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23 December 2009Rugby star Gareth Thomas’ relief at coming out 5 Gareth Thomas, the former Wales Rugby captain, has spoken of his relief at being able to come out. -
19 December 2009Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas reveals he’s gay 87 Gareth Thomas, the former Wales Rugby captain has come out as gay in an emotional interview with the Daily Mail.
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10 December 2009TUC announces new coalition to tackle homophobia in football 4 The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has unveiled a new alliance to help stamp out homophobia in football. -
4 December 2009Gay hurling star wins book award 11 Donal Og Cusack, the Irish hurling star who came out in his autobiography, has won a prestigious award for the book. -
3 November 2009Danish club fires footballer for ‘I hate gays’ comment 47 Polish goalkeeper Arek Onyszko has been fired by FC Midtjylland, a Danish football club, for making homophobic comments in his autobiography. -
2 November 2009Debate looks at homophobia in football 1 Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion campaign, concluded its One Game, One Community weeks of action campaign last week with an event at Brighton and Hove Albion FC to debate the issue of homophobia in football
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28 October 2009NFL star Larry Johnson suspended for anti-gay slurs 6 American football star Larry Johnson has been suspended for allegedly making homophobic comments on Twitter. -
23 October 2009Brighton event to address homophobia in football 1 Kick It Out, the Football Association's group for tackling homophobia and racism, is holding an event next week to discuss the problem of homophobia in football.
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23 October 2009Comment: Guilty bystanders and alpha male eunuchs 3 Efforts to kick homophobia out of football will go nowhere if players and fans don’t have the balls to stand up to the bigots, Adrian Tippetts argues.
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22 October 2009Gay Scottish football club celebrates Stonewall award nomination + HotScots FC has been nominated for Sports Award of the Year at the annual Stonewall awards. -
20 October 2009Gay Irish hurling star says family have been hurt by homophobic slurs 10 Dónal Óg Cusack, the hurling star who recently revealed he was gay, has said his mother will not attend his matches because of the homophobic abuse she hears.
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19 October 2009Irish sports star Dónal Óg Cusack reveals he’s gay 41 Top Irish hurler Dónal Óg Cusack has come out.
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14 October 2009French Muslim football side kicked out of league in row over gay team 22 A Muslim football team who initially refused to play against a gay team and then appeared to back down have been kicked out of their league.
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12 October 2009French Muslim football team will play against gay side 23 A French Muslim team who apparently refused to play against a gay side have said the row was a "misunderstanding".
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6 October 2009French gay football club snubbed by Muslim team 29 A gay football club in France is protesting after a Muslim side refused to play against it.
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30 September 2009Cleveland, Ohio, chosen to host Gay Games 2014 2 The Ohio city of Cleveland has been picked to host the 2014 Gay Games, beating Boston and Washington DC. -
24 September 2009Bullfighter to advertise gay drink on cape 14 A Spanish matador has agreed to advertise a drink aimed at gay men in the ring. -
24 September 2009Should gay sports stars come out of the closet? 18 Sport has been close to the top of the gay news agenda for several months, with the publication of Stonewall's report of homphobia in football and a PinkNews.co.uk series of stories on the issue, including an exclusive interview with PR guru Max Clifford. -
17 September 2009Football Association chief promises to prioritise tackling homophobia + Football Association chairman Lord Triesman has promised to make tackling homophobia in the game a priority.
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16 September 2009Fans cleared of homophobic chants at footballer Sol Campbell 6 A 14-year-old boy and a 42-year-old man who were found guilty of shouting "disgusting" homophobic abuse at footballer Sol Campbell have had their convictions overturned.
