Trinity Rodman, the daughter of five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman, called out her father for the "joke" apology he posted on social media after an interview the soccer star gave earlier this week when she spoke out about their strained relationship. 

Appearing on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, Trinity spoke openly about their relationship and said the NBA Hall of Famer has largely been absent from her life. 

"He’s not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else," she said. 

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The interview prompted the former Chicago Bulls star to issue his own apology on social media, claiming that he’s previously been told not to attend her games and that Trinity had been told to ignore his repeated attempts to contact her. 

"Sorry I wasn’t the Dad you wanted me to be but either way I still tried and I still Try and Never will Stop. I will keep Trying even when you’re being told as an adult not to respond to my phone calls. I will try even when it’s difficult and if it takes a long time. 

"I’m always here And tell you all the time rather it’s your voice or voicemail how proud I am. I always had one wish and it was I wish my kids would call me and come see me. Hopefully one day I can get that. I’m here and I’m still trying pick up the phone you have my number, You see me calling, I’m still here."

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Unsurprisingly, the public apology was not received well by the U.S. women’s national team star.

"A joke," she wrote to her Instagram story Thursday. "The response alone. And the attention. Wiping my hands with it and I’m done. Thank you." 

​​Trinity, who also plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League, called her father an "extremely selfish human being" during the lengthy interview. 

"I think everything has always been about him. He's gone through s---, but at the same time, I'm like, he loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras. He loves bringing his children on stage and being like, ‘Oh, these are my kids.’ All that stuff and even the mind … the mind f---, but like, for me emotionally, he's put me through, like, oh my gosh."

Trinity’s mother, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012. In the podcast, she said her mother tried to shield her and her brother, DJ Rodman, who plays in the NBA's G League, from their father’s chaotic lifestyle growing up. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman apologized to his daughter, Trinity, after the soccer player aired out some family issues on a podcast.

Trinity Rodman appeared on the "Call Me Daddy" podcast and called her father an "extremely selfish human being" as she dished about her strained relationship with him.

The former Chicago Bulls star wrote a message directed at Trinity in a post on Instagram.

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"Sorry I wasn’t the Dad you wanted me to be but either way I still tried and I still Try and Never will Stop," he wrote. "I will keep Trying even when you’re being told as an adult not to respond to my phone calls. I will try even when it’s difficult and if it takes a long time. I’m always here And tell you all the time rather it’s your voice or voicemail how proud I am. 

"I always had one wish and it was I wish my kids would call me and come see me. Hopefully one day I can get that. I’m here and I’m still trying pick up the phone you have my number, You see me calling, I’m still here."

He added that he watches her compete in the National Women’s Soccer League.

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"FYI: I watch you play All the time actually flew in to watch you play and was told not to show up bc who I was with instead and me just wanting to support you," he added. "So I watched you from my hotel balcony just to make everybody happy. I love All My Kids."

Trinity Rodman spoke at length about the frustrating relationship she had with the former NBA player and expressed frustration about giving him sympathy.

"It's just hard because it's like even now I'm trying to be honest about it, and I'm still giving him sympathy, which is frustrating for me because, in reality, I think he's an extremely selfish human being," she said. 

"I think everything has always been about him. He's gone through s---, but at the same time, I'm like, he loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras. He loves bringing his children on stage and being like, ‘Oh, these are my kids.’ All that stuff and even the mind … the mind f---, but like, for me emotionally, he's put me through like, oh my gosh."

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American soccer star Trinity Rodman spoke out against her father, former NBA champion Dennis Rodman, during an interview on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast this week. 

Trinity, who plays for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), reflected on the strained relationship she has with her father, despite his efforts to help maintain a close public image. She insisted she finds it "frustrating" whenever she is doing interviews and is asked about her father, due to the "trauma" that she has held inside about him. 

"I think we never want to make him look bad, and that is at the cost of kind of holding in a lot and a lot of issues that we’ve gone through and just trauma per se," she said in the episode. "I just feel like I’ve been in a place of going through interviews where people are like, ‘Oh, was your dad there? What’s your dad feeling?’ and I feel like I try to make it obvious that I don’t know."

