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18 January 2012
German FA head: Gay players should have ‘courage’ to come out
The head of the German Football Association has again urged gay professional football players to come out.
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18 January 2012
Gareth Thomas in ‘£7m shandy takeover’
Gay rugby icon Gareth Thomas has reportedly taken over a Welsh drinks company along a former team-mate after deliberations about his career.
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17 January 2012
Unwitting British teen joins rainbow protest at Australian Open
Rising British tennis star Laura Robson inadvertently found herself party to controversy surrounding a flag-waving protest at the Australian Open yesterday.
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16 January 2012
Germany captain: Society cannot accept gay footballers
Bayern Munich and German football captain Philipp Lahm does not believe society is ready to accept gay professional footballers, saying: “The football stadium is rarely politically correct.
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16 January 2012
Call for rainbow flags as Australian Open starts
As the Australian Open began today, a group is calling for fans to raise rainbow flags to protest in a "peaceful, non-disruptive" way against anti-gay comments made by former tennis champion Margaret Court.
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16 January 2012
Lee Steele apologises for ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Gareth Thomas tweet
Sacked footballer Lee Steele has apologised for his comment about gay rugby star Gareth Thomas in a statement issued by his new club, Nantwich Town FC, but has been charged by the FA for bringing the game into disrepute.
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11 January 2012
Oxford City dismisses player for Gareth Thomas tweet
Oxford City FC said today it had released Lee Steele from his obligations to the club after the player posted a comment on Twitter which was "seriously contrary to the ethos of the club".
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9 January 2012
Oxford City player misses match after Gareth Thomas tweet
Lee Steele holds the record for the fastest-ever goal by a Leighton Orient player, managing to score in 12 seconds while playing for the club in 2004, but waited until the following day to delete his tweet about the gay rugby star.
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6 January 2012
Gareth Thomas joins mixed line-up in Celebrity Big Brother
The rugby star joined contestants of varying levels of fame for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother, but was not the only housemate MC Romeo Dunn thought was gay.
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5 January 2012
Former tennis star Margaret Court “does not hate homosexual people”
One-time world champion tennis star Margaret Court has denied she "hates" gays, saying she has them in her church and works with them, but has added that young people "need to know it's a choice".
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22 December 2011
Football stewards “will wear headcams” to prevent homophobic abuse
Officials at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium in London have confirmed they will wear head-mounted video cameras to monitor abusive chants at a match tonight.
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20 December 2011
Caution follows further homophobic taunts at Brighton football match
A London football fan who shouted homophobic abuse at a Brighton football match has been formally cautioned after discussing the incident in an online forum.
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15 December 2011
Former tennis star Margaret Court serves up controversy over gay marriage
Margaret Court, once the world's number one female tennis player, well-known for her anti-gay views, has sparked a heated row with other former champions after saying gays were "aggressively demanding marriage rights that are not theirs to take."
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12 December 2011
Fans say football clubs and agents to blame for lack of gay players
A survey of 3,500 football fans says they blame football agents and clubs for the lack of openly gay players.
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1 December 2011
Rugby stars don red boxers in order to ‘Stand Up, Stand Out’
Rugby stars and celebrities have lent their support to a campaign which urges the public to help support people living with HIV by wearing red this December.
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18 January 2012German FA head: Gay players should have ‘courage’ to come out 24 The head of the German Football Association has again urged gay professional football players to come out.
18 January 2012Gareth Thomas in ‘£7m shandy takeover’ 14 Gay rugby icon Gareth Thomas has reportedly taken over a Welsh drinks company along a former team-mate after deliberations about his career.
17 January 2012Unwitting British teen joins rainbow protest at Australian Open 12 Rising British tennis star Laura Robson inadvertently found herself party to controversy surrounding a flag-waving protest at the Australian Open yesterday.
16 January 2012Germany captain: Society cannot accept gay footballers 61 Bayern Munich and German football captain Philipp Lahm does not believe society is ready to accept gay professional footballers, saying: “The football stadium is rarely politically correct.
16 January 2012Call for rainbow flags as Australian Open starts 4 As the Australian Open began today, a group is calling for fans to raise rainbow flags to protest in a "peaceful, non-disruptive" way against anti-gay comments made by former tennis champion Margaret Court.
16 January 2012Lee Steele apologises for ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Gareth Thomas tweet 16 Sacked footballer Lee Steele has apologised for his comment about gay rugby star Gareth Thomas in a statement issued by his new club, Nantwich Town FC, but has been charged by the FA for bringing the game into disrepute.
6 January 2012Gareth Thomas joins mixed line-up in Celebrity Big Brother 30 The rugby star joined contestants of varying levels of fame for the new series of Celebrity Big Brother, but was not the only housemate MC Romeo Dunn thought was gay.
5 January 2012Former tennis star Margaret Court “does not hate homosexual people” 79 One-time world champion tennis star Margaret Court has denied she "hates" gays, saying she has them in her church and works with them, but has added that young people "need to know it's a choice".
22 December 2011Football stewards “will wear headcams” to prevent homophobic abuse 23 Officials at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane stadium in London have confirmed they will wear head-mounted video cameras to monitor abusive chants at a match tonight.
1 December 2011Rugby stars don red boxers in order to ‘Stand Up, Stand Out’ 33 Rugby stars and celebrities have lent their support to a campaign which urges the public to help support people living with HIV by wearing red this December.
