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IAAF hails decision to lock Semenya out of Worlds
By Agencies,
727, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has said "biology has to trump gender identity" after welcoming the decision to permit restrictions in testostero...
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Semenya barred from World Championships
By Agencies,
1120, July 31, 2019 (EAT)
Caster Semenya says she will not defend her World Championship 800m title in September after a setback in her challenge to the restricting of testoste...
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Why Semenya is likely to miss World Championships
By Agencies,
945, July 1, 2019 (EAT)
Caster Semenya says she will not race at the World Championships in Qatar later this year if she loses an appeal against IAAF rules governing testoste...
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IAAF claims Caster Semenya is ‘biologically male’
By Reuters,
1115, June 19, 2019 (EAT)
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has accused the global athletics governing body of using her as a human guinea pig as it emerged that the I...
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Semenya denied participation in Rabat 800 metres race
By Reuters,
922, June 14, 2019 (EAT)
Caster Semenya has been denied participation in her favoured 800 metres race in Morocco, the athlete said on Thursday, despite Switzerland’s highest...
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Embattled Semenya wins in Montreuil, to defend 800m world title
By Reuters,
1009, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Caster Semenya, who is battling the sport’s governing IAAF over rules that prevent her from running her preferred distance races unless she takes te...
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IAAF to seek swift reversion of Swiss court’s Semenya ruling
By Reuters,
1017, June 5, 2019 (EAT)
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said it will seek a swift reversion of Monday’s Swiss court ruling in favour of double...
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Semenya free to run without medication while appeal is heard – court
By Reuters,
1003, June 4, 2019 (EAT)
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will be able to run in her favoured 800 metres event without medication to lower her testosterone levels until ...
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Semenya files appeal to Swiss Supreme Court
By Reuters,
720, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya filed an appeal to Switzerland’s highest court on Wednesday against rules requiring middle-distance femal...
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South African gov’t instructs athletics body to appeal Semenya decision
By Reuters,
1614, May 13, 2019 (EAT)
The South African government said on Monday it was “instructing” the country’s athletics governing body to appeal against the Court of Arbitrati...
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D-Day for DSD athletes after IAAF clampdown
By Reuters,
1324, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
Athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) hoping to compete at the World Championships must submit to new rules curbing their levels of te...
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Olympic chief sympathises with Semenya, respects CAS decision
By Reuters,
1443, May 4, 2019 (EAT)
Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday he had sympathy for Caster Semenya but respected the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s decision that...
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Semenya to run in Doha as IAAF storm rages on
By Reuters,
1417, May 2, 2019 (EAT)
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800-metres on Friday before the International Association of Athletics Federations imposes hu...
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ASA may approach Swiss tribunal after Semenya setback
By Reuters,
1247, May 2, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics South Africa (ASA) is considering approaching the Swiss Federal Tribunal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport(CAS) dismissed Caster Seme...
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Caster Semenya loses landmark CAS appeal case
By Reuters,
1635, May 1, 2019 (EAT)
Olympic 800-metres champion Caster Semenya has had an appeal dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to halt the introduction of regulat...
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ASA rebuke IAAF over Semenya hearing
By Reuters,
1851, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics South Africa (ASA) have strongly criticized the IAAF and say the world athletics body failed to prove their case in the appeal hearing of do...
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CAS sets deadline for verdict in Semenya case
By Reuters,
1354, February 23, 2019 (EAT)
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has set a deadline of March 26 for a verdict in the appeal hearing of Caster Semenya against the Internationa...
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Semenya releases list of experts for battle with IAAF at CAS
By Reuters,
2010, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
Caster Semenya has released a list of experts she will call in her appeal hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this week in her fight a...
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IAAF denies it wants to classify Semenya as ‘male’
By Agencies,
1217, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics' governing body has denied it will tell a court female athletes with high testosterone levels like Caster Semenya should be classified as ma...
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IAAF, South Africa fail to end Semenya impasse
By Matthews Mutai,
1429, June 27, 2018 (EAT)
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will not soften its stance on new regulations for female classification and is ready to ...
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