Snooker To Review Transgender Policy

Snooker's governing assemblage will reappraisal its transgender inclusion argumentation pursuing nan landmark UK Supreme Court ruling that nan ineligible meaning of a female is based connected biologic activity nether equalities law.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) said successful a connection that its position "has ever been that its argumentation would beryllium taxable to contiguous reappraisal should location beryllium a alteration successful circumstances".

Trans women tin presently compete successful women's snooker events provided their testosterone levels person remained beneath a definite level for a play of 12 months earlier competing.

Judges astatine nan country's highest tribunal past week wished that nan "concept of activity is binary" and a personification pinch a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) successful nan female gender "does not travel wrong nan meaning of a woman".

The WPBSA said: "This is simply a analyzable rumor arsenic nan WPBSA is simply a world assemblage and has to guarantee it complies pinch equality authorities astir nan world arsenic good arsenic successful nan UK."

Last week transgender women were banned from nan female class of Ultimate Pool Group (UPG) successful consequence to nan Supreme Court ruling.

London Marathon organisers opportunity they will wait for reports from nan Equality and Human Rights Commission and Sport England earlier making immoderate decisions connected nan categorisation of transgender runners.