Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Professor of Law at Duke, at Quillette – XY Athletes in Women’s Olympic Boxing: The Paris 2024 Controversy Explained. Needs to be read in full. Here's her conclusion: I will close by reiterating the three basic points that I and other experts in girls’ and women’s sport have been making for a…

Yaniv Voller at Tablet on the contrast between the universal condemnation of the sexual violence perpetrated against Yazidi women by Islamic State, and the efforts to deny it in the case of Hamas and the October 7 pogrom. This week marks a decade since one of the greatest crimes of the 21st century: the Yazidi…

And now, from Jennifer Sieland at Reduxx: A Hungarian sports official has come out and stated that Algerian boxer Imane Khelif is not female. István Kovács, the European Vice President of the World Boxing Organization and former Secretary General of the International Boxing Association, told Hungarian press that he had warned the International Olympic Committee…

Oliver Brown in the Telegraph: After finding herself easily dismantled in all three rounds, Sitora Turdibekova did not linger for the post-fight handshake. Instead she swept out of the ring in tears, distraught at being so conspicuously outclassed by her opponent in reach, speed and power. If it felt as though we had been here…

Sometimes the level of stupidity is….breathtaking, From a Labour MP, no less. Sending love and solidarity to Iman Khelife, Lin Yu-ting and anyone else who doesn’t conform to conventional standards of femininity 🫶🏽 — Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) August 2, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

It's pretty much impossible to get an understanding of the issues from sources like the BBC: Boxing controversy – what we know and what we don't. Khelif has always competed in the women's division and is recognised by the IOC as a female athlete. "The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her…

Letters to the Times today: Sir, The British Medical Association has a variety of roles including acting as a trade union for doctors and producing a weekly medical journal that publishes rigorously evaluated research. One may take a view about the recent strikes, which have pitted the welfare of junior doctors against the smooth running…

Big old trees, from Mitch Epstein: For photographer Mitch Epstein, the phenomenal resilience, scale, and lengthy lifespans of trees form the basis of his ongoing series Old Growth. From the world’s most voluminous sequoias to the most ancient weathered and gnarled bristlecone pines—which can live more than 4,000 years—he captures remarkable stalwarts around the U.S. Starting in 2017,…

He’s nervously scanning the sky for a rogue mosquito drone.Right after Ismail Haniyeh was killed, here’s Ali Khamenei today in Tehran, praying beside his body at the funeral.Despite the multiplied security layers and guards, fear and distrust still consumed him completely. pic.twitter.com/moLSX85lp7 — Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) August 1, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js In contrast: The picture…

A useful briefing from Sex Matters, in light of the current Olympic boxing controversy – Sport and DSDs (disorders of sex development): What are disorders of sex development (DSDs)? A DSD is a condition which stops a baby’s reproductive organs from developing normally before birth. There are around 40 different DSDs, all rare. Some are…