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Published in: 50.50: OpinionAnti-trans campaigners can’t be allowed to ban trans kids from playing sportSport has numerous benefits for trans youths – yet 80% feel their gender identity has prevented them from taking part
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow 2022 will be remembered for trans people in the UKScotland’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill ended the year on a high note – almost. Here’s 2022 in trans history
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionThere will never be another Mo FarahAs terrible as these revelations are, what’s more shocking is that he’d never receive that level of compassion today
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionJake Daniels’ bravery will change the lives of other young LGBTIQ athletesBlackpool’s teenage striker says coming out will allow him to be “free and confident”. I wish I had been able to do the same
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Published in: oDR: OpinionFootball has for too long been in Putin’s pocket. It’s time for reformSport had the chance to speak out against Russia in 2014 and 2018. It has only acted now because it has been forced to do so
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Published in: Home: OpinionBeijing 2022: No snow at the Winter Olympics? You’d better get used to itClimate change is making winter sports increasingly unviable – but the industry prefers the fig leaf of social...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionToo white, too posh: English cricket’s racism problemJaw-dropping comments by those in higher echelons of English cricket show a failure to grasp an understanding of the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionDjokovic’s deportation: We must talk about Australia’s failing refugee policiesFor nearly a decade, Australia has held vulnerable asylum seekers in offshore detention centres. Where is their...
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Published in: Home: NewsWomen’s Tennis Association shows global business how to deal with BeijingBy suspending tournaments in China over treatment of Peng Shuai, the WTA placed rights over profits. How will the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must realise the threat posed by Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle ‘sportswashing’Sportswashing launders the reputations of thugs and despots, but it also diminishes our democratic institutions
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Published in: 50.50: NewsWill new Olympics rules exclude or include transgender athletes?Backlash against transgender and non-binary competitors in Tokyo has highlighted the problems preventing inclusion...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionBikinis or shorts – not always an obvious choiceWhat Norwegian papers dubbed ‘the panty crisis’ finds an odd counterpart in a beach volleyball attire row, where...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat Lionel Messi tells us about Qatar’s global ambitionsThe Argentine star’s move to Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain is the latest jewel in the Gulf state’s football...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTyrone Mings is right about Priti Patel: she emboldened the worst of usThe England footballer’s criticism of the home secretary punctures the hypocrisy of divisive politicians who attach...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Euros haven’t started, but Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is already a winnerThe far-Right Fidesz government has invested heavily in football to consolidate its power. But is change on the way?
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Published in: Live discussionsFootball fans vs Billionaires: Who owns the beautiful game?
After the failure of the European Super League, football fans are lining up to protest against billionaire owners. A...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEnglish football fans point the way to changeThe proposed reform of club ownership is an opportunity for a wider debate about society, so let’s make the most of it
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsEuropean Super League hired former Tory spinner as PR just hours before launchRevealed: Ex-Number 10 communication chief was hired only on Sunday to run PR strategy for ill-fated ‘comms...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo see how the European Super League will change football, look to AmericaThe only alternative to the hyper-commercialisation of football is to put ownership and control in the hands of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLiberté, Egalité, Velocité - 5 routes to a cycling revolutionAs Le Tour begins, Mark Perryman offers up a transitional programme for a green socialist cycling revolution, one...
