Soccer-While women's soccer boasts fierce LGBT advocates, FIFA reviews transgender rules

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 21, 2023 Former tennis player Martina Navratilova acknowledges the fans during the presentation of her Golden Racket 2023 award before the men's singles final REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - U.S. soccer veteran Megan Rapinoe raised the ire of retired tennis great Martina Navratilova when she said this week she would "absolutely" support a trans woman playing on the American squad.

The inclusion of transgender athletes in women's events is one of the most contentious and divisive issues in sport with World Athletics and World Aquatics among global federations that have tightened their rules in recent months.