Category: Sport
The American player, who won Beach Pro Tour silver in Rarotonga earlier this year, says he wanted to be more open about who he is. American beach volleyball professional Alex Ukkelberg has come out publicly as gay, sharing a video about the years it took him to feel comfortable talking about his sexuality. Ukkelberg told […]
Two traditionally Democratic-leaning US states have voted to restrict transgender students’ participation in school sports, introducing new rules that LGBTQ+ advocates warn could exclude young people from teams and subject girls to additional scrutiny. Voters in Washington state and Colorado have approved separate ballot measures restricting participation in girls’ and women’s sports according to sex-based […]
More than 700 players from 12 countries and territories took over Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for Rainbow Games 2026, and the result was four days of medals, new friendships and a whole lot of belonging. The second Rainbow Games ran from 29 October to 1 November, building on the success of the inaugural event in 2024. […]
It’s the last hurrah for the Rainbow Games in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today, Sunday 1 November, with kickball finals on the court and a free closing party on Ponsonby Road tonight. The Games kicked off on Thursday 29 October, and after four days of sport, sweat and new friendships, there’s still plenty left to enjoy. […]
White boxer briefs, a cheeky camera pan and one of football’s biggest heartthrobs? Calvin Klein knows exactly how to get our attention. Well, hello there, Jude Bellingham! The 23-year-old Real Madrid and England football star appears to be the latest sporting superstar slipping into his Calvins, and the first glimpses of his upcoming underwear campaign […]
The WNBA has told Republican lawmakers that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible to play in the women’s league, after the pair launched a highly publicised challenge to its rules amid the political debate over transgender athletes. The WNBA has given its clearest answer yet to two former NBA players […]
France’s players received the highest volume of homophobic abuse directed at any national team during the 2026 men’s FIFA World Cup, according to a new report documenting hundreds of thousands of abusive social-media messages sent during the tournament. France’s national football team was subjected to more homophobic abuse online than any other country during the […]
Football trailblazer Jaiyah Saelua tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall what her fa’afafine upbringing can teach us about belonging in sport, and why the future of transgender athletes begins with the communities they call home The debate about transgender athletes has become one of the most contentious conversations in international sport. Questions about eligibility, competitive advantage […]