Soccer Player Suspended for Homophobic Tweet to Olympic Diver

5:38 AM PDT 8/1/2012 by THR Staff

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Tom Daley, 18, and diving partner Pete Waterfield missed out winning a medal at the London Olympics.

LONDON -- A Welsh Premier League soccer player has been suspended after an abusive Twitter message was sent to Olympic diver Tom Daley, according to the ITV website.

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Port Talbot Town FC has confirmed its midfielder Daniel Thomas will be the subject of an internal investigation into a tweet sent to Team GB diver Daley.

Daley, 18, and diving partner Pete Waterfield missed out winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics when they finished fourth in the 10 meter synchronized dive on Monday.

According to reports, a homophobic message was sent to Daley's Twitter page from the 10DanThomas10 account, which has since been deleted.

It comes following a separate "trolling" incident involving Daley, which resulted in the arrest of a teenager.