Rugby World Cups 2022: Updates
The Rugby League World Cup will kick off tomorrow (15), after being delayed until 2021, and the four-week competition will take place in the UK, with a clash between host nation England and Samoa.
The tournament will run for over four weeks, with the final set to take place on November 19th at Old Trafford.
GROUP A teams include England, Samoa, France, and Greece; GROUP B teams include Australia, Fiji, Scotland, and Italy; GROUP C teams include New Zealand, Lebanon, Ireland, and Jamaica; GROUP D teams include Tonga, PNG, Cook Islands, and Wales.
At the same time, the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship is happening in Denmark. With the weeklong Championship halfway done, eight teams have booked their spots in the quarterfinals. Defending world champions Japan and reigning European champions France finished pool play with perfect 5-0 records.
Also, the Women`s Rugby World Cup 2022 is happening in New Zealand.
The World Cup will feature the top female rugby players after being postponed by a year.
England completed their pregame planning by crushing Wales 73-7, defeating Fiji in their tournament opener, and becoming the first international team to win 25 straight games.
British Rowing Chair calls for creation of an ‘open’ category for trans athletes
GOVERNING body chair of British Rowing has urged the sport’s world governing body to create an ‘open’ category for trans athletes.
As sports try to strike a balance between diversity and ensuring there is no undue advantage, transgender rights have emerged as a key discussion issue.
FINA (Fédération Internationale De Natation), the organisation that oversees international swimming, decided in June to limit the participation of transgender athletes in top women’s events and to form a working group to develop an ‘open’ category.
If an athlete who was born a man lowers their testosterone level to below 5 nanomoles per litre over a period of 12 months, World Rowing will let them compete in the female division.
“At British Rowing, we are about to publish an update to our transgender policy which will bring it in line with World Rowing’s,” Mark Davies, British Rowing chair said at the World Rowing Congress.
Following FINA’s decision, which is the harshest by any Olympic sports organisation, several regulatory bodies, including FIFA and World Athletics, are revisiting their policies regarding the participation of transgender athletes.
England women’s captain concerned over lack of diversity in women’s football
LEAH Williamson captain of England’s women’s team expressed her concern over the lack of diversity in women’s football via an interview with BBC Sport.
“We don’t ever want anybody to feel like it’s not their game, because of the way they look or the colour of their skin. We would be devastated if we felt like we were contributing to that”, she said.
Leah played a key role in winning the Euros this summer.
Women’s football has a far smaller pool of black, Asian, and minority ethnic players to pick from than the men’s game does.
According to estimates, there are between 10 and 15 per cent fewer players in the Women’s Super League than there are in the Premier League (33 per cent).
“Within the squad, this is an important issue and we’re all aware of it,” Williamson told. “There’s nothing that we can do right now to change it.”
The problem is related to accessibility, according to an interview with Baroness Sue Campbell, the Football Association’s director of women’s football, in 2021.
“It’s not inclusive enough. And it’s not diverse enough, and we know it,” she said at the time.
Lotte Wubben-Moy of Arsenal and England has already used her social media channels to voice her concerns about the lack of diversity in women’s football.
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