BBC sparks complaints from cricket, snooker

BBC news coverage has prompted complaints from sports governing bodies The BBC is at loggerheads with the England and Wales Cricket Board over the coverage of the recent Kevin Pietersen-Peter Moores sackings, according to a report in yesterday’s Daily Mail. Separately, World Snooker has complained over a BBC2 Newsnight report on the sport, broadcast in […]

Freelancers snookered by PA Sport decision

The Snooker Writers’ Association has launched a campaign against PA Sport’s controversial decision to drop its regular freelance stringers and instead depend on the sport’s world governing body’s website as a source for its stories. Instead of its usual freelance contributors, PA Sport has said it will supply its reports by using staff reporters and […]