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Trinity says she is even frustrated with herself at times for giving sympathy to her father, especially when he tries to flaunt his children in public. 

"It's just hard because it's like even now I'm trying to be honest about it, and I'm still giving him sympathy, which is frustrating for me because in reality, I think he's an extremely selfish human being," she said. 

"I think everything has always been about him. He's gone through s---, but at the same time, I'm like, he loves the spotlight. He loves the cameras. He loves bringing his children on stage and being like, ‘Oh, these are my kids.’ All that stuff and even the mind… the mind f---, but like, for me emotionally, he's put me through like, oh my gosh."

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Trinity added that she doesn't have her father's number saved in her phone and that they will often go months without talking at all. But despite their long gaps in communicating, she claimed that he will still reach out to her to invite her to appear in a reality TV show alongside him. 

According to her, simply hearing his voice is "painful," and oftentimes when he calls her, he's drunk. 

At one point, Trinity said that her father attempted to call her from a different phone number that was based in Texas, then left her a voicemail that was too long for her to feel comfortable listening to. 

"He’s been trying to call me, and it’s a Texas number. Didn’t know he lived in Texas, so that’s news to me. So, I’m just thinking it’s spam risk, all this stuff and I’m like, ‘Okay. They’re just spam calls. Ignore them.’ I get those all the time, so I was ignoring it, and then I see voicemails from it, and then I look, and I hear it for a second. I was like, ‘F---,’ and I think I heard it for a second because I saw that the voicemail was 40 seconds long. I was like, ‘Nah. I’m not doing that,’ and it’s just like a hit or miss day for me. It’s like if I want to go through that or not, and I’m just like, ‘No," she said.

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Two years after the World Cup was played in Qatar, where human rights were questioned, FIFA is running back a similar template a decade from now.

The organization announced Wednesday the 2034 World Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia was the only country to submit a bid prior to the Oct. 31, 2023, deadline.

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Qatar hosted the tournament last year, which was won by Argentina, and the country was dogged by years-long allegations of rights abuses of migrant workers needed to build its stadiums.

However, FIFA and Saudi officials have said hosting the 2034 tournament can accelerate change, including more freedoms and rights for women, with FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday calling the World Cup a "unique catalyst for positive social change and unity."

The win will kick off a decade of scrutiny on Saudi labor laws and treatment of workers needed to help build and upgrade 15 stadiums, hotels and transportation networks ahead of the 104-game tournament.

During the bid campaign, FIFA has accepted limited scrutiny of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record that was widely criticized this year at the United Nations.

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Saudi and international rights groups and activists warned FIFA it has not learned the lessons of Qatar’s much-criticized preparations to host the 2022 World Cup.

"At every stage of this bidding process, FIFA has shown its commitment to human rights to be a sham," said Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s head of labor rights and sport, who added that it is "reckless" to have Saudi Arabia host. Cockburn also said "many lives" will be "at risk."

The Saudis have dipped into the sports world with the Public Investment Fund financially backing LIV Golf. Cristiano Ronaldo, who said in an X post he expects the 2034 Cup to be "the best … ever," also joined a league in Saudi Arabia in 2022, making $75 million annually.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe defended Barbra Banda, whom the BBC named Women's Footballer of The Year despite controversy surrounding the player's eligibility in Africa.

Banda withdrew from the Zambian squad for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after failing to meet sex eligibility requirements in 2022, the BBC previously reported. Banda was allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics and has become the second-leading scorer in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) this season, playing for the Orlando Pride. 

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Despite the reported failed eligibility, Banda was still named the award winner while transgender inclusion in women’s sports has become a hot-button issue in the U.S. and abroad.

Rapinoe spoke out in a post in her since-expired Instagram Stories.

"You've thrilled, entertained and inspired us, and the world, all year long," Rapinoe wrote on Friday, via Goal.com. "This is so deserved as is every bit of your success. You stand so much taller than the tiny people trying to tear you down."

