Transgender athletes and those athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) will reportedly be banned from competing in female competitions at the Olympics from early next year after a science-based review undertaken by the International Olympic committee (IOC). A report in The Times claims the review looked into the permanent physical advantages of being born male. Previously, Olympic sports had the power individually to decide whether transgender women could compete with reduced testosterone levels. That has seen the likes of athletics and swimming ban those athletes who have been through male puberty, but others haven't followed suit, including football. However, that will now switch under new IOC president Kirsty Coventry, who has repeatedly affirmed her desire to 'protect the female category'. The report goes on to add that Dr Jane Thornton, who is the IOC's medical and scientific director, presented the findings of the review to members at a meeting in Lausanne last week...