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No Issues Coming Out For Gay Athletes

The recent reaction to Ian Thorpe’s “Coming Out,” raised and continued to raise some interesting questions about gay athletes and their acceptance in the world in which they make a living. Hot on the heels of the Commonwealth Games, the

Grass Maybe Greener, But Is It Grass?

Often the best way to implement change is with events that have little media attention. If no one says anything then slowly those changes can spread further into a sport and gain momentum to be introduced at the highest level.

London’s Loss Could Be Beijing’s Gain

A fortnight ago we told of how FIFA had put the USA on standby to host the 2022 World Cup should Qatar end up losing hosting rights, and now the word is that the IOC have London on speed dial

Out of Puck

The USA Ice Hockey team in Sochi will have an added incentive to perform, after their team manager David Poile was hospitalised on Friday in a freak accident, just three days before the team was due to leave for Russia.

Never Hurry a Murray.

England’s Cricketers may have headed home with their tails between their legs but sports fans in the old country have an achievement to be proud of. Great Britain has made the quarter finals of the Davis Cup for the first