Sport is about being the best of ourselves—and this decision doesn't represent that at all. Nevertheless, I still believe the tide is turning as ppl are getting curious, seeing through these claims of "protecting women" & realizing trans women & girls deserve a place to belong, just like all of us.

“Every team can have their people, so I don’t understand why people from Africa cannot.” Senegal captain Koulibaly speaks out on travel bans limiting travel from his country for fans for World Cup. www.nytimes.com/athletic/736...

This was a foreseeable problem, FIFA could have solved, if they put enough effort into it. As @andreasmeyhoff.bsky.social and I have written in April, that a person from Cap Verde would have to save money for 15 (!) years to at least afford the cost for the visa. www.spiegel.de/sport/fussba...

“Visa bans, the lack of protection for LGBTQI fans, & the rise of authoritarian practices in the United States have shattered all hopes of a rights-respecting," World Cup said @andreaflorence.bsky.social of @sportrightsall.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Vozinha's mother was unable to attend because she could not afford the costs associated with obtaining a U.S. visa. ✊ The World Cup should bring people together, not keep them apart. Join us in calling on FIFA to #KeepTheWorld in the World Cup: sportandrightsalliance.org/worldcup2026/

⚽ Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha delivered one of the standout performances of the World Cup so far, making seven saves and helping his team secure a historic 0–0 draw against Spain. The 40-year-old captain was named Player of the Match.

Reports that a referee on FIFA’s World Cup list from Africa has been turned back after trying to enter the US for the tournament. Surely, this is basic stuff FIFA should have ironed out well before now. FIFA has been, as usual, contacted for comment.

The impact of this victory goes far beyond the pitch, setting a clear precedent: women and girls belong in sport and everywhere they choose to be. 🔗 Read the full statement at the link: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-new-rul...

✊Sport must build bridges for women and girls, not barriers. 🔗 Read more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-new-rul...

"This is the rebirth of hope and a strong message to those who try to erase women from society: you will not succeed." YES!!! 👏 @khalidapopal.bsky.social

🏀 Brianna Turner, WNBA player, a top women’s basketball league in the U.S., and long-time advocate for equity in sport, published an op-ed in @usatoday.com reflecting on the issues surrounding the IOC’s new sex testing policy for women athletes. 🔗 Read more: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Exclusive @theathleticfc.bsky.social : Current NJ Transit plans for return train from NY Penn Station to MetLife Stadium during World Cup are for tickets to be priced at over $100. Usual price is $12.90, making it more than a 7-fold increase for World Cup fans. www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

Ever so proud of our work at @sportrightsall.bsky.social & especially what we've accomplished over the last year!

With just over two months until the World Cup begins, the hotel industry doesn’t see the promised economic boon on the horizon.

Did a quick writeup of the new Olympic policy, which essentially bans trans women from Olympic competition. It also bans any women who test positive for the SRY gene, which has happened in the past. That's why the practice was abandoned more than two decades ago. Now, it's back. Gift link:

The #IOC announced a new policy introducing universal genetic sex testing of women & girls, which will ban all transgender athletes from the women’s category, and intersex athletes, unless they undergo further testing to prove testosterone insensitivity. 🔗 sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sex...

Exactly. Secret working group, secret process, secret studies.

🚨 The #IOC is reportedly considering mandatory genetic sex testing and a blanket ban on trans and intersex women in sport. In response, the #SRA and over 80 organizations are calling for these plans to be immediately reversed. 🔗 Read the full statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sex...

A reminder that the head of the LA Olympic Committee is all over the Epstein Files, refuses to resign, and the mobbed up crew on it backed him. Zero moral authority and zero care about women as people. Miss me. www.latimes.com/sports/story...

And HOW exactly will you get informed consent and explain the consequences of testing for the SRY gene to a 6-year-old who just wants to play tee ball?

This is very weak from Spurs - taking down a flag promoting diversity because away fans may be bigoted. If you can’t stand up for your values when attacked, are they really values at all?

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Imagine being a head of state and calling a made-up award from a sports club one of the “honors of your life.”

Let us be very clear: this baby's rattle is not awarded "on behalf of billions of fans around the world", as FIFA claims. It’s nothing more than an ego-stroking stunt. This is a deeply troubling day for football & FIFA.

Awful, awful news from Algeria. The French government must act now, and we journalists must put pressure to ensure it does. @liberation.fr @lemonde.fr @lefigaro.fr @franceinter.fr @leparisien.fr www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20...

🚨The #AthletesNetwork will host a workshop to share key findings & insights from our global consultation with people impacted by abuse in sport on UNESCO’s Global Policy Standards for Safe Sport. 🔗 Register now: sportandrightsalliance.org/activity/wor...

