Kylian Mbappé received with a one-game suspension after being shown a red card for a violent tackle against Alaves on Sunday, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced Tuesday.
The "Up & Adams" host went to bat for the Colorado quarterback Tuesday, stating there is "no reason" for Sanders to be chastised for his appearance on her program earlier this month.
DOGE subcommittee Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday announced a hearing addressing USA Fencing's gender eligibility policies that allow biological male transgender athletes to compete in the women's category.
The hearing is scheduled for May 7.
The announcement comes weeks after women's fencer Stephanie Turner was punished for kneeling in protest of a trans competitor in a widely publicized incident.
Turner has been invited to the hearing along with Damien Lehfeldt, board chair of USA Fencing, to testify.
"Women’s sports are for women only. Radical leftists pushing to let biological men compete against women are destroying fair competition and putting female athletes in physical danger. Stephanie Turner had the courage to call out this insanity, and she’s a hero to women across America," Greene said in the announcement.
"USA Fencing must be held accountable for demeaning women and denying them of the chance to succeed in their own sport. It is out of compliance with President Trump’s executive order and it should not be recognized as the National Governing Body for fencing if it continues to defy the law."
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Friday a newly formed Title IX investigations team will be probing the incident involving Turner and trans competitor Redmond Sullivan.
"USA Fencing will respond and cooperate to any inquiry as required by law," the statement said.
The incident involving Turner quickly drew national attention after a video of her taking a knee to protest Sullivan went viral. The footage ignited widespread awareness and backlash against USA Fencing's gender eligibility policies.
Turner told Fox News Digital she decided to take a knee the night before the event when she checked the competition pools and saw she would be competing against Sullivan.
"I saw that I was going to be in a pool with Redmond, and from there I said, ‘OK, let’s do it. I'm going to take the knee,'" Turner said. "I knew what I had to do because USA Fencing had not been listening to women's objections regarding [its gender eligibility policy]."
USA Fencing previously provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing the incident.
"USA Fencing enacted our current transgender and nonbinary athlete policy in 2023. The policy was designed to expand access to the sport of fencing and create inclusive, safe spaces. The policy is based on the principle that everyone should have the ability to participate in sports and was based upon the research available of the day," the statement said.
A USA Fencing spokesperson also told Fox News Digital Turner was not penalized for her stance against trans inclusion. She was penalized for refusing to compete.
"In the case of Stephanie Turner, her disqualification was not related to any personal statement but was merely the direct result of her decision to decline to fence an eligible opponent, which the FIE rules clearly prohibit," the spokesperson said.
USA Fencing then addressed the controversy with a public statement Thursday, defending its trans-inclusion policies.
"USA Fencing remains committed to fostering an inclusive, respectful community for everyone in our sport. We believe in the principle of creating safe communities where all athletes, and community members, have a place," the statement said.
"While we understand there are a range of perspectives, USA Fencing will continue to engage in respectful, research-based dialogue and review as policy evolves in the Olympic and Paralympic movement as well as domestic law. Hate speech of any kind is not acceptable — online or in person. Let's keep the conversation respectful and the strip welcoming to all."
The organization first enacted its current trans-inclusion policy in 2023. It allows transgender athletes to compete in the women's category at both the junior and senior level after completing one calendar year of testosterone suppression treatment. Proof of compliant hormone therapy must be provided prior to competition, but the organization has taken even further steps to prioritize its trans competitors.
In November 2022, it announced a policy to give preference when selecting host cities for national tournaments to states without laws that "harm members of LGBTQ communities" and states that do not "have laws undermining the reproductive health of women."
That policy went into effect during the 2023 season, the same year it changed its gender policy. It later released a list of states that it intended to "avoid where possible" and the states that it flat out would not allow hosting major events.
In December, the nonprofit Fair Fencing Organization penned an open letter to USA Fencing board members, urging the reevaluation of its stance on several issues, including transgender inclusion.
Just days later, however, board members voted against several motions to approve an all-female task force to re-evaluate and revise the current transgender policy, in an 8-3 vote. Now, after siding against women fencers seeking protection from trans inclusion, USA Fencing finds itself with a global controversy after Turner's viral protest.
Travis Hunter has a message for NFL teams who would only want him to play on one side of the ball, whether that be cornerback or wide receiver.
Hunter, 21, won the Heisman Trophy after he dominated the competition as both a wide receiver and cornerback. When asked if an NFL team were to tell him he could only play one position, Hunter said he would rather not play at all.
"It's never playing football again," Hunter told CBS Sports last week. "Because I've been doing it my whole life, and I love being on the football field. I feel like I could dominate on each side of the ball, so I really enjoy doing it."
Hunter excelled as a two-way player last season while playing an exceptionally high number of snaps for Colorado. Last season, Hunter played 713 snaps on offense and 748 snaps on defense and was still incredibly productive despite the enormous amount of snaps.
Hunter had 96 catches for 1,258 yards with 15 touchdowns as a wide receiver, while he had 35 tackles with four interceptions, 11 passes defended, and one forced fumble as a cornerback.
The top NFL Draft prospect told CBS Sports that no team has asked him to only play one-way, but if a team decides to ask him to play one-way in the future, they already have their answer.
The Tennessee Titans seem locked in on taking Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick, which would leave the Cleveland Browns with a chance to select Hunter, star pass rusher Abdul Carter, or Hunter’s college teammate Shedeur Sanders.
Browns general manager Andrew Berry spoke about what position he views Hunter as at the NFL Combine in February.
"In terms of Travis Hunter, cornerback or receiver, the answer is 'yes.' He can play both, and I think that's what makes him special. But we would see him as a receiver primarily first. But I think what makes him a bit of a unicorn is that he can do both at a high level."
