The ultimate encouragement for a player to come out, would probably be that there were sufficient other gay peers for it not to be such an issue, or at least enough to be able to offer support. As it stands, that day seems a long way off. If the Premier League is to wait for its own Jason Collins, it may be waiting a very long time.

After Manchester United became Barclays Premier League champions, the Bundesliga teams took centre stage. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund's batter...

Andy Murray was the master in Miami as he beat David Ferrer in the Miami Open final while Serena Williams took the ladies' title. The Champions League...

Kevin Ware's horrific leg break during one of the most closely watched US college basketball games of the year reduced his teammates and coach to tear...

Cheerleader Ashlee Arnau usually spends her time on the basketball court raising the spirit of the crowd. On Thursday night, she raised the roof at Wi...

Usain Bolt has often spoken of his desire to swap the track for the football pitch but last week the World's Fastest Man opted for the court in the NB...

Will Ferrell looked like he had Jack Johnson and Tom O'Leary waiting for fans at the Staple Center as he worked the LA Lakers' game with Phoenix Suns ...

Andy Murray lost his sixth Grand Slam final, Arsenal discovered powers of recovery, Mr Beckham lit up the the already blinding La Ville-Lumière and A...

LeBron James was last seen by our sport reporter impeding his view at the Aquatics Centre during the Olympics, so one can only imagine how overwhelmin...

David Beckham's grandad endeavoured to groom his grandson into a Tottenham fan, but it was a different Spurs the LA Galaxy midfielder watched on Tuesd...

I am left reflecting on how important it is to never lose belief that you can do it and keep fighting to the end as Andy Murray demonstrated in the USA.

20 years after 'The Greatest Team Ever Assembled' was, erm, assembled, a new group arrived in London hoping to not only replicate, but also better the achievements of 1992s Dream Team.

At the USA's track and field press conference on Monday, sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross admitted the Olympic Village was a "relaxed" environment but the...

The United States regard gold at basketball in the Olympics to be a given, and although in 1972 they were beaten in that extraordinary Cold War-era fi...

In 2007, four years after retiring from his NBA career, John publically declared he was gay. He is the only NBA player, past or present, to come out of the closet.

Continuing our greatest Olympic moments ahead of London 2012, today's selection is bereft of sport, but arguably a more iconic visual. Hosting the ...

London 2012 is under two months away from commencing, which means it's time for us to start our daily offering of magnificent Olympic moments in the G...