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On Thursday, The Football Association became sport’s first major governing body to amend its transgender eligibility criteria following the Supreme Court ruling.
Later in the day, England Netball also changed its guidelines by banning transgender women from its female category.
The new rules, which will apply from 1 September, recognise three distinct gender participation categories: female, male and mixed.
The female category would be “exclusively for players born female, irrespective of their gender identity”, while mixed netball will “serve as the sport’s inclusive category, allowing players to complete under the gender with which they identify”.
The Ultimate Pool Group (UPG) – the professional body for eight-ball pool – banned transgender women from its female category last month.
Other governing bodies, including the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), are reassessing their transgender eligibility criteria.
Athletics, cycling and aquatics have implemented outright bans on transgender women taking part in women’s events.
In 2022 British Triathlon became the first British sporting body to establish an open category in which transgender athletes can compete.