The 2024 season with the Pride was the first for Banda, who scored 13 goals in 22 matches.

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Orlando was 18-6-2 and won the NWSL Championship for the first time in league history. Banda scored the lone goal in the match.

Rapinoe has been a staunch advocate for LGBTQ rights and trans-inclusion in women’s sports.

She said in July 2023 she would support a transgender female player on the U.S. women’s national team.

"Absolutely," she told Time magazine last year. "‘You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument – you’re sort of telling on yourself already – is you don’t believe these people are women. 

"Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way."

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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Famed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling delivered one of her typical sports takes Tuesday. 

The BBC awarded its annual Women's Footballer of The Year award to Zambian player Barbra Banda. Banda withdrew from the Zambian squad for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after failing to meet sex eligibility requirements in 2022, the BBC previously reported. 

Banda was allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics and has become the second-leading scorer in the United States’ National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) this season, playing for the Orlando Pride. 

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Banda received the most votes from BBC readers after being shortlisted by a panel of what the BBC said were "experts involved in football," including coaches, players and non-BBC journalists.

Rowling spoke out in a post on X. 

"Presumably the BBC decided this was more time efficient than going door to door to spit directly in women's faces," Rowling wrote. 

Rowling has been one of the most vocal opponents of transgender rights and inclusion, especially in her home country of England. 

Transgender participation in women's sports has become an internationally debated issue, and it became one of the most-discussed issues of the 2024 U.S. presidential election. 

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In June, a survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago asked respondents to weigh in on whether transgender athletes of both sexes should be permitted to participate in sports leagues that correspond to their preferred gender identity instead of their biological sex.

Sixty-five percent answered that it should either never be or rarely allowed. When those polled were asked specifically about adult transgender female athletes competing on women’s sports teams, 69% opposed it.

The United Nations says nearly 900 biological females have fallen short of the podium because they were beaten out by trans athletes.

The findings were compiled by Reem Alsalem, the UN's Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, titled "Violence against women and girls in sports." 

The report said more than 600 athletes did not medal in more than 400 competitions in 29 different sports, totaling over 890 medals, according to information as of March 30.

"The replacement of the female sports category with a mixed-sex category has resulted in an increasing number of female athletes losing opportunities, including medals, when competing against males," the report said.

Banda was among the controversial cases involving athletes who previously failed sex eligibility tests at the Paris Olympics. Boxers Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan each won gold medals in their respective competitions and were allowed to compete despite failing sex eligibility tests at previous international events. 

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Caitlin Clark is investing in a bid for a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion team based in Cincinnati, the investment group for FC Cincinnati announced. 

"The NWSL Cincinnati bid team is thrilled that Caitlin Clark has joined our ownership group in pursuit of bringing women’s professional soccer to our city," a team statement said. 

"Her passion for the sport, commitment to elevating women’s sports in and around the Greater Cincinnati region and influence as an athlete and a role model for women and girls around the world make her a vital part of our compelling bid to become the 16th team in the NWSL."

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Cincinnati is one of three finalists for an expansion bid, joining Cleveland and Denver.

Clark's contribution to the bid has not been revealed publicly.

Sportico data from 2024 puts the average value of an NWSL franchise at $104 million. Angel City FC in Los Angeles is the league's most valuable franchise at $250 million, while the Chicago Red Stars are the lowest valued team at $53 million. 

If Clark's investment is anywhere close to 1% of a typical franchise's total value, it would be an investment that easily eclipses her entire annual WNBA salary. 

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Clark made $76,535 in the first year of her WNBA rookie contract. Next year she will make $78,066. 

Clark had a chance to supplement her basketball income by joining the new Unrivaled 3-on-3 league, which will be played in the WNBA offseason. Unrivaled was reportedly offering Clark north of $1 million. But Clark turned it down. She also turned down opportunities to play pro basketball in Europe like other WNBA players. 

Clark participated in a brief amateur golf stint this offseason but has otherwise focused on attending Taylor Swift concerts or other sporting events like college basketball games coached by her boyfriend at Butler University. 

