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Transgender athlete controversy sparks opposing protests at California school board meeting

The Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) in California hosted a board meeting Thursday amid a controversy over a transgender cross country runner at Martin Luther King High School and students being reprimanded for protesting the athlete’s participation. The board meeting will address recent allegations in a lawsuit that school administrators compared “Save Girls’ Sports” T-shirts […]

Imane Kehlif is most-Googled athlete of 2024 amid Olympic boxing gender controversy

The world watched Imane Khelif win Olympic gold in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. It then went to Google searching for answers to many, many confusing questions.  Google released its “Year in Search” data this week and revealed that the most-searched athlete on the platform in 2024 was Khelif. Khelif was searched more than […]

Megan Rapinoe hypes NWSL star’s award win despite sex eligibility test controversy

Former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe defended Barbra Banda, whom the BBC named Women’s Footballer of The Year despite controversy surrounding the player’s eligibility in Africa. Banda withdrew from the Zambian squad for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after failing to meet sex eligibility requirements in 2022, the BBC previously reported. Banda […]