World Athletics president Sebastian Coe unveiled the cheek-swab test to confirm athletes' eligibility in the female category ...

NANJING, China — World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Tuesday that the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female ...

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe announced the genetic test after proposals to tighten eligibility rules in women's events were discussed.

It remains unclear when the tests will begin but Coe says doing so is designed to maintain the "integrity of competition." ...

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World Athletics has approved bombshell new measures to protect female athletes, introducing cheek swabbing to determine once and for all if an athlete is a biological woman. The global body's ...

Challenge aims to be biggest Kids’ Athletics activation to date with target of 500,000 kids participating across the globe ...

ATHENS, March 14 (Reuters) - World Athletics' decision to start offering prize money to Olympic champions should not be seen as a template for all other sports, the body's chief Sebastian Coe, who ...

Noting her own experiences and those of athletes decades before her, Flemming says the issues of gender in female sport might ...

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World Athletics chief say rules will uphold the integrity of women’s sport amid debate over inclusion of trans athletes.