Football

May 3, 2026

BBC Sport report avoids telling the story

On May 1st the BBC Sport website published a filmed report titled “Infantino attempts to orchestra...

January 26, 2026

BBC reports on illegal construction promote a PR campaign

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page recently found two reports relating to t...

January 20, 2026

BBC online archive failures continue to compromise reporting

The BBC News website’s “Birmingham & Black Country” page currently includes a sub-section ...

January 9, 2026

BBC continues to muddy the waters on football fan ban

Previously we discussed BBC News website and BBC Sport coverage of a ban on Israeli football fans at...

January 4, 2026

Birmingham Israeli fans ban and BBC ‘permanent public record’

In October 2025 we documented BBC New website and BBC Sport portrayal of a ban on Israeli football f...

November 12, 2025

BBC News and BBC Sport framing of the Birmingham football match story – part two

Previously we looked at BBC Sport and BBC News website reporting in the run-up to the November 6th U...

November 11, 2025

BBC News and BBC Sport framing of the Birmingham football match story – part one

Last month we discussed three items of BBC content concerning the announcement of a ban on Israeli f...

October 21, 2025

BBC promotes a narrative using misleading portrayals of Amsterdam attacks

A BBC News website report that was originally published on October 16th under the title “Wrong to ...

November 10, 2024

BBC News website coverage of attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam

BBC News website coverage of attacks on Israeli football fans in Amsterdam following a match on the ...

January 19, 2024

Omissions in BBC News report on Israeli footballer in Turkey

On January 15th the BBC News website published a report on its ‘Europe’ and ‘Middle East’ pa...