rule in afghanistan. premier league survival at stake this weekend more on that in a moment. but first, the fa have published more detail on the charges which led to ivan toney s eight month ban from football, for breaking rules around betting. toney was given a reduced ban, of 8 months instead of 11, because of a diagnosed gambling addiction. the brentford and england striker admitted to 232 breaches over a period of five seasons, ending in 2021, including betting against his own team. brentford say they will do everything possible to provide support to him and his family. nesta mcgregor has more. because he admitted the charges, it was reduced and after he was diagnosed as a gambling addict it was reduced from 11 to eight months. today, the pfa have come out and said it knows this is a problem in the sport, knows how difficult it might be for players to come forward, but it says it has created a safe space for players to come forward and receive any help they need. brentf
which they admit isn t enough, they want more research, it was decided to err on the side of fairness and that s why trans women have been banned from competing in the female category. there will be this new open category, which will include men and all other athletes, including trans women. in terms of the response from emily bridges, it s been pretty angry so far. just take us through it. yes, she posted what can only be described as a withering assessment of british cycling and the decision they ve made today on her instagram page. she called the decision to ban her and other transgender cyclists from the female category as a violent act. she described british cycling as a failed organisation and wasn t sure whether she wanted to ride ever again. so clearly a distressing time, a distressing decision for emily bridges. 0n the other hand, people who support female sport have been generally welcoming of the decision, with some reservations that it
doesn t include community or recreational cycling. alex, this is the decision in cycling today, but we can see similar debates and arguments and considerations in other sports. so where does cycling sit compared to other sports now? yes, this is happening, as you say, in lots of other sports across the world. the difference here is that there is an athlete, or there was an athlete, emily bridges, who wanted to compete for great britain, so right at the top of the sport. in lots of other sports, they don t have that issue. in cycling, they do. there was also the athlete in america, austin killips, who won a uci, that s your international governing body sanctioned event in the usa earlier this month and that caused a lot of noise. and that s why the uci is reviewing its policy, which at the moment differs from british cycling s new policy in that transgender athletes are allowed to compete as long as they suppress their levels of testosterone for a two year period. today s decision is al
rule in afghanistan. premier league survival at stake this weekend more on that in a moment. but first, the fa have published more detail on the charges which led to ivan toney s eight month ban from football, for breaking rules around betting. toney was given a reduced ban, of 8 months instead of 11, because of a diagnosed gambling addiction. the brentford and england striker admitted to 232 breaches over a period of five seasons, ending in 2021, including betting against his own team. brentford say they will do everything possible to provide support to him and his family. nesta mcgregor has more. because he admitted the charges, it was reduced and after he was diagnosed as a gambling addict it was reduced from 11 to eight months. today, the pfa have come out and said it knows this is a problem in the sport, knows how difficult it might be for players to come forward, but it says it has created a safe space for players to come
should make it easierfor overseas bricklayers to get a visa, but it is home trained workers from places like this that is expected to make the biggest difference. you re live with bbc news. british cycling has confirmed it intends to permanently ban transgender women from elite female competition. last year, the sport s governing body in the uk suspended its existing testosterone based policy, while it conducted a review which followed the controversy over british rider emily bridges, one of cycling s most high profile transgender competitors. 0ur sports editor dan roan spoke to the head of british cycling. he explained the reasons for the decision. in the competitive policy, we will define the female category as the athletes who are female by sex at birth and the open category available to all other riders. including trans women athletes? absolutely. why have you brought these changes in? we brought the changes in,