Sebastian Coe suggested his sport may follow swimming’s lead, saying ‘biology trumps gender’ and World Athletics’ policies will reflect this

Triathlon has become the first UK sport in the UK to ban transgender athletes from racing in the female category after deciding that ‘fairness of competition is paramount’

In the wake of trans athlete Austin Killips winning the Tour of the Gila on Sunday, the governing body intends to reach a decision in August

Bureaucracy may prevent one of the nation’s greatest public health initiatives from resuming after the end of lockdown

The Manchester United attacker has risen from sportsman to statesman with his campaign for free school meals

Plan for T20 tournament opens up potentially lucrative market in Asia

Former long jumper is secretly training with GB squad, aiming to be the first Briton to win summer and winter Olympic medals

Sebastian Coe promised to be ‘guided by science’ when it comes to sport’s most divisive issue. But World Athletics’ solution is clearly designed to protect it from legal action too

World Rugby is considering banning trans women from playing women’s rugby because of significant safety concerns that have emerged following recent research

Number of participants fell by half after doping control officers of NADA reached the JLN Stadium; a steeplechase athlete kept running after crossing the finish line to evade dope testing.

Transgender players who have been through male puberty will not be permitted to play international women’s cricket under new ICC gender eligibility regulations

Track and field takes doping seriously, banning 66 Olympic and world medallists since the Athletics Integrity Unit’s launch in 2017

Chris Froome’s historic double, adding Vuelta victory to that in the Tour de France, is overshadowed by the controversy that continues to surround Team Sky

Christine Mboma knows the faster she runs the 200m the clearer her advantages with difference in sex development become

The culture secretary Nadine Dorries said she wants ‘fairness’ and added: ‘We must bring clarity to protect the future interests of sport’

The online Magnus Carlsen Invitational produced a big-name final and a refreshing insight into the human side of chess

The world champion opens up on his struggle for motivation before an intriguing showdown with his old rival Ian Nepomniachtchi

Who was the rider? Who else knew? And what really lay behind Team Sky and British Cycling’s success?

A detective trail that led from Canada to Wigan to London’s transport network has revealed Britain’s first black Olympian was wrestler Louis Bruce, not the sprinter Harry Edward

Writer covered 10 World Cups for the Guardian across almost 50 years and was a ‘giant of journalism’ whose byline was a watermark of quality

Records are being smashed but the runners involved are reluctant to admit the difference the new technology is making

Brazil’s goalscoring great tells Sid Lowe about his highs and lows, why he wants Pep Guardiola to coach the seleção and what he thinks of Neymar

Vardy is suing Rooney for libel over allegation that Vardy leaked stories from Rooney’s private Instagram account

Greg Rutherford’s dream of becoming the first British athlete to win a medal at a summer and winter Olympics has moved a significant step closer

In an exclusive interview, the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons explains how she beat the 100-mile course

The heptathlete overcame career-threatening injury fears while Zharnel Hughes won Britain’s first men’s world 100m medal for 20 years

Greg Rutherford, former Olympic long jump champion, will retire at the end of summer due to ongoing injury but has his sights on cycling while fearing for the future of athletics

It’s been so long since I wrote anything here, I fear I’ve forgotten how. All I’ve written in the last few months is academic analysis of concussion data for scientific journals, …