Your first news reminds me of this one from Spain:

Volleyball Federation prevents a girl with Down Syndrome from playing the Cup

The Royal Spanish Volleyball Federation (RFEVB) prevents a 14-year-old girl with Down Syndrome from participating with her team in the VII Spanish Children's Cup because she is one year older than the players in her category, despite the support of her club.

The girl, Laia, has been playing since 2011 with the same team of the Esplugues Volleyball Club of Barcelona, which has proposed to the federation to give all their games for lost in exchange for allowing her to participate with her teammates, as explained by her mother, Marta Montserrat.