Dan Roan
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BBC Sports Editor
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Disparity, debt, disloyalty.
Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport
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Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport
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Premier League: Is £3bn transfer window spending a cause for concern?
Sports editor Dan Roan assesses a summer during which Premier League clubs spent more than ever.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Disparity, debt, disloyalty.
Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport
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Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport
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Fifa, the Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia
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Fifa Club World Cup: How Saudi Arabia is underpinning the tournament
A detailed look at the figures behind the Fifa Club World Cup, and how investment from Saudi Arabia appears to be underpinning the tournament.
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June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Fifa, the Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia
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Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport
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Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?
After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport
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Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport
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Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?
After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport
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Exclusive: Liverpool boss Arne Slot tells me about winning the Premier League title in debut season, taking over from Klopp, Trent, & transfers www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
May 23, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Exclusive: Liverpool boss Arne Slot tells me about winning the Premier League title in debut season, taking over from Klopp, Trent, & transfers www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left "broken" by the harsh regime run by one of the UK's most successful swimming coaches.
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Olympic gold swimmer left ‘broken’ by coach's harsh regime and weight comments
Gold medallist Ruta Meilutytė describes toxic training environment under esteemed trainer Jon Rudd at top swim club.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left "broken" by the harsh regime run by one of the UK's most successful swimming coaches.
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'Every position affected' says rugby union concussion claim data
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Rugby concussions lawsuit: 'Every position affected' says claim data
Rugby concussions lawsuit: 'Every position affected' says claim data
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May 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
'Every position affected' says rugby union concussion claim data
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Culture secretary Lisa Nandy to meet ex footballers & families later today to hear more about "the devastating impacts" of brain diseases.
Comes amid Football Families for Justice campaign calling for more help from the sport’s authorities for cost of care
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Comes amid Football Families for Justice campaign calling for more help from the sport’s authorities for cost of care
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Lisa Nandy: Culture secretary to meet former footballers and families to hear about brain diseases from playing the sportout brain d
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy will meet with former footballers and their families to hear more about
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May 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Culture secretary Lisa Nandy to meet ex footballers & families later today to hear more about "the devastating impacts" of brain diseases.
Comes amid Football Families for Justice campaign calling for more help from the sport’s authorities for cost of care
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Comes amid Football Families for Justice campaign calling for more help from the sport’s authorities for cost of care
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Sports media rights executive David Kogan has been named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.
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David Kogan named government's preferred choice to chair new English football regulator
Sports media rights executive David Kogan is named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sports media rights executive David Kogan has been named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.
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A ‘prominent’ Commonwealth Games Federation official has been found to have breached its ethics code after a claim that they "spent an inordinate amount of time with a volunteer of the opposite sex" at a social event related to CGF business
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Prominent Commonwealth Games official found to have breached ethics code
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April 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A ‘prominent’ Commonwealth Games Federation official has been found to have breached its ethics code after a claim that they "spent an inordinate amount of time with a volunteer of the opposite sex" at a social event related to CGF business
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Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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Donald Trump tariffs: How might they affect sport?
After US president Donald Trump unveiled his new trade tariffs, BBC sports editor Dan Roan looks at what impact the move could have on the world of sport.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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Donald Trump tariffs: How might they affect sport?
After US president Donald Trump unveiled his new trade tariffs, BBC sports editor Dan Roan looks at what impact the move could have on the world of sport.
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April 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs.
The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back
There is a
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April 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs.
The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs.
The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back
There is a
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April 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"High degree of uncertainty" over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during Covid will ever be repaid, says influential group of MPs.
