Former NBA Star John Amaechi insists forms of homophobia are rife among sports fans.

I've had e-mails from people saying they will stab me in the neck. It's clear that it would not enhance my life to be out as a player. In America, there are 33 states where you can be fired for being gay. Utah and Florida are two of them, and I played in Utah and Florida

Amaechi explains his rationale for not coming out before he retired

We're very aggrieved because it's quite ironic. For the first year in the history of the club, we had a guarantee that the wages would be paid, that debts would be paid off but that wasn't enough. We had a plan that is robust . . . we are being demoted for what happened in the past. If various criteria aren't reached by March we could be punished again and I don't think that's fair

Shelbourne interim chairman Gary Browne after his side's demotion to the eircom First Division

With normal mathematics, minus 80 is minus 80. It's not on the surface, it is 80 miles below water . . .
and to survive so deep is normally very difficult Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger gives his opinion on Chelsea's �80million losses.

I have never seen anything like that in football. I cannot understand it. It was a disgrace

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson reacts furiously to Lille's apparent attempt to get their Champions League last-16 first leg clash abandoned

I would like to underline the fact that the players never intended to leave the field. In France, our way of expressing our complaint is when the ball next goes out of play

Lille coach Claude Puel denies his players tried to walk off

Obviously it's nice to beat a player who's won majors and stuff like Phil, but I'm looking at it as a tournament, not as a 'who's who' list of players

Justin Rose after knocking out Phil Mickelson at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona

We need this level of income in order to support our units. I wouldn't want anyone to think that the income we're getting from the rugby and soccer is going to sustain us . . . and not have increases. We haven't done so for three years.

We're being very fair and we think we're still giving exceptional value for money

GAA president Nickey Brennan on the decision to hike

All Ireland final ticket prices I dislike him and I think he dislikes me

Stephen Maguire after beating Shaun Murphy at the Welsh Open