Category: Sport
British female track and field athletes are being told they may need to pay for their own eligibility tests to compete in international competitions under new requirements tied to World Athletics regulations. World Athletics — the global governing body for athletics — now requires athletes competing in the women’s category at major championships and Diamond […]
Rainbow Games trustee Paea Longopoa shares her journey growing up queer in a Tongan family in Auckland, navigating culture, identity and finding belonging through rugby and Pacific-led rainbow spaces. Paea Longopoa grew up in Auckland as the only daughter in a Tongan family of five children. Her parents migrated from Tonga in the early 1970s, […]
A transgender amateur cricketer says she feels “completely heartbroken” after being abruptly barred from her local club following a policy change by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Lily — whose name has been changed to protect her identity — had played at her local club for years, serving as captain, coaching junior teams […]
Former West Coast Eagles player Mitch Brown has shared that he feels “at peace” since publicly coming out as bisexual last year. Brown, who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for a decade, made history in August when he became one of the first former players from the men’s competition to come out as […]
Queer athletes have delivered a historic performance at the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, securing a record-breaking number of medals and marking a milestone moment for LGBTQ+ representation in sport. Of the 49 publicly out LGBTQ+ competitors who took part in the Games — which concluded on Sunday (22 February) — 19 athletes claimed medals in […]
At 25, Destanee Aiava has revealed she will step away from professional tennis at the conclusion of the 2026 season. Currently sitting at world No. 236 on the WTA Tour, Aiava has rarely dominated headlines for her ranking alone. However, her announcement has generated discussion well beyond the sport’s usual performance metrics. A Career High […]
Condoms distributed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are reportedly being resold online for as much as £90, after supplies in the Olympic Village ran out within days. The Games officially began on 6 February, with around 2,871 athletes staying in the Olympic Village. Free condoms — a long-standing Olympic tradition promoting safe sex […]
German football referee Pascal Kaiser has reportedly been attacked for a second time, just days after being assaulted at his home following a widely shared on-pitch marriage proposal. On 30 January, the 29-year-old proposed to his partner Moritz at Cologne’s RheinEnergieStadion, in front of nearly 50,000 spectators ahead of a match between FC Köln and […]