it is clearly going to be a controversial decision and it will have major ramifications. last year the international olympic committee announced guidelines but asked separate sporting federations to come up with their own sport specific rules, that is a background so fina which is the world swimming governing body set up three expert committees, a medical, legaland athletes committee to look at this vexed issue and the medical committee found that men who transition do retain advantages so the upshot is that, just to sum up, fina governing body has voted to stop transgender athletes from convicting in women s elites races
players from belarus and russia is now barred. the kremlin says the action is unacceptable and the tournament will suffer. well, from one of ukraine s leading tennis voices, a different perspective. it is another sign for russia that they are wrong, that they have to stop and we are thankful for this and thankful for all of the help and the weapons we get to survive and to keep fighting. but there is some strong opposition in tennis. the atp, which runs the men s tour, says the unilateral decision by wimbledon on the lawn tennis association to exclude playerfrom russia and belarus is unfair and has the potential to set a damaging precedent for the game. the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to compete as neutrals. at wimbledon, they have decided that neutrality is not an option. joe wilson, bbc news,
precedent for the game. the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to compete as neutrals. at wimbledon, they have decided that neutrality is not an option. joe wilson, bbc news, in south west london. one of britain s top hopes at wimbledon this summer will be emma raducanu and she s enjoyed her first wta tour match on the clay. the us open champion eased into the second round of the stuttgart open after beating australian qualifier storm sanders in straight sets. to football and manchester city took a step towards another premier league title. they beat brighton comfortably 3 0, which restored their one point advantage over liverpool in second. bernardo silva with city s final goal. eddie nketiah scored twice as arsenal boosted their champions league hopes
the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to take part as neutrals. the sights and scenes of wimbledon are known the world over. thus its decisions will generate global reactions. russia has already called any ban unacceptable. some tennis authorities are also likely to be unhappy. but even here, there is no roof to exclude the events of the wider world. joe wilson, bbc news. in the past 30 minutes the atp have released a statement criticising the decision. they say.
is unacceptable and the tournament will suffer. well, from one of ukraine s leading tennis voices, a different perspective. it is another sign for russia that they are wrong, they have to stop, and we are thankful for this. we are thankful for all the help, for the weapons we get to survive and keep fighting. the international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to compete as neutrals. at wimbledon, they ve decided that neutrality is not an option. wimbledon s stands has been backed strongly by the british government, but the atp, representing men s professionals, believe it is unfair because, in their eyes, it discriminates against some of their members based on nationality.