Quidditch changes name to quadball after JK Rowling’s trans statements

• Governing bodies have also cited commercial reasons
• Sport was developed from game in Harry Potter series

Quidditch, a sport created for the fictional world of Harry Potter before spreading to US college campuses, is changing its name to quadball.

In December, two of the sport's major governing bodies, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch, said they were considering a name change due to sponsorship and broadcast opportunities" that had been lost because Warner Bros, which produces the Harry Potter film series, owns the copyright for the sport's present name.