Sport
- lifestyle
-
10 September 2010Gay referee Nigel Owens supports anti-suicide campaign 4 Gay rugby referee Nigel Owens is supporting a Samaritans campaign to prevent male suicides. -
8 September 2010French football club rejects gay player citing ‘trouble’ of sexuality 8 An amateur football club in eastern France has denied a player's request to return to the team in an attempt to avoid homophobia -
8 September 2010Australian swimmer keeps underwear deal after ‘homophobic’ comment 11 The Australian Olympic swimmer who caused controversy with a comment on Twitter last week will keep her underwear deal with Davenport and Sunrice, but lose her Jaguar. -
7 September 2010Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice loses Jaguar contract over ‘homophobic’ Twitter comment 21 Australian Olympic swimming champion Stephanie Rice has been dropped by Jaguar, with whom she had a sponsorship agreement, following her homophobic Twitter comment last Saturday.
-
6 September 2010Olympic medallist Stephanie Rice apologises for homophobic tweet 22 Australian Olympic swimming gold medallist Stephanie Rice has apologised for a homophbic message posted on the social media platform Twitter. -
2 September 2010Gay Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham urges footballers to come out 8 Gay Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham has encouraged gay Australian Football League (AFL) players to feel safe and open about their sexuality. -
31 August 2010Big turnout for Gay Sports Day Bank Holiday fundraiser in London 2 A Gay Sports day organised by GMFA, the gay men's health charity, was held in Vauxhall, south-west London yesterday, or order to help raise essential funds for gay men’s health and the local community. -
17 August 2010Clare Balding to hold women’s golf fundraiser 3 Broadcaster Clare Balding and her civil partner Alice Arnold will hold a women's golf challenge to raise money for gay equality charity Stonewall. -
13 August 2010London announces bid to host tenth gay games in 2018 6 London is bidding to host the tenth Gay Games in 2018. -
6 August 2010Gareth Thomas ‘questioned coming out’ after anti-gay abuse 8 Gay rugby player Gareth Thomas said he briefly questioned whether he should have come out when fans shouted homophobic abuse at him during a match. -
6 August 20102012 Olympics chiefs urged to highlight London’s ‘diverse communities’ 4 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is to meet the organisers of the London 2012 Olympics next week to urge them to promote London's diverse communities. -
6 August 2010Gay icon and rugby star Ben Cohen supports Gay Sports Day 8 England rugby union star and gay icon Ben Cohen has given his support to this year's Gay Sports Day. -
16 July 2010John Amaechi says gay sports stars shouldn’t come out too soon 26 Gay former basketball star John Amaechi has said that gay sportsmen and women should not rush to come out if they do not feel ready. -
14 July 2010Tennis is ‘most gay-friendly sport’ 5 A poll of gay men and lesbians has found that tennis is seen as the most gay-friendly sport. -
14 July 2010Germany’s World Cup team ‘a bunch of gays’, says captain’s agent 15 German football has been hit by controversy after the agent of injured captain Michael Ballack was reported to have described the World Cup team as a "bunch of gays". -
13 July 2010Football study finds 93% of fans disapprove of anti-gay abuse 4 A study of more than 2,000 football fans has found that the vast majority frown upon homophobic abuse shouted from the terraces.
-
12 July 2010Castleford rugby club bans three fans for Gareth Thomas abuse 2 Castleford Tigers rugby club said on Friday it had banned three fans for shouting homophobic abuse at Welsh player Gareth Thomas.
-
12 July 2010Gay basketball star John Amaechi becomes LGBT History Month patron + Former NBA basketball player John Amaechi has become a patron of LGBT History Month.
-
8 July 2010Caster Semenya to return to sport after gender controversy 5 The African runner Caster Semenya has been given the all-clear by the IAAF over her gender tests and will compete this month, her agent says. -
5 July 2010Feature: Football’s last taboo 7 Why has so little advancement been made around homophobia in football in the last 30 years? Ben Riley-Smith meets gay grassroots players to find out more about the sport's last taboo.
