The term refers to a Nazi Party regional branch leader. The row broke out after the First Minister was provisionally booked by Carl Hicks, editor of BBC TV Sport, to appear with on a live show outside Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium ahead of the Six Nations match.

One of Britain's best-known broadcasters will be at a university tomorrow to talk about her new BBC Radio 4 series on the history of sport. Clare Balding, fronts the BBC's live racing coverage. She has also presented at the last three summer Olympics and ...

BBC’s head of sport Barbara Slater told me, “We don’t like our commentators involved in controversy”.’ Doug Insole, 85-year-old member of the FA’s protocol committee, made the ridiculous complaint detailed in the minutes that the grey text of ...

RUGBY golfer Lauren Taylor has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. The 17-year-old was given the honour at a glitzy awards ceremony held last night (Thursday) in Salford and watched by millions of people. It caps off an impressive year for ...

"What this means is that a journalistic decision by the sports editor has been over-ridden for political reasons — that's what you get in tin-pot dictatorships. You're not meant to get it in the BBC." Mr Salmond will now confront BBC Trust chairman Lord ...