World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka gave full-throated support to the Women's Tennis Association's new mandatory genetic testing policy, a move that makes the WTA the first professional sports league to screen players for biological sex. Sabalenka, the Belarusian four-time Grand Slam champion, addressed the policy at a press conference during the 2026 National Bank Open, […] The post Top-ranked women's tennis player backs WTA gene testing to protect fair competition appeared first on American Almanac .
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka gave full-throated support to the Women's Tennis Association's new mandatory genetic testing policy, a move that makes the WTA the first professional sports league to screen players for biological sex. Sabalenka, the Belarusian four-time Grand Slam champion, addressed the policy at a press conference during the 2026 National Bank Open, telling reporters she welcomed the testing and urged the tour to hold the line. Her comments landed as international sports bodies from track and field to boxing have moved toward similar eligibility standards, and as the International Olympic Committee prepares its own sex-based screening ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The WTA's policy, which took effect July 21, requires…Open
Barry Manilow cancelled a sold concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, just hours before he was set to take the stage, the second show he has scrapped in four months amid an ongoing lung cancer fight. The 83-year-old singer's team posted a brief notice on social media citing "unforeseen circumstances" and said the Lexington […] The post Barry Manilow, 83, pulls the plug on Lexington concert hours before showtime appeared first on American Almanac .
Barry Manilow cancelled a sold concert at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, just hours before he was set to take the stage, the second show he has scrapped in four months amid an ongoing lung cancer fight. The 83-year-old singer's team posted a brief notice on social media citing "unforeseen circumstances" and said the Lexington date would be rescheduled. Rupp Arena followed with its own announcement confirming that tickets for the cancelled show would be honored for the makeup date, The Sun reported . No rescheduled date has been announced. Neither Manilow's team nor the venue offered any detail beyond "unforeseen circumstances." The vague language left fans guessing, and worrying, given what the New York native has disclosed about his…Open
“We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.