Everyone belongs in sport.
Hear athletes’ stories, test your next move and find support for yourself or a teammate.
Photo: youth match, PattayaPatrol, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Play stops. Your move.
A short, fictional moment from a match. Pick what you would do and see why it helps, or doesn’t. There is no score and no wrong person, only better moves.
A spectator directs racist abuse at your teammate. They look upset and want to leave.
It happens at every level.
From grassroots fixtures to World Cups. Every number here comes with who was counted.
3,358
discrimination allegations were recorded in English grassroots football in one season.
Who was counted: reports to the FA from adult and youth grassroots games in England, 2025/26. These are allegations, not proven findings, and many incidents are never reported.
50%
of people who answered a cricket equity survey said they faced discrimination in the previous five years.
Who was counted: 4,156 people who chose to respond to the ICEC survey in England and Wales, 2021. Not all cricketers.
152
players were targeted with abusive or discriminatory messages online during the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Who was counted: tournament players monitored by FIFA and FIFPRO on public social media. About one in five.
In their own words.
We were banned from competition. I never ran again international competition
Tommie Smith
US sprinter and 1968 Olympic champion, on what followed the podium protest.
Athletes from football, cricket, tennis, athletics and basketball have described discrimination in public. We collected 20 of their published accounts, with every quote checked against the original source.
Speak up, your way.
Speaking up doesn’t have to mean going public. None of these is braver than another.
- Tell someone you trustA parent or carer, a teacher, a coach or your club’s welfare officer. You don’t need a perfect story to ask for help.
- Back a teammateAsk what they need. Stay with them. Help them reach an adult who can act.
- Use a private routeClubs, sports bodies and helplines have ways to report a concern, and some let you do it without giving your name.
- Say it in publicSome athletes choose to. It is one option, never a duty, and never the price of being believed.
Five sports. One rule.
Everyone gets to play. Pick a sport to hear from its athletes.
Photos show the world of each sport, not the athletes quoted, except the 1968 podium. Full credits on the About page.
Run it with your team.
A 10-minute session for coaches, PE teachers and captains, with a printable discussion sheet.
Nobody is asked to share their own experience. The session uses one fictional round and three questions.