She won't report to training camp for her second WNBA season until April 2025. 

However, Clark is believed to have plenty of other income streams in endorsement deals. 

Clark has an endorsement deal with Nike valued at about $28 million over eight years. This agreement includes promotional appearances, product endorsement and Nike marketing campaigns.

She has additional deals with Gatorade, Wilson Sporting Goods, Bose, State Farm, Buick, H&R Block, Topps, Shoot-A-Way and Goldman Sachs.

She even has her own cereal with Hy-Vee, "Caitlin's Crunch Time." 

Not much else is known about Clark's lifestyle because she keeps a low profile on her spending habits. However, everyone will know if she's on the hook for her investment in the Cincinnati FC bid if the city ends up winning the expansion franchise. Clark's presence as an investor could sway the decision. 

Clark was recently pictured next to Swift on the cover of Time magazine's Inspiring Women special edition issue that featured eight women in positions of leadership, including multiple athletes.

The 15 most-watched WNBA games last season all included Clark.

So, if that earns her investment group the NWSL team, then her financial future could depend heavily on the willingness of the people of Cincinnati to embrace a pro women's soccer franchise. 

The median household income in Cincinnati was $54,314 in 2023. In the Cincinnati metro area, the median household income was $75,062 in 2022, which is slightly higher than the national median. More than half of Cincinnati residents are women.

Cincinnati does not have a WNBA team. However, it does have a men's pro soccer team, Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati. The only pro sports teams in the city are the NFL's Bengals and MLB's Reds.

Clark's biggest rival in the WNBA has already admitted to struggling with personal finances since becoming a professional. 

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese admitted in an October social media post she can't afford to pay her rent on her WNBA salary. Reese's rookie salary with the Sky was $73,439, while her $8,000-a-month rent costs her $96,000 a year.

"I just hope y'all know," Reese told her audience, "the WNBA don't pay my bills at all. I don't even think that pays one of my bills. Literally. I'm trying to think of my rent for where I stay at. Let me do the math real quick."

Once Reese figured out her salary and what she was paying, she laughed, adding, "I'm living beyond my means!"

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After scoring a goal on Monday, U.S. men's soccer star Christian Pulisic joined the wave of athletes who are pulling out President-elect Trump's "YMCA" dance as a celebration.

Pulisic told reporters afterward he "thought it was funny" and said the dance moves were not "political" in nature.

But that didn't save him from scrutiny.

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The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) did not address Pulisic’s dance, but cut that part of the clip out when reposting the score on its social media accounts. However, anonymous USSF officials expressed dismay to The Athletic on Tuesday.

"Literally nobody here is surprised," a USSF employee told the outlet. "It doesn’t feel that way, at least. But it’s still really disappointing, to say the least."

Another employee added that the organization has "more pressing things to worry about."

Well, a former member of the United States men's soccer youth program took a shot at the media for ripping Pulisic, posting a story by The Athletic that was headlined, "Christian Pulisic, the Donald Trump dance and why true leaders consider the impact of their actions."

"Megan Rapinoe shouts and screams about every radical liberal idea and the soccer media claps like seals at her. Christian Pulisic does the trump dance and now the soccer media says he should worry about what ‘message’ it sends," Andrew Carleton wrote on X on Wednesday.

In the story, The Athletic writer Jeff Reuter also warned the soccer star to "consider the impact" of the dance move and why he "may come to regret" it.

"Pulisic can dance if he wants to. Any fan of 1980s one-hit wonders knows that. But it’s one thing to say you’re a leader and another to do what leaders do: consider how their actions will be perceived by their teammates and others," he wrote. "And yes, that extends to dances — especially when you’re literally mimicking the dance of an elected leader. Rather than any of the countless apolitical shimmies he could have chosen, this was a deliberate reference."

Carleton last played in the United Soccer League for the Las Vegas Lights last year. He was a member of the US U20 team in 2019.

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U.S. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic faced criticism for his decision to perform president-elect Donald Trump’s dance as a goal celebration on Monday night against Jamaica.

