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Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement.From Martina Navratilova to Greg Louganis to Sheryl Swoopes, men and women from a variety of sports have openly acknowledged their sexuality, though many others are believed to still be reluctant to come forward.Collins, a 34-year-old NBA veteran, became the first active player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay, writing a first-person account posted on Sports Illustrated's website Monday. Collins has played for six teams in 12 seasons, including this past season with the Washington Wizards, and is now a free agent."It is hugely powerful when any individual in the sports world, wherever they come from in the world, feels able to come out," said Ruth Hunt, deputy chief executive of the British gay rights organization Stonewall. "The fact that this is a current player adds to the strength of his statement."Previously, some pr...
Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska) became the first American woman to break into the top three overall at a FIS Cross-Country World Cup on March 24 in Falun, Sweden....
Even in slow-motion replays, Spain still seemed to play at 1 million miles an hour. The Italians? Well, they looked as though they'd been locked inside a pinball mac...
At 5:45 a.m. on Nov. 4, 2011, when early risers would have been sipping espressos and buttering toast, a man dressed in black disembarked at Milan's Malpensa Airport...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — No European team has yet matched the standards set by Brazil and Argentina at this year's World Cup, and Italian soccer federation president Gian...
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of th...
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly larger parts of th...
Premier Mario Monti suggested Tuesday that Italian soccer be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing scandal rocked the national team and agai...
Enzo Bearzot, who in 1982 coached Italy to its first World Cup triumph in 44 years, died Tuesday. He was 83.He died in Milan and had been ill for several years.Bearz...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Robert Vittek and his Slovakian team were in last place in the group and had to get past defending champion Italy to reach the second round of th...
A former referee involved in Italy's controversial elimination from the 2002 World Cup was caught at Kennedy Airport with bags of heroin attached to his body, federa...
LONDON (AP) — Helped by Bastian Schweinsteiger's two penalty kicks, Germany came from behind to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 on Thursday while Mexico defeated Italy 2...
Head-butts in soccer are bad. They are dangerous and can smash noses and cheekbones. Kids, don't try them at home.Sometimes, though, did the recipient have it coming...
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy , like its neighbor France , was tormented by national soul searching on Friday after the former World Cup soccer champions were humiliated b...
Team USA came out firing, setting an American record in the women's 4x800-meter by 13 seconds at the Penn Relays, held April 24-26 in Philadelphia. The team of Lea W...
Propelled by Ashley Wagner (Alexandria, Va.) and Gracie Gold's (Springfield, Ill.) second and third-place finishes in the free skate, Team USA won the 2013 ISU World...
Jurgen Klinsmann was at the top of the world.OK, not quite. But as he stood on the sun-splashed 86th floor of the Empire State Building, he was 1,050 feet above grou...
Just like clockwork, Spain's "tiki taka" passing game tore Italy apart.The World Cup champions controlled the play Sunday in the European Championship final, as they...
When sports fans in India talk about a Premier League igniting their passion, they're not referring to English soccer.They're talking about cricket.The Indian Premie...
Ted Ligety (Park City, Utah) secured his fourth career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom overall title with a wire-to-wire victory on March 9 in Kranjska Gora, ...
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