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Having read the sentencing report it does feel like he was treated leniently within the guidelines. His depression and alcohol consumption was considered mitigation as a mental disorder, he was not treated as having purchased the material because the payment was determined after the transaction...

They were brilliant. Sorry, just checked, you can of course still but them.

According to Tim Carder and Roger Harris's book (and confirmed by 11v11) we were briefly 5th on 22 September 1981 after beating Wolves.

I'm not sure I've ever got past the second page of 'A Tale of Two Cities'

Still a Vulcan

The last position is not unimaginable. The athlete could apply for therapeutic use exemption as with other drugs (think Chris Froome). While it might not apply under current rules (I don't know) who is to say it won't be allowed?

My point was that some athletes are willing to take testosterone. With the move to easier transition, such as in Australia, it's not much of a step. And just because it hasn't happened yet doesn't mean you should not take steps to stop it happening.

Doping in athletics - there are plenty of examples of athletes on this list who were willing to take testosterone.

That surely depends on the process. Australia has recently amended legislation so that sex markers on birth certificates and passports can be changed based on a letter from a friend: no medical report, no surgery. I think Spain has something similar. This change will become more widespread with...

Not everyone sees it like that.

Cis is not a neutral word. Using it to qualify man or woman necessarily implies that trans women are women, which is not accepted by everyone.

Strangely the main story here has been overlooked. Namely that, if the reported story is correct, some female members of the team said "no". And weren't afraid of the consequences.

So how do you decide who fits in a womens sports team?

If all people and genders are welcome in sport what does that mean for women's sport? Is it the right thing that women give up their sporting achievements?

That wasn't my perception. The IOC were the ones that stated Khelif was included in the female category under their rules because that is what the passport said.

I'm pretty sure Mustafa was referring to the issue of people being both male and female simultaneously. Hence the rarity. AFAIK there are no such examples but I'm prepared to be wrong.

Title IX is American legislation that protects female sports. It used to use a defintion that was based on biological sex but has now been extended to include transgender males. The Flying Bats are an Australian women's football team that plays with 6 transgender males. Australian legislation...

If there isn't a lobby it certainly feels like it. From the IOC's work on allowing sports to prioritise fairness, the US government's changes to Title IX, and the Australian legislation that allows the Flying Bats to be successful it must feel like a lobby to female athletes. Governing bodies...

... on both sides of the argument. There is a rational discussion to be had but it's almost impossible. In the meantime female athletes are being treated unfairly with little recourse or sympathy.

That final paragraph does not follow from the previous one.