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EXCLUSIVE BY DAVID COVERDALE: There will be something a little different about the Olympics this summer. For the first time in 40 years, Sir Steve Redgrave will not be there. The British rowing legend has been an ever-present at the Games from Los Angeles 1984 to Tokyo 2020. He won a famous five consecutive gold medals, before working as a pundit for the BBC, an ambassador for Team GB and, most recently, a coach for China. As things stand, though, Redgrave's only visit to Paris this summer will be for a cruise down the Seine two weeks before the Olympics start. 'The people who go on cruises tend to be my sort of my age and older, so at least they can still remember what I did,' jokes the 62-year-old, who will be making a special guest appearance on the ship alongside fellow Olympic icon Daley Thompson.

After a trans cyclist win a bronze medal in a race in the United States, Olympic medalist Sharron Davies said, "100s of males are stealing from females in sport." Davies has spoken out against transgender people competing in women's athletics. On Monday, the former swimmer replied to a social media post announcing that transgender cyclist Catherine Barnwell had won a bronze medal at the Brumble Kermesse Road Race in Rhode Island.

Since an image of trans athlete Cece Telfer competing in a women's hurdles race was shared online, former Olympic medal winner Sharron Davies has called it 'cheating.' Telfer, a male, became the first openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) championship in 2019 and was competing in the Women's Invitational 60m hurdles in Boston in February. She had qualified for the finals of the competition, placing fifth in the preliminary rankings, but she would disqualify herself in the final.

In a recent interview, Lord Coe said that the mismatch is so wide that female Olympians competing at the Olympics would not have a chance against trans women. The president of the sports governing body - who announced a ban on trans people from female sports last year - says the issue is'very straightforward cut.' Lord Coe, 67, said, 'The decision (to outlaw transgender athletes) was based on a single fact: I am elected to safeguard the female category, and if I don't do that no woman will win another (medal) again.' However, Lord Coe said that trans athletes should still be able to compete at a local level, but not at the Olympics. He hasn't ruled out the introduction of a 'third category' for trans women, although it will essentially be a male category'. His remarks came days after British swimmer Sharron Davies (right), who lost gold to an opponent using testosterone in 1980, cautioned against trans women competing with females, including American trans athlete Lia Thomas (pictured inset, far left).

DALEY THOMPSON: I'm competing in the decathlon, where I won the gold medal at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games - I've seen some inspiring women perform. However, the truth is that they could never have matched my times (other than the 1,500 meters run, where some women could beat me). My body was too feminine - too masculine. To compete against them would have been grossly unfair. My triumph would have been a travesty. If I see trans women like American swimmer Lia Thomas or Canadian cyclist Veronica Ivy (formerly known as Rachel McKinnon) on the podium, I know they are physically fit and physical strength has helped them win.

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According to a survey by the Policy Exchange, gender ideology is jeopardizing the fairness and security of women and girls' athletic competitions. The report, which is backed by athletes like Martina Navratilova, Sharron Davies, and Daley Thompson, highlights the numerous physical advantages that biological males have over females. According to the winning woman at this year's London Marathon, the 231st ranked male will have been defeated by the 231st ranked male. And every British 'long course' swimming record set by an elite female swimmer has been beaten by a teenage girl. In addition, there have been at least three female records at 5k community Parkrun events held by biological males at 5k community Parkrun events.

Preparations are ongoing outside Old Trafford for Manchester United and England legend Sir Bobby Charlton's funeral. On Monday afternoon, families, acquaintances, followers, and football luminaries will commemorate Charlton's extraordinary life, with his funeral cortege passing Old Trafford before heading to Manchester Cathedral for a memorial service. Sir Matt Busby, Charlton's boss, has been erected on a platform with thousands of supporters expected to line the route.

The former 60-year-old (left) has come under fire for speaking out against male-born athletes who identify as female in sport, and she has been branded "every name under the sun" by outraged trans activists. It came after Davies, who competed in 12 Olympic Games in her career, endorsed the decision to ban trans cyclist Emily Bridges (right) from racing against female riders because "we are physically different people." Following this abuse, she told the Off Air podcast that she was abused in the aftermath: "Just activists ringing every single charity, ringing my children's schools, insulting my children, and calling me every name under the sun." 'I am a bigot, I'm a homophobe, and obviously a transphobe,' says the woman. I'm also a bigote, which I find amusing because I have mixed-race children.'

