Dan Roan

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Dan Roan
Born
Daniel Roan

(1976-12-31) 31 December 1976 (age 47)
Northampton, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Occupation Journalist
TitleSports editor of BBC News (2014present)

Daniel Roan (born 31 December 1976) is the sports editor for BBC News, currently employed by BBC Sport. [1]

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Biography

Daniel Roan was born on 31 December 1976 and was brought up in Northampton, England. Roan went to Wellingborough School. He matriculated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1995 to read Social and Political Sciences. He graduated with a second-class degree in 1998. [2]

In 2012, Roan was banned from all media activity involving Manchester City following an interview with Patrick Vieira, which had been originally arranged to promote Football Against Hunger, a charity Vieira was involved with. Vieira was quoted in the interview as stating that city rivals Manchester United receive favourable refereeing decisions when playing at home. Roan was accused of deliberately taking Vieira's comments out of context and engaging in "leading and aggressive questioning". [3]

In 2018, Roan faced calls to resign following his comments at the memorial for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four other victims of a fatal helicopter crash. Roan alleged that the Leicester City's boss had a "mistress who died in the crash". [4] Following, Roan issued an apology to explain that the comments were made off-air and with "no offence intended". [5]

Personal life

In July 2018, Roan was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Northampton. [6] Roan is a native of Northampton. [6]

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References

  1. Tobitt, Charlotte (27 March 2023). "Piers Morgan and Martin Lewis lead list of most-followed UK journalists on Twitter". Press Gazette. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. "From Varsity to the BBC: Dan Roan". Cambridge Varsity. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. "Man City bans BBC's Dan Roan". ESPN. 18 May 2024.
  4. Singh, Anita (30 October 2018). "BBC's Dan Roan reprimanded after claiming Leicester City boss 'died with his mistress'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. Morris, James (31 October 2018). "BBC's Dan Roan 'taken off air over Leicester City owner comments'". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "BBC Sports Editor Dan Roan awarded honorary degree". Prolific North. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
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