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@CheshireCB End of an era. Coincides with my lot ending with the junior pathway. Thank you for everything. Enjoy the rest!

Happy Retirement Meesh/Michele 🎉 What an incredible innings you’ve played, a true star 🌟 You’ll be so missed, not just for everything you did, but for the energy & heart you brought to CCB 💜 Wishing you all the joy & relaxation in your well‑deserved retirement.

@mjshrimper The IOC have finally woken to the mess their previous policy caused DSDs cases distort fair female competition (2016 Rio 800m). Early screening will remove public scrutiny. Ultimately, if a DSD causes male advantage, exclusion from the female category is correct

Rows about eligibility for female events at OGs have raged forever but have, more recently, become the biggest row. Early reaction to the ban has focused on trans athletes but the impact on DSD athletes is more significant, IMO. That row will rumble on. nytimes.com/athletic/71489…

@Scienceofsport Thank you Ross 💪

Here is the policy document. It explains the background, and how a Working Group arrived at its recommendations, including SRY screening & testing for eligibility. As mentioned, more to say in support & for context, in a podcast a bit later today: stillmed.olympics.com/media/Document…

A giant leap forward for women’s sport. They’ve done the right thing with a strong, clear policy. No equivocation, no tap-dancing, no pretence of “balancing priorities.” Plus, a means to test for eligibility. Those responsible (this time) deserve real congratulations. More later

@runthinkwrite Congratulations Jon

The 2021 Framework document was one of the worst bits of thinking I've ever read about fairness in sport. I'm no longer a Trotskyist, but 'into the dustbin of history' seems apt. I'll be opening some fizz later on because of this sentence:

@FondOfBeetles @iocmedia Well done Emma. You’ve worked very hard to get then here

Great job, @iocmedia Eligibility for the female category via SRY screening. Trans-identifying males and athletes with androgenising DSDs to be excluded. Well done to all involved, particularly to Kirsty Coventry and Jane Thornton for their leadership here. #IOC

@DaleJohnsonBBC @MarkRose513691 In this instance wouldn’t Liverpool in 8th have qualified for the ECL via the league? That being the case I thought that the ECL place wasn’t reallocated if a team won the UCL, UEL or ECL

@MarkRose513691 Yep.

Dale is this hypothetically possible (although of course won't actually happen): Top 4 CL 5th CL EPS 6th EL 7th EL (FAC winners top 7) 8th Liverpool CL winners 9th Villa EL winners 10th Palace ECL winners 11th ECL

She generously read an advance copy of Terf Island and gave me this endorsement: “Proud to have been an outspoken Terf Islander although I came to the protest a little later than the women in this book. “Defending the rights of women and children was a tough, dangerous and painful battle. These women never gave up. We must all thank them for saving our sex.” Dame Jenni Murray, writer and broadcaster ❤️

@martynziegler Odd hatchet on the young lad. Was excellent when he came on. Yes a mistake with the kick on at the end but he had already won a turnover A lot of more experienced players let the team down and shouldn’t play again

A mad match and finale Fra v Eng. One for Pollock to forget though. Having taunted France, he managed to go from potential match winner when ripping the ball in last minute to loser - instead of keeping possession he lost it at a critical time.

@DaleJohnsonBBC Can you explain the forfeiting? Is the max for English teams not 11? 7 UCL ( 4 + UCL win (not top 4) + UEL win (not top 4) + coefficient), 3 EL (PL + FAC/PL + UCoL win) + 1 UCoL (FLC/PL)

Brentford get the UCL EPS place in seventh. Prem has seven teams in the UCL. England would forfeit both UEL places, OR one UEL and one UCoL, subject to who wins the FA Cup.

@SpoochyM @LNallalingham NATO

@LNallalingham How is Turkey getting off so easy?

🚨 FUN FACT: Iran has attacked more Arab states in the past 24 hours… …than Israel has in the past 50 years.

@runthinkwrite @GoodLawProject Odd sport to pick on. Men’s cricket is probably the most inclusive game. Boys, girls, & women along with (lots of) shit old blokes. Glorious - and welcoming to all

"Why can't trans women play cricket for fun?" They can. You know they can. Everyone knows they can.

When the ECB banned trans women, Lily’s amateur club barred her from the team where she had played for years. Join us in helping her bounce back: goodlaw.social/2df5

@runthinkwrite To be clear, you are excellent. They are imbeciles and have made the human race more stupid by their existence

@runthinkwrite Very good article but I can’t help but think you’ve wasted your time writing it and our time reading it (but at least we can avoid the “book”) People who think there are no differences between males and females aren’t serious humans and should be ignored and/or laughed at

For a full text version of my review of Open Play, you can click on this link: apparently there are fifty free copies to be had: tandfonline.com/eprint/W48EPXC…

@CharlieFelix Please can you go back the Telegraph? England were good then

It's a pasting. Ireland getting both wings to connect in the same 15-metre channel and, frankly, running England ragged.

@QcWynter Winter Olympics = posh people sliding in different ways

I am going to post today's provocation & then immediately depart for the gym in order to avoid the inevitable blowback. I hate the Winter "Olympics". Half the world cannot take part (no snow, no ice) & most events look more like pastimes than sport. There. I've gone & said it.

@hellothisisivan Excellent work

@CheshireCB @cricketireland @englandcricket @ICC @cricketworldcup Good luck boys #CheshireKeeperFactory

Good luck to Freddie Olgiliby 🇮🇪 and Joe Moores 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 at the U19 World Cup 🏏 All of us in Cheshire 💜 are cheering you on from the boundaries. #cricket #u19worldcup #u19cwc

Imagine there was no 6 nations in February. Imagine we had nothing to look forward to until the season started in April Imagine you couldn't go on weekends away with the family because of a 6pm game in July Shut up with your summer rugby. Some of us enjoy summer doing nothing

@htafcacademy Congratulations Jamie & the Spencer family. Up the mighty @Timperley_CC 💪

We are delighted to announce that forward Jamie Spencer has today signed his first professional contract with the Club ✍️ Not a bad way to celebrate your birthday, Jamie! 💙 #htafc | #YoungTerriers

@MitchellGlenn Remove the stat padding against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, & Ireland Tendulkar 43 hundreds in 306 innings at 51 Kallis 41 in 266 @ 53 Root 41 in 289 @ 52 Ponting 39 in 278 @ 51 S Smith 36 in 214 @ 56 tinyurl.com/2t4bzbuw

Joe Root’s 41st Test century in his 297th innings The other batters to reach 41 centuries: Tendulkar - 254 innings Kallis - 254 innings Ponting - 287 innings 🏏 #Ashes