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Sports Personality of the Year was created by Paul Fox, who thought of the idea while he was editor of the magazine show Sportsview.The first award ceremony took place in 1954 as part of Sportsview, and was presented by Peter Dimmock. [1]
James Alexander Gordon (10 February 1936 – 18 August 2014) was a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for reading out football results on BBC radio. [1] Born in Edinburgh in 1936, [2] as a baby he was paralysed with polio and he spent a large part of his childhood in hospital. [3]
The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan. [1]In addition to the Olympic host city of Tokyo, matches were also played in Kashima, Saitama, Sapporo, Rifu and Yokohama.
Scott began her media career while still playing football, appearing on programmes such as Soccer AM [26] with other minor roles at BBC Sport, BT Sport, and Sky Sports. [27] While playing for Arsenal, she completed a degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting at Staffordshire University. [28]
As a result, Newcastle were banned by the Football Association from hosting home cup games during the following season. [ 6 ] Surprises in the earlier rounds included a first round defeat for Exeter City by Alvechurch F.C. and a 4–0 second round replay win for a Walton & Hersham team that included Dave Bassett over a Brighton & Hove Albion side managed by Brian Clough .
14 August – To coincide with the BBC regaining rights to highlights of the Premier League, BBC Sport launches an afternoon-long football scores service Score Interactive. The programme is broadcast from 14:30 until 18:00 on the BBC's interactive service, the BBC Red Button. The BBC had operated an in-vision scores service on Saturday ...
Logan started presenting for BBC Sport on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup fourth round tie between Luton Town and Blackburn Rovers. She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan also deputises for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. Logan hosted Final Score from 2009 until 2013. She ...
In 2006 journalist Simon Barnes wrote that homophobia in football was entrenched and would never change, [2] and in 2009 journalist Matt Williams wrote that being a gay professional player in football was still a taboo, [3] Football magazine When Saturday Comes described homosexuality as a "continuing taboo" in the sport in 2013. [4]