucial role in identifying and nurturing a child's abilities, said former Indian athlete Anju Bobby George. She began training at the age of five. "People in the neighbourhood would ask my mother why she was sending me into sports? The mother replied, 'I can see her potential in sports'," George said at an event held on Saturday. Ignoring what others said, she firmly supported her. She would stand in the scorching sun the entire day while her daughter trained. The message, in George's words, was clear: understand your child, recognise the talent hidden within them, and stand by them - then success will never be far. George, a former Indian athlete, Olympian, Arjuna Awardee, Khel Ratna recipient, and Padma Shri awardee, shared these thoughts at the 21st Foundation Day celebration of Seth Anandram Jaipuria School. Shishir Jaipuria, chairman of Seth Anandram Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions, addressed the gathering and highlighted the school's 21-year

Updated On : 30 Nov 2025 | 11:34 AM IST

Indian women athletes aim for bigger slice of booming sports market

Female athletes are using social media to increase viewership and seek better sponsorship deals in a field long dominated by men

Updated On : 21 Aug 2025 | 5:22 PM IST

UK backs London's push to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships

The British government has announced its support of London's bid to host the 2029 athletics world championships. London hosted the biannual premier track-and-field event in 2017 at the London Stadium, which also held the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games. The plan is to stage the 2029 worlds at the same venue. Saturday's announcement included the government's support of a bid for Britain to host the 2029 World Para Athletics Championships. Subject to funding from partners being confirmed, the government has agreed to provide significant funding for both bids, reflecting the UK's ambition to once again bring the world's greatest athletes to UK shores, it said in a statement. The announcement came with London hosting a Diamond League event on Saturday. This year's athletics worlds will take place in Tokyo in September. The 2027 edition will be held in Beijing. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he's delighted to support the bid. The event would provide