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IRL completes consultation on transgender participation with inclusion policy due in 2022

  • Non-Olympic Sports

International Rugby League (IRL) has completed a consultation on transgender participation, with the organisation saying it will use the upcoming Women’s Rugby League World Cup to inform policy development and will adopt a comprehensive inclusion policy in 2022.

International Paralympic Committee, International Tennis Federation, World Rowing and the International Golf


CNOSF pushes back first edition of Masters Games to October

  • Paris 2024

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) has changed the dates of the first edition of its Masters Games, which has been billed as part of a Paris 2024 legacy initiative.

biathlon, six or 12 kilometre running events, an urban orienteering race or a cycling competition.Disc golf


Seven Tokyo 2020 Committee members call for LGBT equality act before Olympics

  • Tokyo 2020

Seven members of the Tokyo 2020 Human Rights, Labor and Participation Committee have called for the adoption of an equality act in Japan before the Olympic Games for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) community.

at the Olympics are set to take place outside the Tokyo area, including the marathon, race walking, golf


Alan Hubbard: From one Mecca to another for the Fights of the Centuries

  • Inside the Blogs

Was it really exactly half a century ago next Monday (March 8) that I sat at ringside as one of 760 scribes covering what had been labelled the Fight of the Century, Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in New York, a city throbbing with lip-licking anticipation.

one involving former Olympic champion Joshua, motor racing, football, Mixed Martial Arts wrestling, golf







PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open likely to be cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  • Golf

The RBC Canadian Open is unlikely to feature on the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Tour this year due to the ongoing travel restrictions in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Golf Digest has reported the tournament, scheduled for June 10 to 13 at St.

George’s Golf & Country Club in Toronto, is set to be cancelled in the coming weeks.

public events through July 1 of 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic," a PGA Tour spokesperson told Golf

Open being in the window of the city’s cancelled permits, we are working with our partners RBC and Golf

Championship and the US Open.Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy won the 2019 edition of the event at Hamilton Golf


Fitzpatrick and Simpson share lead after first round at WGC-Workday Championship

  • Golf

Matthew Fitzpatrick and American Webb Simpson are the joint leaders after the first round of the World Golf

Fitzpatrick and Simpson are tied for top spot on six under par following the opening day's play at Concession Golf

The event had been scheduled to take place at the Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City before it was


Defending champion Reed among strong WGC-Workday Championship field

  • Golf

Patrick Reed will hope to defend his World Golf Championships (WGC)-Workday Championship, title with

The event had been scheduled to take place at the Chapultepec Golf Club in Mexico City.Organisers confirmed

logistical challenges" caused by COVID-19 meant the tournament would be relocated to the Concession Golf


Woods' career in doubt following surgery on multiple leg fractures

  • Golf

Tiger Woods suffered fractures to his right tibia and fibula as well as broken bones in the foot and ankle when his car left the road and flipped in Los Angeles yesterday.

2021One of most successful and revered athletes of all time, only Jack Nicklaus - with 18 - has won more golf

back surgeries, chipping yips and well-documented issues in his private life.A return to top-level golf

on to win six majors after recovering.Former United States President Barack Obama, reigning Olympic golf


New IGF President Sörenstam to make competitive return to golf after 13-year absence

  • Golf

Sweden’s newly-elected International Golf Federation (IGF) President Annika Sörenstam is set to compete

in her first tour event in 13 years when the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Gainbridge

Sörenstam, who is 50, claimed 72 Ladies Professional Golf Association titles during her career, including

after US Capitol was stormed.The LPGA Gainbridge Championship will begin tomorrow at the Lake Nona Golf


Tiger Woods in hospital with leg injuries following car crash

  • Golf

Golf icon Tiger Woods is in hospital in California after suffering "multiple leg injuries" in a serious

vehicle and was then taken to hospital, but officials report Woods was concious.Agent Mark Steinberg told Golf

kKtZys4L2G— Alan Shipnuck (@AlanShipnuck) February 23, 2021Only Jack Nicklaus, with 18, has won more golf

(@JustinRose99) February 23, 2021Before the accident, details of Woods' plan to return to top-level golf

jeopardy.Athletes from a broad range of sports and celebrities from all walks of life have wished the golf

icon well on social media, among them reigning Olympic golf champion Justin Rose and Michael Phelps