THE HOT CORNER

1 TRACK AND FIELD:

Two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya, 29, lost her long legal battle Tuesday against track and field’s rules that limit female runners’ naturally high testosterone levels. Switzerland’s supreme court said its judges dismissed Semenya’s appeal against a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last year that upheld the rules drafted by track’s governing body affecting female runners with differences of sex development (DSD). The 71-page ruling means Semenya cannot defend her Olympic 800-meter title at the Tokyo Games next year — or compete at any top meets in distances from 400 meters to the mile — unless she agrees to lower her testosterone level through medication or surgery. The South African has repeatedly said she will not do that.

2 SOCCER:

The start of World Cup qualifying for lower-ranked teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean was postponed Tuesday until next year. FIFA and regional soccer body CONCACAF said qualifiers that had been scheduled for October and November had to be pushed back because of travel and quarantine rules during the coronavirus pandemic.

3 PRO BASEBALL:

Gene Budig, the last American League president, died Tuesday. He was 81. No cause was given, but he had been in hospice in South Carolina. Budig became AL president in 1994 and held the job until baseball owners abolished league presidents under a reorganization in 2000.

4 COLLEGE FOOTBALL:

Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Robertson, who called Washington State football for more than 50 years before retiring during the 2018 season, died Sunday at the age of 91 in University Place, Wash.

5 PRO WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: The

Connecticut Sun clinched a WNBA playoff spot with an 85-70 win over Phoenix on Monday night.