Former NBA star John Amaechi believes the international soccer community has a “toxic” approach towards homosexuality and claims that FIFA, the game’s worldgoverning body, is not doing enough to help gay players in the wake of Thomas Hitzlsperger’s coming out as a gay man earlier this week. Hitzlsperger, 31, is just the fourthprofessional soccer player to officially come out after former Norwich forward Justin Fashanu, Swedish lower league player Anton Hysen and LA Galaxy midfielderRobbie Rogers.

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