Transgender women will be prohibited from playing for female soccer teams in England starting on June 1, the English Football Association (FA) announced Thursday.

Transgender women will be banned from playing on women's soccer teams in England 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 testosterone

"Transgender women will no longer be able to play" women's soccer in England, the national Football Association says after a key U.K. ruling.