Broadcaster urged to act after boxer’s string of sexist comments,including some about fellow Spoty nominee Jessica Ennis-Hill The BBC has come under renewed pressure to remove the heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury from its Sports Personality of the Year shortlist after the newly-crowned world champion appeared unrepentant about a string of sexist comments, some directed at the Olympic and world champion heptathlete, and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Fury – who stunned Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA,IBF and WBO belts final month – made outspoken comments about homosexuality and abortion in the buildup to the fight, and final week said that Ennis-Hill, and a fellow contender for the award,“slaps up noble”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com