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Original Title: [Martyn Ziegler] Fifa follows IOC lead on transgender players. Fifa plans to follow the IOC’s lead and reserve women’s competitions for players who are biologically female, determined by a genetic test from a saliva sample.
Fifa plans to follow the IOC’s lead and reserve women’s competitions for players who are biologically female, determined by a genetic test from a saliva sample.
Unlike other sports such as athletics and swimming, which introduced their own similar rules a couple of years ago, football has waited for the IOC to make a decision. In England, the FA banned transgender women from women’s football from June 1 after a Supreme Court ruling last April.