Category: Sport
Trans powerlifter JayCee Cooper has finalised a discrimination settlement with USA Powerlifting, bringing an end to a long legal battle that became one of the most closely watched trans sports cases in the United States. The settlement follows a major ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court in October 2025, which found that USA Powerlifting had […]
Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni has been suspended for two matches after using a homophobic slur during Argentina’s Under-20 defeat to Brazil, in a sanction that will now sideline him for two upcoming South American World Cup qualifiers. According to Outsports, the incident happened during Argentina’s 3-1 loss to Brazil at the South American Under-20 Championship. […]
St Kilda player Lance Collard has had his suspension for using a homophobic slur significantly reduced after the AFL Appeals Board ruled that the original penalty was excessive, even while upholding the finding that he used the abuse. Collard’s sanction was cut from nine weeks, with two suspended, to four weeks, with two suspended, meaning […]
Cardiff City have been fined £15,000 by the Football Association after supporters directed homophobic chanting at Chelsea during an EFL Cup quarter-final in December. The chanting occurred around the second minute of Chelsea’s 3-1 win at Cardiff City Stadium on 16 December 2025, and the FA’s independent Regulatory Commission found the club had failed to […]
Two openly gay gymnasts stood out at the 2026 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships in the United States over the weekend, with both Sam Phillips and Charlie Larson finishing in the top four and earning All-American honours. Phillips, competing for the University of Illinois in his final season of eligibility, helped his team to a fifth-place […]
St Kilda forward Lance Collard has been suspended for seven matches after an AFL tribunal found he used a homophobic slur during a Victorian Football League match. The 21-year-old was given a nine-week sanction, with two weeks suspended until the end of the season, leaving him with an effective seven-game ban for the vilification offence. […]
WNBA player Brianna Turner has criticised the International Olympic Committee’s new gender testing rules, arguing that women athletes like herself should not be used to police who gets to take part in women’s sport. In an opinion piece published by USA Today, Turner said the IOC’s updated policy is invasive and exclusionary, and that “the […]
The AFL disciplinary tribunal will continue deliberating for a second day after both sides stood by their versions of what was said during an alleged on-field homophobic slur incident involving St Kilda-listed forward Lance Collard. Collard has been charged with conduct unbecoming over an allegation that he directed a homophobic slur at a Frankston opponent […]