Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in women’s soccer in England after a policy change prompted by a UK Supreme Court ruling on the matter, the FA said on Thursday.

Transgender women will be banned from playing on women's soccer teams in England and Scotland following a U.K. Supreme Court ruling last month, the sport's governing body said Thursday. The Football Association said it had decided to change its rules that had allowed transgender athletes to play on women's soccer if they had reduced

E ngland's Football Association will institute a ban on transgender women from competing in the sport at all levels, which will begin on June 1. The decision comes after the U.K.