Dan Roan

Sports Editor @BBCNews @bbcsport SJA Broadcast Journalist of the Year 2021 & 2025, Hon Fellow @UniNorthants. President @officialghcc Northamptonian

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Honoured to win the @SportSJA Broadcast Journalist of the Year award. Huge thanks to family & BBC colleagues for making it possible, & to the SJA
#SJA2025 #BritishSportsJournalismAwards
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Jurgen Klopp: Germany coach wants to 'reclaim' flag amid elections https://t.co/2TGESvMspn

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Matt Fitzpatrick: DP World Tour Championship defending champ uncomfortable with Dubai location due to ongoing conflict https://t.co/ZWNmhDHKcp

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Saudi Arabia dropped from 2026 World Rally Championship because of ongoing unrest in the Middle East. https://t.co/A4V2xhiTVP

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Has the long wait for a ruling in the PL v Man City 115* case now become a credibility issue for the Premier League?
Asking PL chief Richard Masters about the time it has taken ⬇️
https://t.co/abzw58axte

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‘Everyone wants clarity' over Man City charges saga, says Arsenal chief Richard Garlick, as another new season starts without resolution, telling me: “I hope that there is a solution very quickly."
#afc #mcfc #arsenal
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“I maintain my view [VAR] is a great tool for rectifying those clearly wrong situations that are match impactful…” 

3 weeks ago I asked referees supremo Howard Webb about VAR ahead of the new season ⬇️

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Henry Pollock to @bbcsport: 'Northampton means everything to me. I'm very happy here and I'm hoping I can stay. But I'm open to opportunities and I'm definitely exploring those things.'

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“I maintain my view [VAR] is a great tool for rectifying those clearly wrong situations that are match impactful…” 

3 weeks ago I asked referees supremo Howard Webb about VAR ahead of the new season ⬇️

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“Some people will never get behind [VAR] fully…”

Pro Ref chief Howard Webb tells me he’s confident of “fewer mistakes than we saw last year” with VAR after 25 errors in the PL, & that despite criticism, it remains “a great tool for rectifying clearly wrong situations”

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3 weeks ago I asked Pro Ref chief Howard Webb about his hopes for VAR this season ⬇️

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3 weeks ago I asked Pro Ref chief Howard Webb about his hopes for VAR this season ⬇️

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“Some people will never get behind [VAR] fully…”

Pro Ref chief Howard Webb tells me he’s confident of “fewer mistakes than we saw last year” with VAR after 25 errors in the PL, & that despite criticism, it remains “a great tool for rectifying clearly wrong situations”

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Mauricio Pochettino says his Spurs team should get 2016-17 PL title because of Chelsea’s 74 breaches of transfer rules.

- Last month I asked PL chief Richard Masters why Chelsea received just £10m fines from PL & FA, rather than a sporting sanction like some other clubs ⬇️

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Weight-loss drugs in sport: Ozempic, Mounjaro not on Wada banned list for athletes https://t.co/wkSlyWpnYh

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2030 Winter Olympics boss Edgar Grospiron departs amid turmoil - BBC Sport https://t.co/NJiDRxQkgf

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Vuelta a Espana: 21 year-old British rider Matthew Brennan sprints to historic FIFTH stage win https://t.co/wtuqwK88K8

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@Cobby5 Yes

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“It’s the big thing in golf…”

At the very 1st LIV Golf event in June 2022, Saudi PIF supremo Yasir Al-Rumayan tells me about the breakaway series.

4 years on, with Saudi funding pulled, LIV has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, with at least £33m owed to players
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“I’m going to have a lot of fun”

Newcastle Utd chair & Saudi PIF
supremo Yasir Al-Rumayyan tells me
he’s looking forward to the controversial LIV golf series which his organisation is bankrolling.
But had little to say about claims the event is an example of sportswashing

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“It’s the big thing in golf…”

At the very 1st LIV Golf event in June 2022, Saudi PIF supremo Yasir Al-Rumayan tells me about the breakaway series.

4 years on, with Saudi funding pulled, LIV has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US, with at least £33m owed to players
⬇️

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Mauricio Pochettino says his Spurs team should get 2016-17 PL title because of Chelsea’s 74 breaches of transfer rules.

- Last month I asked PL chief Richard Masters why Chelsea received just £10m fines from PL & FA, rather than a sporting sanction like some other clubs ⬇️

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@tomjolley9 “Exceptional” commentary too @tomjolley9 👏

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Fifa has accused Uefa of a "smear campaign" in a challenge to US litigation over president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors, claiming Uefa of “legal deficiencies” & “economic motivation”
https://t.co/3iyWvAYRkf