The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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The Public Accounts Cttee criticised "severe weaknesses" in DCMS handling of the loans
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Excl: Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not hosting more major sports events, outgoing UK Sport supremo Katherine Grainger tells me. ⬇️
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Dame Katherine Grainger: UK Sport chair 'frustrated' Britain not hosting more events
Outgoing UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger says it is
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March 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excl: Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not hosting more major sports events, outgoing UK Sport supremo Katherine Grainger tells me. ⬇️
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Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport
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Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'
Almost two-thirds of the claimants in a concussion lawsuit against rugby league authorities showed symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents seen by the BBC.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport
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Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport
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Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'
Almost two-thirds of the claimants in a concussion lawsuit against rugby league authorities showed symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to documents seen by the BBC.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport
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Groundbreaking but controversial.
Kirsty Coventry became world sport’s most powerful figure this week & the IOC’s first female President.
So what questions are raised by the Zimbabwean’s triumph?
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Kirsty Coventry became world sport’s most powerful figure this week & the IOC’s first female President.
So what questions are raised by the Zimbabwean’s triumph?
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Kirsty Coventry - the groundbreaking but controversial new IOC president
Kirsty Coventry will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and controversial choice?
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March 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Groundbreaking but controversial.
Kirsty Coventry became world sport’s most powerful figure this week & the IOC’s first female President.
So what questions are raised by the Zimbabwean’s triumph?
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Kirsty Coventry became world sport’s most powerful figure this week & the IOC’s first female President.
So what questions are raised by the Zimbabwean’s triumph?
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Special Olympics
The World in Turin
A must-watch film by Joe Wilson on how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The World in Turin
A must-watch film by Joe Wilson on how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
March 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Special Olympics
The World in Turin
A must-watch film by Joe Wilson on how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The World in Turin
A must-watch film by Joe Wilson on how sport can transform the lives of athletes with intellectual disabilities ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
“The issue really isn’t the debt…the issue is that we’re spending more than we’re earning”
Asked Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe if recent ticket price increases are down to the debt the club has been saddled with since the Glazer ‘05 takeover ⬇️
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Asked Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe if recent ticket price increases are down to the debt the club has been saddled with since the Glazer ‘05 takeover ⬇️
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March 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
“The issue really isn’t the debt…the issue is that we’re spending more than we’re earning”
Asked Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe if recent ticket price increases are down to the debt the club has been saddled with since the Glazer ‘05 takeover ⬇️
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Asked Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe if recent ticket price increases are down to the debt the club has been saddled with since the Glazer ‘05 takeover ⬇️
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Extended interview with Sir Jim Ratcliffe via BBC iplayer
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Premier League - Sir Jim Ratcliffe: The Interview
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe talks to the BBC's Sports Editor Dan Roan.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Extended interview with Sir Jim Ratcliffe via BBC iplayer
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FA chief Mark Bullingham tells me he’s “receptive” to temporarily removing relegation from the WSL “if the overall package is good for the women's game”, but he “would never accept a closed league in the long term” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
March 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
FA chief Mark Bullingham tells me he’s “receptive” to temporarily removing relegation from the WSL “if the overall package is good for the women's game”, but he “would never accept a closed league in the long term” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
March 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
March 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
FA chief exec Mark Bullingham defends allowing England boss Thomas Tuchel “to go home occasionally” after it emerged last month he had not attended 3 PL weekends due to trips back to Germany, & says he’s made a “brilliant impact” www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
“It’s time”
This month, Africa’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry could make history by becoming the 1st female IOC president.
She told me why she wants to hold the most powerful position in world sport & her role in a controversial Zimbabwe government ⬇️
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This month, Africa’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry could make history by becoming the 1st female IOC president.
She told me why she wants to hold the most powerful position in world sport & her role in a controversial Zimbabwe government ⬇️
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Kirsty Coventry: Time the International Olympic Committee was led by a woman
International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.
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March 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“It’s time”
This month, Africa’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry could make history by becoming the 1st female IOC president.
She told me why she wants to hold the most powerful position in world sport & her role in a controversial Zimbabwe government ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...
This month, Africa’s most decorated Olympian Kirsty Coventry could make history by becoming the 1st female IOC president.
She told me why she wants to hold the most powerful position in world sport & her role in a controversial Zimbabwe government ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...