Controversy. Accusation and counter-accusation. A dramatic walkout. A high-profile player withdrawing in protest. This week saw yet another women’s sport plunged into disarray and division over the ...
Pool’s governing bodies are facing a potential sex-discrimination lawsuit brought by women players devastated at the lack of restrictions on transgender competitors. Lynne Pinches, who recently ...
A transgender pool champion has lost a legal battle to overturn a ban on players who were not born female from competing in women-only events. Harriet Haynes, 35, sued the English Blackball Pool ...
A female pool final match in Denbighshire, Wales, ended prematurely after one player reportedly forfeited because she was drawn to compete against a transgender woman. Lynne Pinches stepped away from ...
A transgender pool player has lost a discrimination claim against one of the sport's organisers. The English Blackball Pool Federation (EBPF) banned players who were not born biologically female from ...
A decision to ban transgender women from ladies’ pool events was made after an “unreal” number of complaints from players, the chairman of an English sports body has said. Paul Thompson, chairman of ...