The 16th season of the Indian Premier League is just a day away and the fans are geared up for the latest edition of India's cricket carnival. The 2023 IPL has some new rules - one of them is - the organisers have introduced the concept of impact player. Watch the video to know more such rules.

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In the NBA, defending champions, Golden State Warriors stormed back from 20 points down to beat the New Orleans Pelicans and boost their chances of sealing an automatic playoff spot.

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World Athletics (WA), the international governing body for the sport of athletics on Thursday, announced that it had banned transgender athletes from participating in "elite female events." The stricter regulations surrounding one of the most contentious and divisive problems in the world of sports follow a similar move made by World Aquatics in 2022. As per Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, the decision to exclude transgender women who had experienced male puberty was reached to meet the "overarching need to protect the female category." As per AFP, the governing body has also tightened testosterone requirements for other athletes.&nbsp;

The World Athletics Council has&nbsp;decided to limit plasma testosterone levels for athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD) from the current five nanomoles per litre to 2.5 nanomoles per litre.

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Additionally, DSD athletes will have to reduce testosterone levels below the set limit for at least 24 months to be eligible to compete. Earlier, they could participate after maintaining the requisite limit for merely 12 months.

The term DSD refers to athletes who have male testes but whose bodies do not produce enough of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to be able to form male external genitalia.

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Citing WA president Coe, AFP reports that the International Olympic Committee, 40 member federations, coaches, athletes, as well as a variety of community organisations, including trans groups, and experts from the United Nations, were consulted before reaching this decision.

Last year, Swimming's world governing body, World Aquatics, in a similar move had barred transgender women who had experienced any part of male puberty from entering the elite competition. The decision as per AFP came after a scientific panel found that in spite of reducing testosterone levels via medication, trans women still wielded a significant advantage over female athletes.

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World Athletics (WA), the international governing body for the sport of athletics on Thursday, announced that it had banned transgender athletes from participating in "elite female events.

World Athletics (WA), the international governing body for the sport of athletics on Thursday, announced that it had banned transgender athletes from participating in "elite female events." The stricter regulations surrounding one of the most contentious and divisive problems in the world of sports follow a similar move made by World Aquatics in 2022. As per Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, the decision to exclude transgender women who had experienced male puberty was reached to meet the "overarching need to protect the female category." As per AFP, the governing body has also tightened testosterone requirements for other athletes. The World Athletics Council has decided to limit plasma testosterone levels for athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD) from the current five nanomoles per litre to 2.5 nanomoles per litre. Also read | Scottish Rugby bans transgender women from playing contact rugby, starting February 1 Additionally, DSD athletes will have to reduce testosterone levels below the set limit for at least 24 months to be eligible to compete. Earlier, they could participate after maintaining the requisite limit for merely 12 months. The term DSD refers to athletes who have male testes but whose bodies do not produce enough of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to be able to form male external genitalia. Also read | Florida set to extend the ambit of 'Don't say gay' law to all school grades Citing WA president Coe, AFP reports that the International Olympic Committee, 40 member federations, coaches, athletes, as well as a variety of community organisations, including trans groups, and experts from the United Nations, were consulted before reaching this decision. Last year, Swimming's world governing body, World Aquatics, in a similar move had barred transgender women who had experienced any part of male puberty from entering the elite competition. The decision as per AFP came after a scientific panel found that in spite of reducing testosterone levels via medication, trans women still wielded a significant advantage over female athletes. (With inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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The most awaited cricket T20 tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 31, 2023. This year, Gujarat Titans will compete with Chennai Super Kings in the first match of IPL 2023 at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad.

