By Daily Sports Nigeria on May 2, 2025
Transgender women have been banned from playing women’s football in England after the Football Association changed their policy in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling in April.
The ban will be implemented from the first day of June.
Transgender women are currently allowed to play women’s football if they complete a form and send it to the FA as long as the eligibility criteria are met. But the FA have decided to reassess their policy after the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex. The FA have called the matter a “complex subject” and have insisted they are contacting registered transgender women to help them “stay involved in the game”.
Explaining the decision in a statement, the FA said: “As the governing body of the national sport, our role is to make football accessible to as many people as possible, operating within the law and international football policy defined by UEFA and FIFA.
“Our current policy, which allows transgender women to participate in the women’s game, was based on this principle and supported by expert legal advice.”
Source Punch Ng
Posted May 2, 2025
You may also like...
MFM Shock Heartland And Ilechukwu In Okigwe
Match Day Three: Rangers Beat Tornadoes 2 -...
Onuachu: Goal getter turns benchwarmer in England
Nigerian table tennis players can get better with...
Man City’s Transfer Rivals are Quicker and Smarter...
Nwakali to join Arsenal for Pre-Season

AFN VP pledges N1.6m reward for C’wealth Games trials
Joshua warns Prenga ahead July 25 bout
Nigeria’s World Cup absence a big miss – Terry
NOC To Formally Launch Safeguarding Policy On June 16
Messi scores on injury return as Argentina beat Iceland in World Cup warm-up
Iwobi to join Yobo, Enyeama, Musa on 100 Nigeria caps
Omewa happy to open Falcons goal account
World Cup: Enyimba, Remo to benefit from FIFA’s $355m windfall
Nigerian-Born Stars Set to Shine in the US, Canada and Mexico
Omewa brace powers Falcons past Senegal
Joshua open to Itauma fight
NWFL Super Six: Edo Queens’ beat FC Robo 4-1
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,844 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,177 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,125 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,693 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,596 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,494 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,329 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,895 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,076 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,575 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,012 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,454 views)