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Fifa Club World Cup: How Saudi Arabia is underpinning the tournament

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Jun 14

Fifa, the Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia
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A detailed look at the figures behind the Fifa Club World Cup, and how investment from Saudi Arabia appears to be underpinning the tournament.

Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Jun 6

Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport

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After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.

Trump travel ban: How will it affect World Cup and Olympic Games?

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Jun 6

Trump’s travel ban: How will it affect the 2026 World Cup and 2028 LA Games? - BBC Sport

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After President Donald Trump banned travel to the US from 12 countries, BBC Sport assesses what the impact on sporting events could be.

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · May 23

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...

Olympic gold swimmer left ‘broken’ by coach's harsh regime and weight comments

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · May 20

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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Gold medallist Ruta Meilutytė describes toxic training environment under esteemed trainer Jon Rudd at top swim club.

Rugby concussions lawsuit: 'Every position affected' says claim data

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · May 13

'Every position affected' says rugby union concussion claim data
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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

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · May 13

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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Culture secretary Lisa Nandy will meet with former footballers and their families to hear more about

David Kogan named government's preferred choice to chair new English football regulator

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 25

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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Sports media rights executive David Kogan is named as the government's preferred choice as chair of the English football's new independent regulator.

Prominent Commonwealth Games official found to have breached ethics code

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 17

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 tariffs: How might they affect sport?

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 3

Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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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.

Donald Trump tariffs: How might they affect sport?

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 3

Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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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.

Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 2

"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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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Apr 2

"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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Dame Katherine Grainger: UK Sport chair 'frustrated' Britain not hosting more events

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 27

Excl: Britain ‘risking global reputation’ by not hosting more major sports events, outgoing UK Sport supremo Katherine Grainger tells me. ⬇️
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Outgoing UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger says it is

Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 24

Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport

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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.

Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms'

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 24

Exclusive: Rugby league concussion lawsuit: Nearly two-thirds of claimants 'showed CTE symptoms' | BBC Sport

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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.

Kirsty Coventry - the groundbreaking but controversial new IOC president

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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 23

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 will become the 10th International Olympic Committee president - but why is she both a groundbreaking and controversial choice?

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 23

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...

Premier League - Sir Jim Ratcliffe: The Interview

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 14

“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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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 12

Extended interview with Sir Jim Ratcliffe via BBC iplayer
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Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe talks to the BBC's Sports Editor Dan Roan.

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 7

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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Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 6

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...

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 6

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...

Kirsty Coventry: Time the International Olympic Committee was led by a woman

Dan Roan @danroan.bsky.social · Mar 4

“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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International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Kirsty Coventry says it's time the organisation was led by a woman.