Former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas says his Twitter account was hacked after receiving widespread criticism for posting a tweet claiming he was gay. In a now deleted post on his ...

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For a couple of hours on Sunday lunchtime, Iker Casillas was the most famous gay footballer in the world. Until, of course, he wasn't. "I hope you respect me: I'm gay," said a tweet from the ...

And then came Sunday’s Iker Casillas-shaped bump in the road, with the former Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper tweeting “I hope you respect me: I’m gay. #happysunday”. What followed was ...