According to James Chiavarini (right), who runs Il Portico in Kensington, his establishment has received one-star reviews, one of whom told him to kill himself after he posted a photograph of himself with Sharron Davies and Daley Thompson (left). The former Olympians were at the Italian restaurant to celebrate Fair Play for Women, a lobby group that seeks to'secure the interests of women and girls in the United Kingdom.' It comes a year after Mr Chiavarini defended JK Rowling in an online confrontation with trans activists.

EXCLUSIVE: Waterstones has been hit by allegations that trans activists are concealing Sharron Davies' (left) book because it is unfair that biological males can compete as adults in sports. Unfair Play (right) with Craig Lord on June 22 this year, the former British Olympic swimmer who has backed World Athletics' decision to ban trans athletes from women's category competitions. However, one dissatisfied customer said she was unable to buy the £20 hardback (inset) from three separate Waterstones stores, despite the bookseller's public announcement that they were indeed in stock.

As Mail Sport reports that the IOC has called on the IOC to set a good example for all clean athletes, German Olympic chiefs have joined the movement to bring Sharron Davies to Olympic gold. Global Athlete, the athletes' union, has also signed on to Mail Sport's efforts to have the record books updated, with the international Olympic Committee's position that the International Olympic Committee should do 'everything' to ensure justice is carried out.

Thousands of former Olympic athletes have endorsed the campaign to have Sharron Davies promoted to Games gold, according to a body representing thousands of former Olympic athletes. In what would be a major precedent for clean athletes, the World Olympians Association has joined sports unions, individual athletes, and leading politicians in calling for the book to be updated. Every athlete who has competed at the Games would have to get the right medals to Davies and other athletes who were defeated by drugged opponents, according to the governing body.

EXCLUSIVE: Davies, a 17-year-old swimmer of the pool, was remarkably defeated in the 400 meters medley by Petra Schneider, 17, who has since confessed to the nasi-backed doping scheme in East Germany. Daley Thompson, a British teammate of Davies, leads a list of sporting greats who are already supporting the cause and urging the International Olympic Committee to ensure that Davies is given the recognition she never received 43 years ago. Lord Coe, Duncan Goodhew, and Nicole Cooke, two fellow gold medalists, are now requesting that justice be served.

Daley Thompson, a sports legend, is leading The Mail today. We'll launch a campaign today to make sure Sharron Davies is honoured as the Olympic champion she was robbed of at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Davies finished second in the 400 meters individual medley to East German Petra Schneider, who has since admitted to her triumph after state-sponsored doping. Thompson, the double Olympic decathlon champion, was joined by fellow gold medalists Lord Coe, Nicole Cooke, and Duncan Goodhew in demanding that Games chiefs honor Davies what had been denied her in Moscow.

Sharron Davies, a zealously forward advocate for women in sport, is a ferocious promoter of women in sport. The former Olympic swimmer, who missed out on a gold medal in Moscow in 1980, finished second second, behind an East German competitor whose win was enhanced, has a skepticism of the institutionalized doping that earned her the highest sport accolade. It's been described as the "most heist in sports history," by the German Democratic Republic (GDR)'s most profitable medal factory in Olympic history. Sharron pitting Sharron against Petra Schneider (pictured left), a pawn in the GDR's bizarre 1980s coup, who set an unstoppable world record, was similar to a 'nuclear torpedo racing a dolphin,' said Sharron.

Thompson (left and right), a double Olympic gold medalist decathlete, compared the trans row engulfing sport to a 25-year-old participant competing in an under-16s competition. The 64-year-old, who was joined by a group of athletes and scholars for the Inclusion Delusion podcast, said: "You only get one shot to win that medal, stand on the podium, and make a final.' You wouldn't want a 25-year-old to compete in an under-16's event. Why do we want to disadvantage 51 per cent of the population? He has joined fellow Olympic champion Sharron Davies in backing the Fair Play for Women campaign, which is also endorsed by gender-critical Harry Potter author JK Rowling (inset top). Ms Davies, an outspoken opponent of trans athletes competing against women, has supported the decision to ban cyclist Emilie Bridges (inset bottom right) from racing against female cyclists, while Siân Longthorpe (inset bottom left) was the trans athlete with the largest record in the women's Parkrun world last week.

Due to production difficulties at its bottle manufacturer, the UK energy drink has temporarily stopped producing the flavors Caribbean Crush, Apple Blast, and Wild Cherry. It comes at a time when Lucozade is often in high demand as a hangover 'cure' for festive revellers. It was 'working hard' to solve the problems' and get the flavors back to the shelves, Lucozade said. The original Lucozade Original - correct - is unaffected by the supply chain's problems.