Afghan Paralympic Athlete Pleads for Help to Leave the Country

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports “My intention is to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Please hold my hand and help me,” Zakia Khudadadi, a taekwondo athlete pleaded in a video from Kabul.https://nyti.ms/3iX9qw7

N.C.A.A. Orders Review of Gender Inequity of Tournaments

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports The governing body of college sports turned to a civil rights lawyer, Roberta A. Kaplan, after criticism of its management of the women’s basketball tournament.https://nyti.ms/3ckCoCw

Rights Group Demands End to Sex Testing of Female Track Athletes

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports A Human Rights Watch report said that regulations governing athletes with differences of sexual development are harmful and disproportionately affect women of color from developing nations.https://nyti.ms/39DWMOh

Could a Merger of Men’s and Women’s Tennis Come Out of This Hiatus?

By BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY from NYT Sports The idea of combined tours has been around since at least the 1970s. But with the sport shut down, Roger Federer made a suggestion that could lead to a complex and ego-bruising endeavor.https://nyti.ms/2Y3U12X

7 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality

By SARAH MERVOSH and CHRISTINA CARON from NYT Sports All 28 players on the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit on Friday. They are the latest athletes to insist on equal treatment from their sport.https://nyti.ms/2tWwi4k

Taking Back ‘Hysterical’

By MAYA SALAM from NYT Sports Serena Williams’s new all-female Nike ad, “Dream Crazier,” hit on an issue almost as old as time: the “hysterical” woman.https://nyti.ms/2Nw0dJz