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Australian Matthew Mitcham, the winner of the 10-metre platform at the Beijing Olympics, said last week that his decision to talk openly about being gay may have prevented him from getting the proper sponsorship deals. The 21-year-old came out in a newspaper interview before Beijing, where he made history by receiving the highest mark for an individual dive at Olympics. Although Mitcham received positive feedback from fellow athletes and the media since coming out publicly, he admits he has attracted substantially less sponsorship compared to other gold medalists. "As soon as anybody looks up to you, you automatically become a [...]

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This weekend, the Outgames organisers are offering all European athletes a 20 % discount on the registration fee for World Outgames Copenhagen 2009. European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation - EGLSF - is celebrating its 20 years anniversary this year and World Outgames Copenhagen 2009 wants to congratulate EGLSF and honour the people behind this European network, namely the European athletes. Therefore the organisers have dedicated the weekend March 28-29 to the European sporting community and offer all European athletes a 20 % discount on the registration for Copenhagen 2009 this weekend. In order to get the discount you need [...]

The international Federation of Gay Games (FGG) announced that it had received completed bid documents from groups in Boston, Massachusetts, Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, DC competing (all US)A for hosting Gay Games IX in 2014. Federation Officer for Site Selection Darl Schaaff (Anchorage, Alaska) declared: "The FGG is delighted to receive three final bids of very high quality. The number of inquiries we have received throughout the process encouraged us to believe that we would end up with a number of fine options for Gay Games IX, but these three cities demonstrate a real understanding of the scope and mission [...]

Sport attracts European citizens with a majority of people – around 60 percent – taking part in sporting activities on a regular basis. Around one third of the EU population is organised in a sport club making sport the largest social movement in Europe. Due to its important social function, sport is referred to in the Lisbon Treaty granting the EU a legal basis to promote sport at European level. But how shall the EU promote sport? Which actions shall the EU implement in the field of sport? The project EU:SPORT:FUTURE and in particular this survey would like to answer [...]