Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight fighter Nate Diaz has copped a 90 day suspension and has been fined $20,000 for using a homophobic slur against another fighter on Twitter.

Diaz had called bantamweight fighter Bryan Caraway ‘the biggest fag in the world,’ in a tweet.

During UFC 159 on April 27 fighter Pat Healy had originally been awarded Submission of the Night – worth a $65,000 fight bonus – however this had been given to Diaz instead after Healy tested positive for marijuana after the fight.

The current Gay Games and World Powerlifting champion has set a new world record this week by deadlifting 252.5kgs (556lbs).

That’s the equivalent of being able to pick up an eastern lowland gorilla or three red kangaroos, 700 cans of soup, 50,000 sheets of paper or 100,000 US pennies.

Mersey Marauders beat the favorites London Falcons in a sudden death penalty shootout to win a national gay soccer cup on Sunday (5 May).

The Gay Football Supporters Network (GFSN) held its seventh national cup at Hyde FC, sponsored by Manchester City.

London Falcons appeared confident after securing 2-0 in the first 20 minutes. Striker Spencer Withrington scored the first goal, which was closely followed by another from Kevin Latham.

I think the flight to Toronto was the most fun I’ve ever had on a plane.

I was traveling with my friends Hendo, Billy, and Ginger Luke – we were heading to Toronto for a water polo tournament hosted by the Toronto Triggerfish (reportedly the largest LGBT water polo squad in the world).

Basketball player Jason Collins has come out as gay, becoming the first openly gay athlete in a major US team sport.

The seven foot tall 34-year-old, who plays center for the Washington Wizards, has come out in an article for Sports Illustrated.

He said: ‘I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different."

‘If I had my way, someone else would have already done this.

Australia is a nation that loves its sport and its sporting heroes.

We spoke with Dane McManus from Team Melbourne who are working hard to ensure that LGBT sportspeople can continue to play an active role in the sporting life of Australia.

When was Team Melbourne established?

Among those who rushed to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday (15 April) was Javier Pagan, the Boston Police Department’s liaison to the LGBT community.

Pagan is one of three officers captured by Boston Globe photographer John Tlumacki running toward 78-year-old marathoner Bill Iffrig who is lying on the ground.

The photo has quickly become one of the most iconic images from the attack and is the cover of the next issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. Pagan is one of three officers in the shot and is standing on the left.

A British member of parliament will highlight the importance of fighting against homophobia in football in the House of Commons today (15 April).

Another former professional athlete came out last week – 6ft 7ins Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris.

With news of LGBT equality in the news daily, one may wonder why this is news at all. But it is. The world of sports is quickly becoming the last closet, where gays and lesbians hide their sexual orientation. In a homophobic testosterone-driven sport, like American football, Harris concealment is understandable.

Five-time Olympic medalist Greg Louganis debuts tonight as the 'dive master' on ABC's new celebrity reality competition Splash.

The man considered to be the greatest US diver in history, is sharing his expertise with a group of celebrities that include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kendra Wilkinson, Louie Anderson and Keisha Knight Pulliam, among others.

‘I was hired as the judge but they moved my role into dive master,' he tells Gay Star News. 'I’m working with all of the celebrities who are on the show, getting them prepared for the competition.’

Openly gay pro boxer Orlando Cruz has won his second match since coming out as a gay athlete.

Yesterday evening at a scheduled match in Florida, Orlando ‘The Phenomenon’ Cruz defeated Aaron ‘The Bomber’ Martinez in a 6th-round technical knock-out.

Cruz has amassed a massive gay and straight following since coming out last October.

In the ring Cruz wore a boxing kilt with the colors of the Puerto Rican flag in the front, and the rainbow colors of gay pride in the back.