The most awaited cricket T20 tournament, Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 31, 2023. This year, Gujarat Titans will compete with Chennai Super Kings in the first match of IPL 2023 at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad. Ten teams divided into two groups will compete. According to the official website, the first game will begin at 03:30 PM IST, while evening games will begin at 07:30 PM IST. However, things at IPL 2023 are a bit different as some amendments to the rules and formats have been made, including the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) restoring the home-and-away method of conducting the matches in the 16th edition of IPL. The IPL will continue for 52 days across 12 different venues. Here's the time, schedule, venues and everything you should know about the Indian Premier League 2023. IPL 2023 Teams: Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Challengers Lucknow Super Giants Chennai Super Kings Punjab Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Gujrat Titians Team Captains: IPL 2023 Team IPL Captains 2023 All Teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Rajasthan Royals (RR) Sanju Samson Punjab Kings (PBSK) Mayank Agrawal Mumbai Indians (MI) Rohit Sharma Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Shreyas Iyer Delhi Capitals (DC) David Warner Sunrise Hyderabad (SRH) Kane Williamson Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Faf Du Plessis Lucknow Super Joints (LSG) KL Rahul Gujarat Titans (GT) Hardik Pandya IPL 2023 Groups: IPL 2023 Group A Teams IPL 2023 Group B Teams Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals Punjab Kings Lucknow Super Giants Gujrat Titans IPL 2023 Squad: Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane Delhi Capitals (DC): Rishabh Pant (C), Aman Khan (T), David Warner, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Phil Salt Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Raj Angad Bawa, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Nathan Ellis, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis (C), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Hrithik Shokeen, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff (T), Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Mohd. Arshad Khan, N. Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Duan Jansen, Piyush Chawla, Jhye Richardson, Cameron Green Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran Gujrat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson IPL 2023 Schedule: Match Day Day Date IPL Match Time Home Team Away Team Venue 1 Fri 31-Mar-23 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans Chennai Super Kings Ahmedabad 2 Sat 01-Apr-23 3:30 PM Punjab Kings Kolkata Knight Riders Mohali 2 Sat 01-Apr-23 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Delhi Capitals Lucknow 3 Sun 02-Apr-23 3:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad 3 Sun 02-Apr-23 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Bengaluru 4 Mon 03-Apr-23 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Lucknow Super Giants Chennai 5 Tue 04-Apr-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Gujarat Titans Delhi 6 Wed 05-Apr-23 7:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Punjab Kings Guwahati 7 Thu 06-Apr-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata 8 Fri 07-Apr-23 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow 9 Sat 08-Apr-23 3:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Delhi Capitals Guwahati 9 Sat 08-Apr-23 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians Chennai Super Kings Mumbai 10 Sun 09-Apr-23 3:30 PM Gujarat Titans Kolkata Knight Riders Ahmedabad 10 Sun 09-Apr-23 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Punjab Kings Hyderabad 11 Mon 10-Apr-23 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Lucknow Super Giants Bengaluru 12 Tue 11-Apr-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Mumbai Indians Delhi 13 Wed 12-Apr-23 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Rajasthan Royals Chennai 14 Thu 13-Apr-23 7:30 PM Punjab Kings Gujarat Titans Mohali 15 Fri 14-Apr-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata 16 Sat 15-Apr-23 3:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Capitals Bengaluru 16 Sat 15-Apr-23 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Punjab Kings Lucknow 17 Sun 16-Apr-23 3:30 PM Mumbai Indians Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai 17 Sun 16-Apr-23 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad 18 Mon 17-Apr-23 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai Super Kings Bengaluru 19 Tue 18-Apr-23 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai Indians Hyderabad 20 Wed 19-Apr-23 7:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Lucknow Super Giants Jaipur 21 Thu 20-Apr-23 3:30 PM Punjab Kings Royal Challengers Bangalore Mohali 21 Thu 20-Apr-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi 22 Fri 21-Apr-23 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Sunrisers Hyderabad Chennai 23 Sat 22-Apr-23 3:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Gujarat Titans Lucknow 23 Sat 22-Apr-23 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Mumbai 24 Sun 23-Apr-23 3:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Rajasthan Royals Bengaluru 24 Sun 23-Apr-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai Super Kings Kolkata 25 Mon 24-Apr-23 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi Capitals Hyderabad 26 Tue 25-Apr-23 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans Mumbai Indians Ahmedabad 27 Wed 26-Apr-23 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Knight Riders Bengaluru 28 Thu 27-Apr-23 7:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings Jaipur 29 Fri 28-Apr-23 7:30 PM Punjab Kings Lucknow Super Giants Mohali 30 Sat 29-Apr-23 3:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Gujarat Titans Kolkata 30 Sat 29-Apr-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Sunrisers Hyderabad Delhi 31 Sun 30-Apr-23 3:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Punjab Kings Chennai 31 Sun 30-Apr-23 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Mumbai 32 Mon 01-May-23 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Royal Challengers Bangalore Lucknow 33 Tue 02-May-23 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans Delhi Capitals Ahmedabad 34 Wed 03-May-23 7:30 PM Punjab Kings Mumbai Indians Mohali 35 Thu 04-May-23 3:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Chennai Super Kings Lucknow 35 Thu 04-May-23 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Knight Riders Hyderabad 36 Fri 05-May-23 7:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Gujarat Titans Jaipur 37 Sat 06-May-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi 38 Sun 07-May-23 3:30 PM Gujarat Titans Lucknow Super Giants Ahmedabad 38 Sun 07-May-23 7:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Sunrisers Hyderabad Jaipur 39 Mon 08-May-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Punjab Kings Kolkata 40 Tue 09-May-23 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai 41 Wed 10-May-23 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Chennai 42 Thu 11-May-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Rajasthan Royals Kolkata 43 Fri 12-May-23 7:30 PM Mumbai Indians Gujarat Titans Mumbai 44 Sat 13-May-23 3:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Lucknow Super Giants Hyderabad 44 Sat 13-May-23 7:30 PM Delhi Capitals Punjab Kings Delhi 45 Sun 14-May-23 3:30 PM Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Jaipur 45 Sun 14-May-23 7:30 PM Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai 46 Mon 15-May-23 7:30 PM Gujarat Titans Sunrisers Hyderabad Ahmedabad 47 Tue 16-May-23 7:30 PM Lucknow Super Giants Mumbai Indians Lucknow 48 Wed 17-May-23 7:30 PM Punjab Kings Delhi Capitals Dharamshala 49 Thu 18-May-23 7:30 PM Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad 50 Fri 19-May-23 7:30 PM Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Dharamshala 51 Sat 20-May-23 3:30 PM Delhi Capitals Chennai Super Kings Delhi 51 Sat 20-May-23 7:30 PM Kolkata Knight Riders Lucknow Super Giants Kolkata 52 Sun 21-May-23 3:30 PM Mumbai Indians Sunrisers Hyderabad Mumbai 52 Sun 21-May-23 7:30 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore Gujarat Titans Bengaluru IPL 2023 Venues: M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai D Y Patil Sports Stadium in Mumbai Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