If Hunter dominates both sides of the ball like he did at the college level, the NFL team that drafts him will be very happy.
A school district in Maine is moving to comply with the current federal definition of Title IX and ban biological male trans athletes from girls' sports, while the state government fights to enable trans inclusion.
The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously on Monday night to comply with Title IX, "recognizing only two sexes - biological male and biological female and that all private spaces be separated by biological sex."
MSAD #70 superintendent Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that, due to this vote, he is now directed to amend the district's policies to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls' sports.
"The motion directs me to rewrite our policies to adhere to the motion. It is my interpretation that the school board will be looking to approve policies that align biological sex to their specific athletic teams too i.e. biological males will be playing with only other biological males and same for biological females. These policies will need to be approved by the policy committee and the board once rewritten," Putnam said.
MSAD #70 is based in Hodgdon in Aroostook County. It is the northernmost county in the state and voted for President Donald Trump by a margin of 18% in the November election. The county also voted for two Republican state senators and seven Republican state House representatives.
Now, the county's school district will be siding with Trump and its Republican lawmakers in the ongoing battle over trans athlete inclusion in girls' sports.
Putnam told Fox News Digital that the district has had no communication with state authorities, including the attorney general, the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) or the Maine Principal's Association (MPA) about the recent vote.
"We have not had communication over this specific motion. Our board, similar to many people in Maine, have been following the back and forth communication between the federal government and the state. We are hoping for both sides to work together to help support local school districts like ourselves," Putnam said.
"With the rising educational costs, this is a time we need to work with each other and not against. The board and our staff's No. 1 priority is to provide our students with an education that will positively impact their future in our great state and country. I am proud to work for and be from our small community in Hodgdon, Maine. My hope is that all of our students will benefit from the leadership decisions that are made at the local, state and national level."
Maine state Rep. Tracy Quint, one of the Republicans who represents Aroostook County, praised MSAD #70 for its vote.
"I’m encouraged to see our local Maine community standing up for our students by upholding Title IX protections. Ensuring fairness, safety and privacy for every student should always come before politics. I urge other school districts across the state to follow this example and prioritize the well-being of all their students," Quint told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Maine Attorney General's Office and Gov. Janet Mills' office for comment.
The state is currently facing immense federal pressure to comply with Trump's February executive order to ban trans athletes from girls' and women's sports, but has firmly defied the order under Mills' leadership.
Maine has been referred to the Department of Justice twice over the last month, and faces a federal funding freeze by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Maine officials filed a lawsuit against the USDA last Monday in response to the agency’s decision to freeze funding.
A federal judge ruled Friday that the USDA "must immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine's alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX."
The state's divide on trans inclusion was then brought to light when Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby identified a trans athlete in a social media post who won a girls' pole vault competition for Greely High School in February.
Libby was censured for her social media post on the premise she identified a minor by name and with a photo. However, Libby has since filed a lawsuit to have the censure overturned, arguing the trans athlete had already been identified by other media prior to her post. The lawsuit has gone to trial in a Rhode Island district court.
In addition to the incident involving the pole vaulter at Greely High School, other instances have affected multiple girls across the state who have had to compete with and share locker rooms with biological males.
Maine teen Cassidy Carlisle told Fox News Digital about how she had to share a locker room with a trans student while in middle school. She then had to compete with another trans athlete in Nordic skiing last year.
"The defeat that comes with that in that moment is heartbreaking," Carlisle said. "I'm just in shock in a way. I didn't believe it.… I didn't think it was happening to me."
A survey by the American Parents Coalition found that out of about 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed it’s "only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women."
The poll also found that 60% of residents would support a ballot measure limiting participationinwomen’s and girls' sports tobiological females. This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents with kids under age 18.
After finishing third in the Masters, Patrick Reed has moved up to No. 49 in the world ranking, which at the very least assures a spot in the PGA Championship.
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Bryson DeChambeau was paired with Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Masters on Sunday, but the two apparently didn’t exchange any words during the tense day that saw both golfers struggle until the end.
Speaking to the media after shooting a 75 and finishing the tournament 7 under, the LIV Golf star revealed that he didn't speak once with McIlroy during the final pairing.
"No idea," DeChambeau said of how McIlroy was after the round. "Didn’t talk to me once all day."
DeChambeau said he enjoyed the excitement of the day, but said his partner appeared zoned in.
"He was just like ‘eh.’ Just being focused I guess. That’s not me, though."
DeChambeau later said when asked if he tried to initiate conversation with McIlroy that "He wouldn’t talk to me."
Despite a blunder-filled day, McIlroy completed the career slam with his first win at Augusta National after defeating Justin Rose in a one hole playoff on 18 after Rose missed a 15-foot putt for birdie.
DeChambeau shared in the shock on McIlroy’s biggest blunder of the day on 13 when McIlroy missed his mark by 20 yards on his second shot. The ball disappeared into Rae's Creek and led to a double bogey.
"I wanted to cry for him. As a professional, you just know to hit it in the middle of the green, and I can’t believe he went for it, or must have just flared it,’’ he said. "I’ve hit bad shots in my career, too, and it happens. When you’re trying to win a major championship, especially out here, Sunday of Augusta, the Masters, you have to just do it and get the job done and do it right."
It wasn’t pretty, but McIlroy joined rare company with his win at Augusta, becoming just the sixth golfer in history to win all four majors.
"There were points in my career where I didn’t know if I would have this nice garment over my shoulders. But I didn’t make it easy today. I certainly didn’t make it easy. I was nervous," McIlroy said.
"It was one of the toughest days I’ve ever had on the golf course."
Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison said he has "no regrets on the trade" that sent franchise cornerstone Luka Doncic to the Lakers. Instead, Harrison preached patience and the importance of defense while addressing a group of reporters Tuesday.
