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Senegal’s 2025 Afcon title has been revoked and awarded to Morocco following a landmark ruling on Tuesday. The Senegalese Football Federation is set to challenge the move at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

CAF strips Senegal of 2025 Afcon title and Morocco declared official champions

Senegal’s 2025 Afcon title has been revoked and awarded to Morocco following a landmark ruling on Tuesday. The Senegalese Football Federation is set to challenge the move at the…

South African runner Caster Semenya.  (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Semenya: The struggle continues

She is fighting for precedents that will define the future of women’s athletics. In whatever battles are to come she deserves our full support

The sports world is failing to protect the human rights of women athletes

Caster Semenya’s case and that of other black women athletes spells bad news for the human rights of women in sport, including their right to dignity and equality

Semenya confirms she’s taking testosterone battle to European Court of Human Rights

Caster Semenya’s latest legal challenge follows a series of setbacks that seemed to have ended her chances of competing in her preferred events

Caster Semenya may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal
 (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

‘Wrong side of history’: Caster Semenya’s CAS appeal shot down

South Africa’s star Olympic athlete may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal

Seismic decision: Manchester City fans have another reason to celebrate — the Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned Uefa’s decision to ban the club from European football for two years. (Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Manchester City CAS ruling counts for everything and nothing

It may leave a sour taste in the mouth, but the lack of sanction for Manchester City, aside from a fine that amounts to small change, doesn’t affect the bigger picture

Having won four English Premier League titles in the last eight seasons, Manchester City were given a two-year European ban on Friday. (Shaun Botterill/Getty)

What now for Abu Dhabi’s Man City project?

After being banned by Uefa from European competitions for two years, will the side return to their old, mediocre standards?

Caster Semenya can return to competition without restriction until the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland advises otherwise. (Getty)

Swiss court suspends IAAF regulations pending Semenya appeal

The pause means she is free to compete in any event without the need for testosterone regulation and monitoring.

South African runner Caster Semenya.  (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Caster to appeal CAS ruling

The Olympic gold medallist will appeal the ruling which is set to bar her from participating without artificially reducing her testosterone levels

Semenya won the 800m at the Diamond League meet in Doho, Qatar – the last major international event she would have been eligible under current circumstances. (Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Athletics SA appeal Semenya judgment

The next chapter in the prolonged battle to secure the professional future of Caster Semenya is about to be written

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Editorial: We stand behind you, Caster

‘We have come to expect discrimination from world athletics bodies. Witness the ongoing battle to force Caster Semenya off the track’

Indomitable: Caster Semenya has various options to consider. (Cameron Spencer/ Getty Images)

Semenya verdict ‘beyond absurd’

The rejection of her appeal flirts with scientific facts, leaving room for ambiguity

Semenya ‘made to suffer’, says Indian gender-row sprinter

Indian gender-row sprinter Dutee Chand on Thursday said Caster Semenya’s court defeat over testosterone rules was ‘wrong’

Caster Semenya. (Ronny Hartmann/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Semenya: CAS decision will not hold me back

The double Olympic gold medalist has spoken out after the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down her appeal

The IAAF wants Caster Semenya and other female athletes with differences of sexual development to take testosterone blockers. (Dominic Ebenbichler/Reuters)

Sports court set to deliver Semenya judgment

Whatever the outcome of the athlete’s appeal, it is an important day in sporting history

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya. (Reuters)

Caster’s fate to be announced by sports body on Wednesday

IAAF to rule whether naturally occurring higher testosterone of Olympic champion is legal

Caster Semenya (C)is in Switzerland this week to appeal new testosterone regulations that the IAAF attempted to put in place in April last year. (Getty)

Meet the experts who will determine Semenya’s fate

We take a look at some of the experts who will be called up in Caster Semenya’s case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Caster Semenya may well have run out of legal options after latest loss in Swiss tribunal
 (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

Semenya’s lawyers slam IAAF for ‘confidentiality breach’

Earlier on Monday, the IAAF published on its website the names of those who it hopes will justify the need for the new rules in female competition

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya. (Reuters)

Caster Semenya case kicks off

Semenya is fighting regulations that would require her to lower her testosterone levels artificially

It’s a potentially devastating verdict for the double Olympic gold medal athlete who will now have to artificially reduce her testosterone levels should she wish to continue competing in her favoured events. (Reuters()

Navaratilova backs Semenya ahead of IAAF gender rule hearing

The tennis great has come to the defence of champion Caster Semenya ahead of next week’s landmark hearing