When I am zapping through my TV I usually stick with any sport, but women’s football, like youth football, makes me reach for the remote immediately.

In contrast, I find women’s athletics, gymnastics, tennis,…[Read more]

In contrast, the…[Read more]

If it was simply a matter of accepting any value below a certain level as fine then by your own logic many athletes would already have been doping up…[Read more]

There has always been acknowledgement that Testosterone is a drug that aids performance. Males produce a lot of it naturally, females less. Hence there has always been a limit (set a degree or two above natural production) above which drug taking has been taken as…[Read more]

My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / female; age; physical disability. That being the case, there does need to be some method of policing this. There are no eyebrows raised when arguments over…[Read more]

And regards to SAS and para a female is…[Read more]

Obviously sport is not a level playing field regards many many other genetic factors and top sports people are always going to be genetic freaks who also work hard essentially. But that sex advantage males have is such a huge step difference. There isn’t a gradual gradation in testosterone levels and…[Read more]

I really hate this case, because I can’t see a “fair” solution. CS is an incredible athlete, but it does seem that she has a genetic advantage over other women that means competition against her is less than…[Read more]

If you’re taller than everyone else should you be restricted in distance too? The perfect athlete still has to train and want it.

I’ve only read that she is lesbian I haven’t seen statement from her that she considers herself heterosexual so that’s really interesting.

The CAS media statement for the ruling on her suggests that the IAAF regulations apply to “XY DSDs”, people born with variations of sex characteristics including 46 XY chromosomes. But the 2018 IAAF regulations refer to a small range of variations including (46…[Read more]

I believe these distances were chosen specifically as there was large amounts of data that showed that testosterone conferred a massive sporting advantage, the other distances haven’t been fully analysed yet.

How many categories do we need to have?

I’m not sure we need better players at the moment. It’s difficult to know though because I don’t think many of them are playing anywhere near their potential. Three damp squibs as managers is worrying, you’ve got to think that by the law of averages the next one is going to be better.

It’s very tough to see your team being pulled apart, becoming a laughing stock and falling from its perch. I know this from our own experiences. At first you feel that just one or two changes could get you back to where you were, then you think a new regime will get you…[Read more]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46603018

As a Man U supporter, thank God for that.

No doubt non Man U supporters will feel a twinge of sadness.

I’m looking forward to seeing a team of some of the world’s most talented players performing to their full potential. I don’t much care what they win I just want to see a team…[Read more]

If I’ve got a headache that feels like it’ll get worse I have to be selective as to what I take as sometimes paracetamol or ibru won’t touch them. I get about 2 days of awful headaches during my time of the month and I just take syndol there is no point trying…[Read more]

I probably should not admit that I bought the Syndol muscle relaxant component separately and found that it worked well with paracetamol. I…[Read more]

Luckily I don’t get too many general headaches.

I couldn’t take Sumatriptan due to heart palpitations so swapped to Rizatriptan. There are very strict rules around not taking more than 2 in a 48 hour period though, due…[Read more]

Sumatriptan is like a miracle drug for me, works every time.

I am prone to cluster headaches that last 3 – 4 days too and paracetamol only lessens them, it doesn’t get rid. Cocodomol does a better job but wipes me out.

I am not sure if Paracetamol has become less effective for me,…[Read more]

In the end, I took drastic action and stopped all medication. I then took myself off the Pill. I think coming off the Pill is what finally allowed me to begin life migraine free.