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The 2026 football world cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico is going to be a marathon affair with FIFA confirming a record 104 matches in the showpiece event. The tournament will be the first to include 48 teams.

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Manchester United who are up for sale - the deadline to submit bids is just a few hours away and a Qatar-based consortium appears to be one of the front runners to buy the club from the Glazer family.

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Why was Virat Kohli removed from ODI captaincy in 2021? Why did Virat Kohli challenge Sourav Ganguly before the world and why was Virat Kohli? The answers are all in this video. Watch the video to know more.

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Charges of rape and assault have been dropped under Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood. The key witnesses withdrew their involvement from the probe. Manchester United will now conduct their own investigation.

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France defender Raphael Varane has announced retirement from international football, ending a 10-year career. Varane took to social media to inform his retirement, he wrote, 'Representing our beautiful country for a decade has been one of the greatest honours of my life'. Watch the video to know more about it.

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The man who led India to the Olympics Gold in 1980, Vasudevan Baskaran spoke to WION about the Hockey World Cup final between Belgium and Germany and said, "If you see from the very first round, the hockey played at the league stage was little fury as every team wanted to not lose a point but when it went on three quarter, the hockey was different." Watch the video to know more about what he said.

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Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on field Monday night during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. The 24-year-old fell to the ground in the game's first quarter after a tackle with the Bengals' Tee Higgins. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. The player is now showing remarkable improvement and is making a steady progress.

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