I want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air. The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC's social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. 'Everyone recognises this has been a difficult period for staff, contributors, presenters and, most importantly, our audiences. Sky News understands Lineker had refuted this wording and that the corporation had instead forced him off air as he was unwilling to apologise for the comments he had made. He was suspended by the BBC from presenting MOTD as they said in a statement he would 'step back' from hosting the weekly football highlights programme. Download the Sky Sports App | Get Sky Sports.The row over impartiality began after Lineker compared the language used to launch a new government asylum policy with 1930s Germany. The BBC was forced to cancel some sports shows and offer reduced coverage of its flagship Match of the Day programmes when pundits and commentators refused to work. Other great features you can use are set notifications so If you’re out and about you’re able to get any news or score updates pinged through your telephone while on the go.Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this. You can then easily navigate with the right-hand menu to find sports you are interested in or if there is a special event going on such as the Olympics, or a world cup in any sport, you can also view that. Once you’ve selected your favourite sports, they will be easily accessible and displayed on the homepage as you access the page. The BBC Sport app also covers disability sport, which is great as that does not get too much coverage at the moment. But the app also covers sports from the other side of the pond – American Football, Baseball and Basketball.Īdditionally, if you’re into sports like Bowls, Boxing, Canoeing, it has you covered as well. You can select from your usual British sports such as Rugby, Football (Soccer), Cricket and so on. It still remains a very simple app, but if you want to follow any sport and with the great coverage BBC has, it is absolutely fantastic. It instantly became a favourite and one of the top 5 downloaded sports app, where it remains today. The BBC Sport app was launched around four years ago as a basic standalone app for sports fans who did not want trawl through world, traffic and local news to find their beloved sports updates.

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