Dan Roan

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.

Disparity, debt, disloyalty.
Is PL’s record £3bn transfer window spending spree a cause for concern? BBC Sport

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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.

Fifa, the Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia
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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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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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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.

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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Prominent Commonwealth Games official found to have breached ethics code A

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? 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’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.

Donald Trump’s tariffs: How could a trade war impact the world of sport?
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Covid loans: Uncertainty over £400m yet to be paid back There is a

"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 There is a

"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 Outgoing UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger says it is

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

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.

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

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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?

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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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 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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Premier League - Sir Jim Ratcliffe: The Interview Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe talks to the BBC's Sports Editor Dan Roan.

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...

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...

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.

“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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Tour de France: Great Britain set to host Grand Depart of men's race in 2027 The UK is set to host the men's Tour de France Grand Depart in 2027, BBC Sport has learned.

Exclusive:
Britain set to host opening stages of men's Tour de France in 2027 with sports chiefs increasingly confident of bringing Grand Depart back to the UK for first time since 2014

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International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons opposed to 'blanket' transgender bans The president of the International Paralympic Committee says he is opposed to

Paralympics president opposed to transgender participation 'blanket solutions' across sports

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Test Match Special - Should England be playing against Afghanistan? - BBC Sounds A special TMS episode looking at the controversy around Afghanistan cricket.

Should England be playing Afghanistan?

TMS special looking at the ongoing off-field controversy surrounding Afghanistan cricket.

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IOC provisionally recognises breakaway World Boxing as the international federation within the Olympic movement governing the sport of boxing at world level.
Was formed after International Boxing Assoc was stripped of its status as governing body in 2023

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Champions Trophy 2025 England v Afghanistan: Coach Jonathan Trott on bravery of his players Afghanistan's players know

Afghanistan players know "full well" things are "not correct" in their home country says coach Jonathan Trott, as Amnesty urges England players “to speak out against the assault on women’s rights under the Taliban regime” on eve of Champions Trophy match

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