Category: Sport
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 […]
Rainbow Games 2026 will return to Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, from 29 October to 1 November, marking the next stage in the evolution of New Zealand’s largest community-led multi-sport event for rainbow communities and allies. The announcement coincides with registrations opening on 15 February 2026, alongside confirmation of an expanded programme delivered through a new partnership-led […]
German football referee Pascal Kaiser has been assaulted at his home just one week after proposing to his boyfriend in front of tens of thousands of football fans — an attack widely condemned as homophobic and deeply alarming. Kaiser proposed to his partner Moritz on the pitch at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne ahead of a Bundesliga […]
Olympic gold medallist Amber Glenn says she is limiting her time online after receiving a “scary amount of hate/threats” for speaking up about LGBTQ+ rights at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. Glenn, who won gold as part of Team USA’s figure skating team event on Sunday (8 February), is one of a record-breaking […]
Three-time U.S. figure skating champion Amber Glenn isn’t just chasing Olympic gold — she’s using her first appearance at the Milano Cortina Games to speak out against injustice and uplift her community. The 26-year-old made history this year as the first openly queer woman on the U.S. figure skating team. But Glenn is doing far […]
The Winter Olympics has found itself the centre of a jaw-dropping rumour — that elite ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge. While the idea sounds far-fetched, it’s sparked real conversation at the highest levels of international sport. The claim first surfaced in January via German news outlet […]