U.S. star women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe, who will be on the Olympic team, answered “we’re out there” when asked when a high-profile player would come out. It was a rather novel way to answer the question. Here is the appropriate part from a video interview with Rapinoe on KickTV (video below): Q: Do you [...]
Posts under ‘Soccer’
Eye on sports: Our favorite photos of the week
We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include celebrating a no-hitter, rugby practice, a shirtless soccer celebration, spring college football, baseball, NHL playoffs, Aussie Rules Football and track and field. Click image for larger, full-sized view and on that image for the largest view: Share on Facebook
ESPN airs English soccer game, riling up the “soccer is gay” idiots on Twitter
For the first time, an English Premier soccer game was shown on ESPN’s main channel. It was a huge match, with first place on the line between Manchester and Manchester City (City won, 1-0). The game started at 2:30 p.m. EDT on a Monday, meaning there was nothing else going on in sports and ESPN [...]
Cesare Prandelli, manager of Italian national soccer team, wants gays to come out
Cesare Claudio Prandelli, manager of Italy’s national soccer team, has written the foreword to a book on homosexuality and sport. Prandelli has been a fixture in the Italian soccer world since the 1970s. In his foreword he talks about the importance of ending homophobia in sports and advocates for athletes to come out: Homophobia is [...]
Eye on sports: Our favorite photos of the week
We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball and soccer celebrations, college football in the spring, the NBA, fencing, Olympic trials kayaking, swimming and Cristiano Ronaldo. Click image for larger view (and on that image for an even larger view): Share on Facebook
Former pro soccer player Paul Elliott takes aim at homophobia
Since a premature retirement in 1994, English pro soccer player Paul Elliott has worked to fight the racism he faced as a player. Now he’s turning his attention to the next big issue facing soccer. He was asked by FIFA.com: “Where do you see the next challenge for football in fighting discrimination?” Homophobia is a [...]
Gay4Soccer gets some play on straight soccer vlog The Mixer
What a fun surprise to see mainstream soccer vlog The Mixer (for KickTV) interviewing Gay4Soccer.com founder Chris Billig (video after the jump). My favorite part of the interview is host Jimmy Conrad asking Billig whom he thinks are the three hottest soccer players. I love it because straight sports fans aren’t supposed to care about “what [...]
Eye on sports: Our favorite photos of the week
We present our favorite photos of the past sports week. This week’s offerings include baseball’s opening day, college basketball, track and field, Aussie Rules Football, swimming and soccer. Share on Facebook
Pro soccer player Lance Parker talks about gay fans, teammates and marriage
Lance Parker of FC Edmonton is something like Clark Kent, with two “professional identities.” One is that of professional soccer player; Formerly with Major League Soccer, Parker now plays in the North American Soccer League. His season debut with FC Edmonton is April 7. Parker is also a burgeoning model whose face and body can [...]
Borussia Dortmund soccer club bans fans for anti-gay sign
Fighting homophobia in European soccer has been stuck in neutral — one step forward, one step back — for years. The latest step forward is action taken by German soccer club Borussia Dortmund to ban fans who held a homophobic sign at the club’s March 17 match against Werder Bremen. The club handed out the [...]
Anton Hysen has moves like Jagger
Out pro Swedish soccer player Anton Hysen took the stage for Just Dance, Sweden’s version of Dancing With The Stars. While the routine wasn’t super complicated, Hysen showed a real knack for dance. In the video below, he cha-chas his booty to Maroon 5′s Moves Like Jagger. Too bad they didn’t give him a male [...]
Soccer player Colin Clark suspended 3 games for calling ball boy a “faggot”
Major League Soccer has handed down the punishment to Colin Clark of the Houston Dynamo for calling a ball boy a “faggot” — a three-game suspension with pay, a fine and he must undergo sensitivity training. From MLSoccer.com: “Major League Soccer will not tolerate this type of behavior from its players or staff at any [...]
What punishment should Colin Clark get for calling ball boy “faggot”?
Major League Soccer is investigating Friday’s incident where Houston Dynamo player Colin Clark called a ball boy a “faggot” during a game in Seattle. Clark was mad that the ball boy threw in a ball low, forcing him to bend down to pick it up. Via Twitter, Clark said he was sorry, and asked to [...]
Houston Dynamo soccer player Colin Clark apologizes after calling ball boy “faggot”
Colin Clark, a midfielder for the Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer, apologized on his Twitter feed after calling a ball boy a “faggot” during a game Friday in Seattle (video below). From the AP via ESPN.com: Clark … can be seen in a video replay jogging toward the sideline for a throw-in, appearing to [...]
John Fashanu claims brother Justin Fashanu was not gay
John Fashanu, brother of the late Justin Fashanu (right), claims his brother was not gay and “came out” simply to get attention. John, himself a former professional footballer, said last week: My daughter was very close to her uncle and it has taken a long time for her to understand that Justin wasn’t really gay, [...]
David Testo hopes being openly gay hasn’t stopped soccer teams from signing him
David Testo came out last year as an openly gay soccer player after leaving the Montreal Impact. He is still looking for a job and told Britain’s Sky Sports he hopes the lack of interest has nothing to do with his public sexuality: “I hope that I wasn’t let go because I was gay. I [...]
UEFA says it doesn’t have time to investigate homophobia in soccer
The Union of European Football Associations won’t take any action after Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho called someone (allegedly referees) “maricones,” which is Spanish for “faggots.” In fact, UEFA spokesperson Veron Mossingo Omba said they won’t even look into the incident because they have better things to do: We have priorities and this is not [...]
Four English soccer players fined for homophobic Twitter comments
Federico Macheda of Manchester United, currently on loan at Queens Park Rangers, was among four players in English Premier League soccer to be fined for homophobic remarks on Twitter. Macheda, 20, was fined the $24,000 ($15,000 British pounds). Newcastle United’s Nile Ranger, was fined $9,500 and Walsall’s Manny Smith $1,900 for their homophobic tweets by [...]
“Gay icon” Freddie Ljungberg rumored for British “Celebrity Big Brother”
Former Calvin Klein model and longtime pro soccer player Freddie Ljungberg is being considered as a contestant in the next British “Celebrity Big Brother” as a way to boost the number of gay viewers. Reports the Daily Star: A CBB insider said: “The man is unbelievably attractive and won’t just have the girls hot under [...]
Four members of Australian pro soccer team ride on float in gay Mardi Gras parade
Four soccer players from the Sydney Olympic pro team in Australia rode on a float in this weekend’s gay Mardi Gras parade in Sydney to help promote solidarity and fight homophobia in sports. Brett Studman, Emmanuel Giannaros, Phillip Makrys and Will Angel rode on the float as guests of the Sydney Rangers, a gay soccer [...]