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Sexual abuse in sport

7 May 2024

  • Kylie McKenzie, middle, with her attorney Robert Allard, right, and victim advocate Jancy Thompson, left, speaks to reporters at a news conference in 2022

    USTA ordered to pay former top junior tennis player $9m in sexual abuse case

    A tennis player has been awarded $9m in damages after she accused the US Tennis Association of failing to protect her from a coach she said sexually abused her

23 April 2024

  • Larry Nassar, the former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts, appears in Michigan’s Eaton County Court in 2018.

    DoJ to pay $138.7m settlement over FBI’s botching of Nassar assault allegations

    The US justice department announced a $138.7m settlement with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of mishandling sexual assault allegations against Larry Nassar

18 April 2024

  • Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols prepare to testify before the US senate on Larry Nassar’s abuse.

    Larry Nassar abuse survivors to be paid $100m over FBI failure

    An internal investigation found FBI agents mishandled abuse allegations in 2015 more than a year before Nassar was arrested

6 March 2024

  • Mystery surrounds the legal business status of the independent third party that manages and investigates sexual abuse claims on behalf of Hockey Canada.

    Questions mount about firm investigating Hockey Canada abuse claims

    A closer inspection of the independent third party that manages and investigates sexual abuse claims on behalf of Hockey Canada has produced more questions than answers

15 February 2024

  • Hockey in Canada has been plagued by sexual abuse and handling of complaints

    Exclusive: Hockey Canada didn’t suspend referee accused of rape from junior league

    Jessica Gaertner, who filed a rape charge against a referee through Hockey Canada, is one of many calling for reform in how abuse is managed

3 February 2024

  • NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during a news conference at the All-Star Game in Toronto on Friday.

    NHL to let judicial process play out in ‘horrific’ 2018 sexual assault case

    The NHL will wait for the judicial process to play out before making any decisions about four players facing sexual assault charges in a 2018 case

28 January 2024

  • Alex Formenton is currently playing in Europe

    Former NHL player Formenton turns himself in over sexual assault allegations

    Former NHL player Alex Formenton turned himself in to police on Sunday in connection with an investigation into an alleged sexual assault

24 January 2024

  • Hockey Canada has paid out millions of dollars over allegation of sexual assault

    Canada police reportedly order hockey players to surrender over sexual assault allegation

    Five ice hockey players have reportedly been told to surrender to police in Canada over allegations of sexual assault

21 January 2024

  • Catherine Bennett

    A few lines of poetry can propel a career misogynist like Joey Barton into a league of his own

    Catherine Bennett
    The former footballer is styling himself a martyr for free speech after backlash over remarks about female commentators

21 September 2023

  • Aja Evans, right, won an Olympic bronze medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games with Jamie Greubel, left.

    Olympic bobsleigh medalist Aja Evans sues team doctor alleging sexual assault

    Olympic bobsleigh medalist Aja Evans filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging sexual abuse by a chiropractor on Team USA’s medical staff over the course of a decade

18 September 2023

  • A defaced Mel Tucker sweatshirt outside the Michigan State University Hannah Administration Building

    MSU to fire football coach Mel Tucker over phone call with abuse activist

    Michigan State has told football coach Mel Tucker that he will be fired without compensation for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy

13 September 2023

  • Horses racing at a Victorian track

    Sexual assaults and ‘ritualised violence’ uncovered in review of Victoria’s racing industry

    Racing integrity commissioner’s report finds abuse and assaults have occurred ‘unchecked’

19 July 2023

  • The US Soccer Athletes’ Council sent a letter to Congress this week airing its concerns with the US Center for SafeSport.

    ‘SafeSport is failing’: how a body made to protect athletes has fallen short

    SafeSport was formed to protect athletes from abuse. But the mounting number of critics who say it’s failed in its mission is reaching a critical mass

9 April 2023

  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Visits Leeds<br>LEEDS, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman (C) attend a meeting of the Grooming Gang Taskforce during a visit to the offices of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) on April 3, 2023 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    The Observer view on the dangers of exploiting child sex abuse for political gain

    Suella Braverman’s false claims about ethnic grooming gangs is not only abhorrent, but reduces awareness of who the real perpetrators are

28 March 2023

  • Nick Bontis resigned as Canada Soccer president earlier this year

    Canadian MPs summon senior soccer officials as they investigate response to abuse

    Former Canada Soccer presidents Nick Bontis and Victor Montagliani will be asked about the organization’s response to sexual abuse within the sport

20 March 2023

  • Ted Nash was one of the world’s most prominent rowing coaches

    US Rowing investigates claim famed coach Ted Nash abused teenage student

    US Rowing has launched an inquiry into allegations that Ted Nash, an Olympic champion rower, had a relationship with one of his teenage students

9 January 2023

  • Portland Thorns fans hold signs in solidarity with players following allegations of abuse in 2021

    Four former NWSL coaches banned for life after abuse investigation

    The National Women’s Soccer League has permanently banned four coaches in response to an investigation into alleged abuse and misconduct

3 November 2022

  • Concacaf president Victor Montagliani speaks during a press conference in New York in June.

    Fifa backs executives after failure to tell players about sexually abusive coach

    Victor Montagliani and Peter Montopoli were at Canada Soccer when the organization failed to tell players the real reason why now-convicted sex offender Bob Birada left in 2008

12 October 2022

  • Hockey Canada’s CEO and entire board of directors stepped down this week

    How Hockey Canada’s code of silence helped rot the country’s national sport

    Allegations of abuse have plagued ice hockey in Canada for some time but there seems to have been little urgency about addressing the issue until now

11 October 2022

  • Scott Smith was only in his role for a matter of months

    Hockey Canada’s board and CEO resign amid fallout from sexual abuse scandal

    Hockey Canada ousted CEO Scott Smith on Tuesday and the board of directors also resigned due to a series of scandals that have rocked the sport
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