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The Penrith five-eighth says he is no longer comfortable with the adage that “whatever happens on the field stays on the field”.

Young Victorian rugby players involved in the “silver bullet” training to stamp out homophobia reported the number of slurs heard afterwards actually increased.

Player’s association says reports of vilification from within the industry are ‘concerning’

Jennifer Harvey writes how her child coming out as non-binary not only expanded their world in a major way and granted them a grounded sense of self, but motivated Harvey to work toward creating a space for trans and non-binary kids in sports.

In 2017, Martin Stark almost died.

When Rebecca Smith sat down to watch New Zealand play the United States Women's National Team in a Tokyo 2020 football match last week, she was floored -- and not just because of the athletes' incredible prowess.

As concerns flare about online racism in the UK, Australia’s eSafety commissioner says the issue remains a serious problem in Australia. But she is hopeful new powers to stop it will help.

Drafted as an excited teenager, the First Nations man was stunned and isolated by racist bullying. ‘I don’t take any pleasure from Eddie stepping down,’ he says today. ‘The issues have not gone away’

A University of Melbourne expert says make no mistake, Collingwood Football Club’s challenge to undo systemic racism is everyone’s challenge – together.

The case of Heritier Lumumba is just the latest in a long line of examples of Australian sport’s awkward reckoning with racism.

Jack de Belin case, Jarryd Hayne and the sports players who never learned how to have sex. What we're learning from the courtroom.

A University of Melbourne expert says racism experienced by footballer Robert Muir highlights that the AFL's support of reconciliation remains a question mark.

A decade-long campaign of racial abuse pushed St Kilda's 1970s star Robert Muir to the point of despair. Russell Jackson spoke to the man who football wiped from its Indigenous history.

As a journalist, I am accustomed to robust feedback on my work on social media, but what I experienced while on tour in India in 2017 was unacceptable.

More than half of participants in a survey at men’s sporting clubs have reported teammates using homophobic language while nearly a third of respondents said they had used slurs themselves.

We see the world through a thick lens generated by our brains, and it changes the way we view sport.

The next World Cup is due to be held in Qatar -- where homosexuality is illegal. The Euros were marred by homophobic sentiment in the Hungary v Germany match and LGBTQ+ football fans don't feel comfortable to be open about their identity.

England captain Harry Kane says those behind the online racist abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka are "not England fans and we don't want you".

Race questions are not just confined to sport. All organisations need to critically examine how they deal with diversity in their ranks.

Eddie McGuire's shift from bullish leader to his resignation from the club he loves in eight days came thanks to a tsunami of pressure from within Collingwood and without, signifying a profound moment for the wider community, writes Tracey Holmes.

My experience conditioned me to silence myself around white women and contributed negatively to my body image

St Kilda chief executive Matt Finnis says the club is committed to offering support to Robert Muir, both financially and otherwise, after details of the racism the ex-Saint endured through his career are revealed.