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Report: Man Utd Want New Old Trafford to Host World Cup Final

Plans for a brand new Old Trafford stadium were announced by Manchester United earlier in 2025.

Sports Illustrated

Thursday’s briefing: Lionesses roar back and PSG continue to look the real deal

However, Crystal Palace have received a setback.

The Independent UK

IOC leaders praise Los Angeles amid unrest in 2028 Olympics host city

Olympic officials have met in Switzerland taking a calm, longer view of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

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Danny Boyle reveals biggest regret about Olympics opening ceremony

Danny Boyle has revealed his one big regret about the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony he directed - admitting he wishes he could have included a tribute to the BBC in the spectacular event.

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Trans Women Barred From Women's Football By English, Scottish FAs

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women's football from June 1, England's governing Football Association announced Thursday.

International Business Times

World Athletics Approves Swab Test To Determine Female Gender

World Athletics said on Tuesday it had approved the introduction of a cheek swab test to determine if an athlete is biologically female.

International Business Times

World Athletics to require chromosome testing of athletes in women's track and field

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.”

The Independent UK

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World Athletics mandates cheek swabs to ‘doggedly protect female category’

World Athletics has approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female, Sebastian Coe has announced

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics approves new test to determine athletes’ gender

Lord Coe has announced the move from the World Athletics Council in what he describes at the latest step to protect female category

The Independent UK

Sent to Coventry: how Bach’s power helped Zimbabwean’s shock IOC win

Poll result defied candidates’ calculations and illustrated outgoing president’s influence but change may yet come

The Guardian - UK

Thomas Bach ‘relieved’ as IOC members vote in Kirsty Coventry as his successor

Coventry has been seen by many observers as the continuity candidate.

The Independent UK

Seb Coe gracious after crushing defeat to Kirsty Coventry in IOC presidential election

Lord Coe earned just eight of 97 votes

Evening Standard

Sebastian Coe secures only eight votes as Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president

Coventry secured the absolute majority necessary for victory in the very first round.

The Independent UK

First female Olympic president elected as Kirsty Coventry defeats Sebastian Coe

Zimbabwe's sports minister Kirsty Coventry has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee.

The National (Scotland)

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The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Coventry elected first female president of IOC as Coe routed in vote

Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr suffered a crushing defeat in the first round of voting as Thomas Bach’s preferred successor secured a majority

International Business Times

Kirsty Coventry Elected First Woman President Of Olympic Movement

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, declaring it to be an "extraordinary moment".

The Independent UK

Sebastian Coe defeated by Kirsty Coventry in his bid to become IOC president

Zimbabwe’s Coventry secured a majority in the first round of voting.

International Business Times

Out Of Africa: Hard Knocks The Spur For History-making Coventry

Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – as it happened

A vote expected to be tense, tight and protracted turned out to be one-sided and extraordinarily brief, ending with Kirsty Coventry’s election as IOC president

The Independent UK

IOC presidential election LIVE: Ex-swimmer Kirsty Coventry beats Seb Coe as historic results revealed

Lord Coe was beaten to the presidency by Zimbabwean former swimmer Kirsty Coventry in a battle for the most powerful post in sport

International Business Times

Race To Become Olympics Supremo On A Knife Edge

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior, Sebastian Coe and Kirsty Coventry believed to be neck and neck but clear of the remaining quartet.

International Business Times

Race To Become Olympics Supremo Set To Go To The Wire

The Guardian - UK

Inside the Olympic conclave: Coe bids to relive 2012 glory but mystery surrounds vote

At a Greek resort surrounded by 131 infinity pools, six waterslides and a golf course designed by Bernhard Langer, Sebastian Coe is taking aim at a fourth Olympic triumph – but his path to victory is narrow

The Guardian - UK

Coe feels ‘momentum’ but IOC presidential race remains on knife-edge

Sebastian Coe feels he has momentum as the race to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee reaches its final hours

International Business Times

Algerian Boxer Khelif 'Not Intimidated' By Trump As She Targets Second Olympic Gold In LA

Algerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second gold in Los Angeles and says she will not be intimidated by Donald Trump.

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