Dar es Salaam, Feb. 6 -- WASHINGTON DC: United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to bar transgender athletes from competing in girls and womens sports.

Under the order signed on Wednesday, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls and women to participate in female sports and use female locker rooms.

The order also directs government agencies to promote sex-based female sports categories at international organisations and convene representatives of major athletic organisations and governing bodies to promote “policies that are fair and safe, in the best interests of female athletes”.

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