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’s cheating when transgender women compete in women’s 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’s near death experience; next the directors of the Oscar winning film ‘Free Solo’ describe how they captured Alex Honnald’s 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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‘They raided my house in Turkey’
Duration: 02:19
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- Sat 2 Mar 2019 22:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service
- Sun 3 Mar 2019 04:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service
- Mon 4 Mar 2019 09:32GMTÂ鶹ԼÅÄ World Service
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