Tag: BBC
BBC to allow highest-earning stars to defend salaries on social media
The BBC will allow its stars earning more than £150,000 a year to engage with critics and defend themselves on social media after details of their pay are revealed. The BBC and […]
BBC Sports Personality 2016: Michael Phelps to be given lifetime achievement award
Record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award at Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality show. The American, 31, won his 23rd Olympic gold in his final Games […]
How the BBC Sports Personalities of 2016 challenge preconceptions about sport
Ever since sport was invented, people have tried to steal it for their own purposes – and they’ve all failed. Classic example: Hitler wanted sport to prove Aryan supremacy. It […]
Nicola Adams: BBC Sports Personality 2016 contender
We are showcasing each of the 16 contenders in the run-up to the Sports Personality of the Year award on 18 December. Today – Nicola Adams andGareth Bale. Nicola Adams […]
Euro 2016: Who will win? Who are the dark horses? BBC experts’ predictions
BBC Sport’s football experts, including Thierry Henry, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Lineker, give their verdicts on which team will win Euro 2016 in France this summer. READ MORE: Full Euro […]