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Top women’s tennis players back policy requiring gender testing

Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula said this week that new testing rules to prevent males from competing in the Women's Tennis Association is fair and protects females in the sport.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Aug 7, 2026

Olympics bans ‘transgender’ males from women’s sports

Eligibility for women’s sports at the Olympic Games is now strictly limited to women, according to the new policy, which takes effect starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Mar 26, 2026Mar 27, 2026

Olympic gymnast urges international committee to ban ‘transgender’ men from women’s competitions

Olympic silver medallist MyKayla Skinner urged her fellow ‘elite female athletes’ to raise their voices in support of ‘fairness and safety’ in women’s sports.

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Doug Mainwaring

• Dec 4, 2025

Boxing authority says allegedly male competitor should return Olympic medal won against women

IBA President Umar Kremlev has called for Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to return the Olympic medal and criticized the IOC for prioritizing politics over fairness in sport.

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Ray Hilbrich

• Jun 26, 2025Jun 27, 2025

Boxing association offers to pay gold-medal prize money to female Olympian who fought alleged male

The Russian-linked International Boxing Association wants to pay $50,000 to Italian Angela Carini, stating that 'only eligible athletes should compete in the ring for the sake of safety.'

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Stephen Kokx

• Aug 5, 2024Aug 6, 2024

Lesbian in center of blasphemous Olympics ceremony says she portrayed ‘Olympic Jesus’

Barbara Butch, the immodest lesbian at the center of the infamous Olympics opening ceremony, said she sought to depict ‘Olympic Jesus,’ according to screenshots from her Instagram account highlighted by the Post Millennial’s Thomas Stevenson.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jul 30, 2024Jul 31, 2024

Brazilian surfer reportedly told by Olympics he can’t use boards with image of Christ on them

In a reportedly now-deleted Instagram post, 23-year-old Brazilian surfer João Chianca informed his followers that the Olympics demanded he remove an image of Christ from his boards or else he would not be allowed to participate.

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Stephen Kokx

• Jul 29, 2024Jul 29, 2024

Pagan ‘prayer’ to Zeus, Apollo offered at 2024 Olympics torch lighting ceremony

A ‘high priestess’ prayed to Zeus and Apollo at a Greek pagan temple during the Paris Olympics’ torch lighting ceremony earlier this month, prompting backlash from Christians online.

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Stephen Kokx

• Apr 23, 2024Apr 24, 2024

GOP lawmakers call out Communist China for human rights abuses ahead of Winter Olympics

U.S. leaders are recognizing China's human rights abuses and spy crimes against the U.S.

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Nick Marmalejo

• Feb 4, 2022

Transgender soccer player will play for Olympic gold on the Canadian women’s team

Rebecca Quinn, who identifies as male or ‘non-binary,’ will become the first openly transgender and non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Aug 2, 2021

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Top women’s tennis players back policy requiring gender testing

Olympics bans ‘transgender’ males from women’s sports

Boxing authority says allegedly male competitor should return Olympic medal won against women

Boxing association offers to pay gold-medal prize money to female Olympian who fought alleged male

Lesbian in center of blasphemous Olympics ceremony says she portrayed ‘Olympic Jesus’

Brazilian surfer reportedly told by Olympics he can’t use boards with image of Christ on them

Pagan ‘prayer’ to Zeus, Apollo offered at 2024 Olympics torch lighting ceremony

GOP lawmakers call out Communist China for human rights abuses ahead of Winter Olympics

Transgender soccer player will play for Olympic gold on the Canadian women’s team