Afghanistan will send a gender-balanced team of three women and three men to the Paris Olympics in a largely symbolic move, while no Taliban officials will be allowed to attend the Games, the International Olympic Committee said. 

Afghanistan will send a team of three women and three men to the Paris Olympics as demanded by the International Olympic Committee following the return to power of the Taliban in August 2021, the IOC announced on Thursday. The women will compete in athletics and cycling while their male counterparts will feature in athletics, swimming and judo.

The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) has released the list of eligible candidates for its Executive Committee (EC) ahead of the upcoming elections next month.

Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur called out organisers of European tournaments for failing to "respect" women players by giving preferential treatment to men at combined events after she swept into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open, Agence France-Presse reported Monday. 

An all-female referee team took charge of a Serie A game for the first time on Sunday with the landmark occasion coming as newly-crowned champions Inter Milan defeated Torino 2-0 at the San Siro.

USA Track & Field (USATF) announced in a press release Thursday that it has expanded maternity support for its athletes, building on the coverage currently offered by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). The expanded policy will provide athletes with more time to recover and requalify for Tier benefits.

Most female athletes support classification by biological sex rather than gender identity in women's contact and endurance sports, in what is believed to be the largest survey on transgender inclusion to date.