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Pinches is the player who forfeited a 2023 final in protest at the participation of Haynes and claimed on Monday she was told to leave Sunday’s event by Ultimate Pool. Credit: X / @JeanHatchet ...

Transgender pool player Harriet Haynes is reportedly suing one of the sport's governing bodies over a ban from female-only competitions. Haynes, who won a women's event in Wigan on Sunday night ...

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A transgender pool player who is banned from playing in some women’s events in England has defended her progress in the sport, saying it is down to her practice and coaching, just a day after ...

A transgender pool player who is banned from playing in some women’s events in England has defended her progress in the sport, saying it is down to her practice and coaching, just a day after facing ...

A decision to ban transgender women from ladies’ pool events was made after an “unreal” number of complaints from players, the chairman of an English sports body has said. Paul Thompson ...

Usually, this process has each person in the pool picking eight players, with each person's top six earning them points while the bottom two are tossed out. Essentially, in order to do well ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] Two transgender players faced-off in the final of a women's championship pool match on Sunday—adding fuel to the fiery social ...

The two players wound up facing each other in the semifinals of the U.K. Mini Series pool championships in October. Haynes won that matchup but lost the championship to a biological woman.