Von Flankengöttern und Lichtgestalten. Fußball als Religionsersatz

Im Juni und Juli findet in Nordamerika die Fußballweltmeisterschaft statt. Anlass für eine weitere Intervention in Sachen Religion und Sport. Ich hatte schon im Frühjahr anlässlich der Olympischen und Paralympischen Winterspiele über den quasireligiösen Charakter sportlicher Großereignisse nachgedacht. Nun also geht es im Sommer weiter, bei der Fußballweltmeisterschaft. Denn: Am deutlichsten wird…

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“Don’t Use Athletes Like Me To Exclude Trans Women”: WNBA Player Speaks Out On IOC Testing Rules

US WNBA player Brianna Turner has said women athletes like herself should not be used to police who gets to participate in women’s sport, criticising the IOC’s new gender testing ...

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Pride Cup Petition Urges Aus Sporting Bodies To Reject IOC’s “Harmful” Gender Testing Rules

A new petition led by Pride Cup is calling on the global sporting community to reject what advocates describe as harmful and discriminatory coercive sex testing policies implemented by the ...

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The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events. The IOC stated eligibility for women’s events will be determined by a “once-in-a-lifetime” sex test, which would prevent transgender women and those with differences in sexual development from competing. It is […]

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Newsflash: Östlund doppelt qualifiziert, erfolgreiches DDV-Team beim 4-Nationen-Cup

In der 290. Ausgabe des Newsflash gibt es die Ergebnisse des zweiten Wochenendes der PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour sowie erfreuliche Nachrichten von Team Deutschland beim 4-Nationen-Cup in Luxembourg. Gespielt wurde auch bei der Modus Darts Super Series sowie bei der WDF auf den Färöer Inseln und in den USA. Während die ADC Global Championship neu strukturiert wird, führt das IOC genetische…

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Caster Semenya Slams Olympic Gender Testing As “Disrespect For Women”

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya has issued a fierce rebuke of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), condemning its new gender eligibility rules as “disrespect for women”. The IOC’s policy, which ...

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IOC Anticipates Fight Over Rule Banning Trans Women in Olympics

The International Olympic Committee on Thursday effectively banned transgender women and those with differences in sex development from competing as women at the Olympics, beginning at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The IOC’s new policy codifies, for the first time, an international standard across sports regarding the classification of eligibility for female athletes, a […]

Olympic Committee Bans Transgender Athletes From Women’s Games

Transgender women will be prohibited from participating in women’s events at the Olympics following a recent announcement made by the The International Olympic Committee (IOC). The contentious rule, dubbed the ...

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IOC establishes genetic testing as a requirement in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence

Today, on March 26th the IOC established genetic testing as a requirement for competing in the female category in a policy driven by politics not scientific evidence. The new policy, entitled “Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport” endorses mandatory genetic screening for women athletes. The IOC praises its new policy to be […]

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White House Celebrates Pressuring Olympics Into Banning Trans Women

The White House is not only celebrating, but taking credit for the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban trans women from competing in the 2028 Olympic Games.

The IOC announced Thursday that eligibility for female category Olympic events will be “limited to biological females,” determined by genetic testing.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt immediately took to X to…

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LA28 Ignores Wasserman Rebuke By LA City Council: “On Track To Deliver A Successful Olympic & Paralympic Games”

An overwhelming number of Los Angeles City Council members have some serious issues with Casey Wasserman remaining in charges of the upcoming the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, but LA28 doesn’t seem to care. “With the Board’s position on leadership established, LA28’s focus remains on delivering a fiscally responsible, privately funded Games that protects taxpayers […]

IOC Says It Can’t Enforce Olympic Truce Amid U.S. War With Iran

In its first comments since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that its highly touted Olympic Truce—a United Nations-adopted resolution urging global peace and cooperation throughout the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games—is “an aspirational and non-binding resolution” and conceded the IOC has “no means of enforcing” […]

Milan Cortina’s Spread-Out Games Signal a New Era for Global Sports

MILAN—Nick Thimm arrived in Milan last Monday for the Winter Olympics, where as a board member for talent agency CAA, he had a full schedule of hockey games and dinner meetings with blue-chip sponsors. On Wednesday, he and a colleague drove four and a half hours to the northern Italian resort town of Livigno, where […]

Der Verrat des IOC an der Menschlichkeit

Die Doppelmoral des IOC in Cortina ​Es gibt Momente im Sport, in denen die Zeit stillzustehen scheint. In Cortina d’Ampezzo, am Morgen des 12. Februar 2026, geschah dies genau 75 Minuten vor dem Start des Skeleton-Rennens der Männer. In diesem Moment endete nicht nur der Traum eines Athleten, sondern auch der letzte Rest moralischer Glaubwürdigkeit […]

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L.A. Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman “Disappointed” Casey Wasserman Still Backed By LA28 Board Despite Jeffrey Epstein Connections

The decision by the LA28 board to keep Casey Wasserman around to lead the city’s Olympics efforts despite his appearance in the Epstein Files is earning scorn from two more members of the Los Angeles City Council, including one running for Mayor. “I am disappointed by the decision made by the LA28 Board’s Executive Committee […]

Die Doppelmoral des IOC

Das Thema der Olympischen Neutralität ist so alt wie die Spiele der Neuzeit selbst, doch bei den Winterspielen 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo erreicht die Debatte eine neue, schmerzhafte Intensität. Es geht um den Vorwurf der Doppelmoral des Internationalen Olympischen Komitees (IOC), das sich hinter der Olympischen Charta verschanzt, während die Realität der Athleten – geprägt […]

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LA Mayor Sidesteps Calls For Casey Wasserman’s Olympics Resignation After Epstein Files Revelations; IOC Brass Still Has “Full Trust” In LA28 Chief

Casey Wasserman still has the support of Karen Bass and the International Olympics Committee to stay in charge of LA28, for now. IOC Executive Board member Nicole Hoevertsz said on February 3 in Italy that the increasingly besieged Wasserman and his “entire team” has the “full trust” of the organization despite the racy correspondence from […]

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