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FIFA anti-discrimination partner warns against Olympic-style transgender ban

Piara Powar says a permanent ban would stigmatise transgender athletes and women with intersex characteristics as FIFA weighs eligibility rules for 2031.

Summary by Politico
The head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination partner is calling on the international soccer body to not adopt a ban on transgender athletes at the Women’s World Cup, after the Trump administration publicly announced its intention to pressure the organization to do so last week. Andrew Giuliani, the head of the White House World Cup Task Force, told POLITICO Thursday that getting FIFA to guarantee that “women play in the Women’s World Cup and not biolo…

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Politico broke the news in Arlington County, United States on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
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