Outside the lines
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova sparks a dicey debate over transgender athletics.
Martina Navratilova made some controversial statements about transgender athletes. She said that it鈥檚 cheating when transgender women compete in women鈥檚 sports. But many activists disagree with her and are pushing back.
Also, find out why NBA basketball Enes Kanter fears going back home to Turkey; we have the harrowing story of Eritrean runner Teklit Michael鈥檚 near death experience; next the directors of the Oscar winning film 鈥楩ree Solo鈥� describe how they captured Alex Honnald鈥檚 solo climb up El Capitan summit; and the French Fencing Federation has officially recognized lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport.
(Martina Navratilova participates in the 28th Annual Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic at Delray Beach Tennis Center. Credit: Johnny Louis/Getty Images)
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- Sat 2 Mar 2019 22:32GMT大象传媒 World Service
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