A lineup made up of some of the best players in gay and gay-friendly soccer in the UK has triumphed over a team of members of parliament.

The friendly match was held on Tuesday morning (19 March) in London, organized on the one-year anniversary of the Football Association launching their anti-homophobia campaign 'Opening Doors and Joining In'.

The Gay Football Supporters Network (GFSN) squad, who wore Stonewall ‘Some People Are Gay. Get Over It!’ t-shirts, won 3-1, leading the game early in the first half.

American international and former British Leeds United football midfielder Robbie Rogers has come out as gay.

The 25-year-old told fans he no longer wants to keep his sexuality a secret.

He added he ‘couldn’t be happier’ with his decision.

He’s the highest profile footballer to come out in Britain’s national game since Justin Fashanu in 1990. He committed suicide in 1998.

Writing on his blog Rogers said he had feared coming out as gay would get in the way of his dreams.

A Russian footballer has denied he is gay after pictures of him kissing, cuddling and sharing a bath with a male friend went viral.

When Gay Star News reported the pictures back in December, social networks were set alight by the idea two top-level professional footballers could be gay.

Two top-level Russian footballers have sparked outrage after a series of 'gay' holiday pictures have emerged.

Pavel Mamayev, 24, a midfielder for CSKA Moscow, and Alexander Kokorin, 21, a striker from FC Dynamo Moscow, are believed to be in a relationship after ‘intimate’ photographs of them were posted on the internet.

On VK, an Eastern-European social network similar to Facebook, Kokorin posted one of the pictures, saying ‘I love him’.

Other snaps include the two hugging, sharing dinner, going to a basketball game, and having a bath together.

Britain's Football Association is urging gay players to come out, saying they shouldn't be afraid to be open about their sexuality.

FA chairman David Bernstein said the governing body's action plan to tackle homophobia in the sport means players should have the confidence to be openly gay.

UK clubs now face sanctions if they fail to deal with discrimination against players, coaches or fans.

The FA Board plans also include induction days for foreign players on Britain's cultural values.

A Liverpool FC football player has likened being gay to mental problems in a remark on Twitter.

Suso (real name Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre) posted a picture of fellow team mate Jose Enrique getting his teeth whitened, with the comment: ‘What f*** is he doing?... This guy is gay. He has some mental problems. He does everything except play football.’

The 19-year-old Spaniard has since deleted the tweet, and uploaded it with a different comment saying ‘I dunno what to say…’

Gay rights campaigners are urging the UK’s Football Association to get tough on anti-gay hate in the sport.

Stonewall is working with the FA on initiatives to tackle the issue, but they say it is up to the authorities to create an environment in which players are not fearful about the consequences of coming out.

‘Anti-gay abuse is all too common on both terraces and pitches. This abuse almost always goes unchallenged,' Chief Executive Ben Summerskill said. 

Rupert Everett has claimed the lack of gay athletes and torch bearers in the Olympics reflects how homophobia is still very much present in sport.

The 53-year-old actor, best known for his role in My Best Friend's Wedding, criticised the lack of gay people that took part in the Games, arguing that the commentators failed to discuss an openly gay person.

Everett said: 'You listened to the commentary and they would say "this is a mother…this is someone else." But they never said "this is an openly homosexual person."'

David Testo has spoken out on how coming out as gay killed his career as a professional football player.

In an interview with SBNation, the American soccer player has described how he has not played professionally since revealing his sexuality in November.

Growing up in a devout Christian household, Testo says how he loved the religion he believed in as a child, but was told it hated him.

The chairman of the UK Professional Footballers’ Association believes a player will come out as gay soon.

In an interview with the Gay Football Supporter's Network, soccer player Clarke Carlisle says he has spoken with eight gay footballers and has assured them of PFA support if they decided to make their sexuality public.

Although the British trade union head refused to give a time frame, or hint to their identities, he said the first footballer to do so would become an instant trailblazer.

The chair of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) has revealed he has had recent conversations with eight top players about coming out as gay.

But Clarke Carlisle, who is a soccer star himself, says none of them followed through despite considering it.

The 32-year-old plays for York City as a defender as well as being chair of the PFA, the trade union for professional soccer players in England and Wales.

A man has been found dead in London’s largest gay bathhouse sauna, Chariots Roman Spa.

Police and ambulance paramedics were called today (11 July) to the venue in Fairchild Street, in the area of the British capital referred to interchangably as Shoreditch or as Liverpool Street after its main train station.

The man, who has not been identified was found deceased in the venue. Detectives from the London borough of Hackney are treating his death as suspicious and are investigating.

A post-mortem will be held tomorrow.