🚨 The deaths of ten child athletes aged 14 to 16 in a fire in 2019 at the youth academy of #Flamengo – Brazil’s top football club – have raised critical questions about safeguarding and accountability in Brazilian sport. 🔗 Full #SRA statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/brazil-ensur...

This guidance will become one of the highest, most wide-reaching standards for #safesport in the world – and in a historic first, athlete survivors & allies have had a say in its development. 👏 to @jujuca1987.bsky.social, @andreaflorence.bsky.social & all at #UNESCO for this amazing accomplishment.

7 #Ligue1 clubs have joined @rsf.org in calling for the release of #ChristopheGleizes, French football journalist detained in Algeria. #FreeGleizes ✊ https://rsf.org/fr/france-sept-clubs-de-football-de-ligue-1-mobilis%C3%A9s-pour-la-lib%C3%A9ration-de-christophe-gleizes-d%C3%A9tenu#Ligue1#ChristopheGleizes#FreeGleizes#FreeGleizes

🚨 Content warning | Cheikh Touré, a promising young football player from #Senegal, was found dead after being targeted by fake recruiters in Ghana, according to media reports and Senegal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 🔗 Learn more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

The IOC is moving toward a blanket ban on trans women in women’s sport, under the “working group on the protection of women’s sport.” But a real consultation would never lead to this. 🔗Learn why this process has been flawed from the start: sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sec...

#SRA staff and partners have presented in several sessions the past two days. 📸 Stay tuned for live coverage from our colleagues in Finland! #PTG2025 @jujuca1987.bsky.social

Play the Game is underway in Tampere, Finland! 👏 The conference brings together journalists, researchers, athletes, and more from across the world to confront a range of issues that affect global sport. 💪 @andreaflorence.bsky.social @minkyworden.bsky.social @hrwdeutschland.bsky.social

My colleague @jujuca1987.bsky.social & her team have pulled off a nearly impossible feat -- a courageous, caring report that dares to ask the hard questions while centering the answers of the voices who matter most. ❤️

check on your swiftie friends today... your ex-swiftie friends, however, are having a banner day on the socials 🤣

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting. cpj.org/2025/10/jour...

#Amnesty SG @agnescallamard.bsky.social said that as Israel’s national football team prepares for the #WorldCup qualifiers, #Israel continues to perpetrate genocide in #Gaza – where over 800 athletes, players and sports officials are among the more than 65,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

@amnesty.org has sent a letter to #FIFA and #UEFA calling for the suspension of the Israeli Football Association from their tournaments until it excludes clubs based in illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Read more ⤵️ www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

She was so brilliant. One of the greats. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Incredible news this morning 🙌 Congrats to these amazing players & @khalidapopal.bsky.social for all your hard work!!! inside.fifa.com/human-rights... #FIFA #AWNT #AfghanWomen

Amnesty write letter to Fifa/Uefa calling on a ban for Israel over clubs playing games on occupied land, with gen sec Agnes Callemard also referencing how "Israel continues to perpetrate genocide" Fifa has been accused of delaying decision on former www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

This closed-door process doesn't "protect the integrity of the group and their work" – it jeopardizes it. This is a decision that will impact millions of women & girls all over the world, for who knows how long into the future. The stakes are simply too high for this lack of transparency.

Amnesty International calls on UEFA + FIFA to suspend the Israeli Football Association until it excludes clubs from settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory from continuing to play in its leagues.

All French journalism schools unite to ask for the liberation of football journalist Christophe Gleizes, who has now been imprisoned for three months by the Algerian authorities, who accuse him of "glorifying terrorism" among other trumped-up charges. #FreeGleizes

Your voice matters. Take part in our survey and help @unesco.org develop global safe sport policy standards through the lens of those most impacted. ✊ @jujuca1987.bsky.social 🔗 sportandrightsalliance.org/your-voice-m...

Repression of free speech is no laughing matter. Comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which falls during the seventh anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder, should use their platform to defend free speech in Saudi Arabia.

📽 Sportchau's new documentary explores the careers of athletes like breakdancer Manizha Talash under the shadow of the Taliban. She competed at #Paris2024, but was disqualified for wearing a cape bearing the slogan “Free Afghan Women.”✊ Watch her powerful story ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnS...

We love a comedian who cares. Zero notes 👏 And shoutout to @hrw.org for being the "killjoys" & "dweebazoids" we all need in a world going mad. ❤️

This ruling not only brings hope to Caster's years-long struggle for justice, but highlights the insufficient pathways to remedy for so many athletes around the globe. 🌎