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EGLSF Board is pleased to announce as part of the EU project “Preventing and Fighting Homophobic Violence and Intolerance in Sport – Pride in Sport” funded by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture – Sport unit) a new initiative to support the development of inspirational local projects amongst EGLSF members. This grant program on Good Practices Development for Challenging Violence and Intolerance in Sport is opened to all EGLSF members which can apply for up to 800 Euros (for projects with up to 1,000 Euros costs for which 20% is to be co-financed by the applicants) for one-off local [...]

Munich’s gay and lesbians sports club invites you to join our Gay and Lesbian Summer Sport Festival 2012.  You should already start to save the weekend for September 14-16, 2012.  Registration and further information will follow shortly.  Organizers offer tournaments in badminton (2 days), bowling, soccer ( 7 by 7 and  women only!) , handball, sport climbing, sport shooting table-tennis, volleyball (women), volleyball (men), as well as workshops for Aerobic and Yoga. SAVE THE DATE  Sept. 14th to 16th, 2012 -  They are looking forward to seeing you in Munich. www.teammuenchen.de

Czech GLTB sports club Alcedo (Pratety) Praha, together with its swimming group Aquamen and the Czech Technical University student union club GALIBI invite you to the 13th inter-national LGBT Prague Rainbow Spring tournament 2012 which will take place in May 4  - 6, 2012. Prague isn´t just historical monuments, Prague is LGBT sport city! www.praguerainbow.eu

The European Gay and Lesbian Sports Federation (EGLSF) today called on UEFA to take action against José Mourinho for comments in which he referred to match officials as “maricones” (“faggots” in English). The comments were made by the Real Madrid coach prior to their Champion’s League tie against CSKA Moscow. The comments were captured on film, which was later shown on the Spanish television channel Quatro. Louise Englefield, Co-president of the EGLSF, an organisation representing over 17,000 lesbian gay bisexual and trans (LGBT) athletes across Europe, said: “Homophobia is unacceptable from anyone in football, much less from one of the [...]

Share your special moments from European LGBTIQ sporting events! The European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) invites you to submit your photos from LGBTIQ sporting events. Sport plays an important role in our lives, and for this reason, we would like to celebrate and share your experiences with others. To take part, just send your high resolution sport-related photos to the email address media@eglsf.info before the 31st of January 2012. Let these snapshots show us all your amazing sporting experiences! Our judges will select the top ten photos and these lucky winners will receive complimentary tickets for the 2012 [...]