Pulisic told reporters afterward he "thought it was funny" and said the dance moves were not "political" in nature.

The U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) did not address Pulisic’s dance but cut that part of the clip out when reposting the score on its social media accounts. However, anonymous USSF officials expressed dismay to The Athletic on Tuesday.

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"Literally nobody here is surprised," a USSF employee told the outlet. "It doesn’t feel that way, at least. But it’s still really disappointing, to say the least."

Another employee added that the organization has "more pressing things to worry about."

Forbes columnist Ian Nicholas Quillen and The Athletic writer Jeff Reuter also warned the soccer star to "consider the impact" of the dance move and why he "may come to regret" it.

Quillen suggested Pulisic’s Trump-inspired grooves could lead to questions over which players deserve to be on the U.S. team given the president-elect’s stance on immigration. Tim Weah and Yunus Musah qualify for the team based on birthright citizenship, and it was suggested the dance could open Pulisic and other members to questions about eligibility.

"But all things being equal, Pulisic and his American teammates would probably rather the focus stay on the soccer they play," he added. "On Monday night, their captain made that tougher."

Reuter wrote Pulisic should have taken a page from other leaders and "consider how their actions will be perceived by their teammates and others."

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"In the immediate wake of a presidential election which carries tremendous global consequence, even a dance move is going to be studied closely as an embodiment of his nation’s tenor," he wrote. "He may not realize how Trump’s views on immigration could impact his dual-national teammates and their families. Regardless, this is a case where a dance conveys a meaning well beyond a simple gesture. With his nation co-hosting the World Cup in 2026, having the captain and face of the USMNT paying homage to Trump carries outsized subtext, intended or not.

"It doesn’t matter if Pulisic wants that responsibility to consider perception. That comes with being a leader. He can cite eagerness to embrace that type of role but in light of Monday’s dance move, he’d be wise to consider what that distinction truly entails."

Pulisic scored two goals in the Nations League win over Jamaica. He remarked about the dance after the match.

"Well, obviously that’s the Trump dance," he said, via The Athletic. "It was just a dance that everyone’s doing. He’s the one who created it. I just thought it was funny.

"It’s not a political dance. It was just for fun. I saw a bunch of people do it and I thought it was funny, so I enjoyed it. I hope some people did, at least."

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U.S. soccer star Christian Pulisic went viral on Monday night when his goal against Jamaica in the Nations League sparked his own version of a President-elect Donald Trump-inspired dance.

The viral dance move has been seen across the sports spectrum. The NFL told Fox News Digital it would not yield a punishment against players from the league. UFC stars did the tribute move while the president-elect was sitting cageside at Madison Square Garden.

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Pulisic was just the latest to follow the trend. He told reporters after the win he thought it was "funny."

"Well, obviously that’s the Trump dance," he said, via The Athletic. "It was just a dance that everyone’s doing. He’s the one who created it. I just thought it was funny.

"It’s not a political dance. It was just for fun. I saw a bunch of people do it and I thought it was funny, so I enjoyed it. I hope some people did, at least."

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The dance craze reared its head when San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa did it after sacking Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield.

It exploded into several athletes doing the move this past weekend.

"People were scared for a while. You don’t want people to talk bad about you, how we’ve been talked about the last four years if you’re a Donald Trump supporter," NFL great Brian Urlacher said on Fox News Channel’s "Jesse Watters Primetime." 

"I think now, no one’s scared anymore. It’s nice to see these guys coming out and everyone who’s a silent Trump supporter – he under polls always. … I think they’re just excited now that he got the job done, and he’s gonna get the job done the next four years."

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Pro women's soccer players Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis, who are in a same-sex relationship, announced that Mewis is pregnant with their first child in an Instagram post on Sunday. 

Just one day later, the team who Kerr plays for, Chelsea FC, released a statement addressing alleged "abuse" that the players received after the announcement. 

"There is no place in society for any form of discrimination and we will not accept any abuse directed towards our players, staff or supporters," the statement read, per Reuters. "We are extremely proud to be a diverse, inclusive club that celebrates and welcomes people from all cultures, communities and identities."

Chelsea women’s team manager Sonia Bompastor addressed the allegations during a news conference on Tuesday. 

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"This is just unacceptable to have these kind of comments, especially in our world in 2024," Bompastor said at a news conference ahead of Chelsea’s game against Celtic in the Women’s Champions League. "That’s just crazy for me to understand how people can react like this."

During a team news conference on Tuesday, England women's football manager Sarina Wiegman was also asked about the alleged attacks by a reporter. 

"It is very, very disappointing," Wiegman said of the alleged abuse.

The initial post announcing the pregnancy is now blocking off any new comments. However, previous comments on the post remained. 

Multiple comments that are still under the post inquired about who the father of the baby is. Many of the responses to those comments have brought up the possibility of IVF, while others have lambasted the users who posed the question for even asking.

International soccer institutions have made frequent efforts to combat homophobia among the sport's fans in recent years. 

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In May, France's sports minister called for football club Monaco to be sanctioned after one of its players, Mohamed Camara, covered an LGBTQ support message on his jersey during the team's final league game.

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra called Mohamad Camara's actions "unacceptable" and for "firm sanctions" against both the player and the club.

Camara, who is Muslim, covered the badge with white tape and refused to participate in a pregame photo in front of a banner carrying the same message.

"Homophobia is not an opinion, it’s a crime," Aurore Bergé, the French minister of equality, wrote on X. "And homophobia kills. There must be strict punishment for Mohamed Camara."

Camara missed the first four games of this year's Ligue de Football Professionnel season.

In October, the German professional soccer club VfL Wolfsburg disciplined player Kevin Behrens after he refused to autograph a gay pride shirt and made comments considered homophobic toward a fan who requested it. 

The player allegedly refused to sign a Wolfsburg shirt that featured a rainbow logo for the LGBTQ pride flag. Behrens also allegedly said, "I won’t sign that gay [crap]," according to multiple reports.

Behrens has since apologized for the incident. 

In 2021, all Mexico national team fans were banned from attending the team's World Cup qualifiers after fans used a Spanish chant that included a word that is recognized as a gay slur. The team was forced to play its home qualifiers in an empty stadium and had to pay a fine of $73,000. 

Mexican Football Federation President Yon De Luisa acknowledged the chant was a long-standing tradition for the team when she addressed the fan ban in a press conference that summer. 

"For many years, that was the debate for us at the Mexican federation," De Luisa said. "That is no longer a debate. If it is discriminatory, we should avoid it."

FIFA announced its own disciplinary code to combat offensive chants by spectators in July 2019. According to the code, officials are expected to give one warning to spectators if offensive chants are used, but if they continue, officials must abandon the match, and players are sent to the locker rooms. 

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U.S. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic put a ball into the back of the net and then got in on the dance craze sweeping the sports world.

Pulisic and the Americans were playing Jamaica in a Concacaf Nations League matchup, and it didn’t take long for the striker to put the U.S. up. He flicked the ball over the Jamaican goalkeeper and into the back of the net for the first score.

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He ran to the corner to celebrate the score and immediately was seen doing President-elect Donald Trump’s dance move.

Pulisic scored again in the 33rd minute, and Ricardo Pepi put the U.S. up 3-0 in the 42nd minute. They had that lead at halftime. The U.S. had a 4-0 aggregate lead, and the three goals appeared to put the match out of reach for Jamaica.

Pulisic’s decision to pull off the dance move joined the line of professional athletes who did it over the weekend.

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Several NFL players and UFC stars showed their support for the president-elect over the weekend. Brock Powers, Calvin Ridley, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Za’Darius Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez all pulled it off.

At UFC 309, Trump was seated cageside as Jon Jones and Bo Nickal both showed support for him. Jones did the dance move after he knocked out Stipe Miocic. 

He handed the heavyweight belt to Trump afterward. Nickal talked with Trump about golfing after his victory.

LPGA Tour star Charley Hull also appeared to do the move.

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