TrendsWide
Contact US
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
TrendsWide
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
TrendsWide
No Result
View All Result
Home Sports

Marcus Rashford would be a ‘very worthy winner’ of Sports Personality of the Year, says Gary Lineker

by souhaib
October 29, 2020
in Sports
0
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
ADVERTISEMENT


Marcus Rashford would be a ‘very worthy winner’ of Sports Personality of the Year, insists Gary Lineker amid Manchester United star’s battle against child food poverty as BBC face calls to include him on their shortlist

By Ian Herbert and David Coverdale For The Daily Mail

Published: 22:31 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 00:44 GMT, 29 October 2020

The BBC‘s Gary Lineker has told Sportsmail that he believes Marcus Rashford would be ‘a very worthy winner’ of Sports Personality of the Year, as debate continues to rage over whether the 22-year-old should be included on the shortlist.

Despite a crusading campaign and a petition urging help for Britain’s most impoverished children which topped one million on Wednesday night, Sportsmail revealed Rashford is set to miss out on the shortlist for the main BBC award because criteria state it must reflect ‘sporting achievements’.

Lineker, who will co-present the awards show in Salford before Christmas, said he thought the Manchester United player should meet the criteria. But he insisted that as a presenter, he had no say in the matter.

Marcus Rashford would be a worthy winner of the SPOTY award, says host Gary Lineker 

The Man United star was odds-on favourite due to his campaigning for free school meals

The Man United star was odds-on favourite due to his campaigning for free school meals

The Match of the Day host stressed, however, that he has no say over the forward's inclusion

The Match of the Day host stressed, however, that he has no say over the forward’s inclusion

‘I think he would be a very worthy winner,’ Lineker told Sportsmail. ‘It just depends on whether the panel feels he meets the sporting criteria to be a contender. For me he does but I have no say as I’m a presenter on the show.’

Leading politicians including Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, have already urged the BBC to break with protocol to ensure Rashford is nominated for the award.

Lineker has been an ardent admirer of Rashford’s campaigning work. ‘I’m really proud of some of our young footballers for the way they’ve spoken out about certain causes,’ he told a recent ‘Between the Lines‘ podcast. ‘What Marcus Rashford has done, in terms of feeding our poorest children… is a wonderful example.’

Rashford has earned a legion of fans for his work battling against child poverty in schools

Rashford has earned a legion of fans for his work battling against child poverty in schools 

Public support for the England international had seen him become a popular selection

Public support for the England international had seen him become a popular selection

But opinion is divided on the Sports Personality of the Year issue. 

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan tweeted this week: ‘I bow to nobody in my admiration of Marcus Rashford but his stunning success in 2020 has been humanitarian not sporting. 

‘The BBC Sports Personality of the Year award should go to Lewis Hamilton. It’s not even close given what he’s achieved in F1.’

Though the judging criteria for 2020 has not yet been confirmed and the panel have the right to make alterations, a change to the usual parameters is not expected unless there is immense public pressure. 

BBC bosses, who know Rashford’s omission from the main award shortlist would be controversial, are looking at alternative ways they could honour the player during the event on December 20.

The BBC are looking at other ways they could acknowledge Rashford's achievements

The BBC are looking at other ways they could acknowledge Rashford’s achievements 

The shortlist used to be drawn up by a panel of sports editors from newspapers and magazines but that process was changed after they selected an all-male line-up in 2011. 

Since then, BBC Sport director Barbara Slater has chaired a 12-person judging panel, which includes fellow BBC bosses Philip Bernie, the head of TV sport, and Carl Doran, the executive editor.

The rest of the panel is rotated each year and contains a mixture of former sportspeople, representatives from the sports media and sports governing bodies. They will meet in the middle of next month to choose the shortlist.

Rashford heard on Wednesday that he is to be given the City of Manchester Award to thank him for his campaign to get free meals for children during the school holidays. The award recognises ‘outstanding and exceptional contribution to the city.’ 


Share or comment on this article:



Source link

You might also like

“Thank you, Salah!”.. Real Madrid wanted to “mock” the Liverpool star

A physical race and an imminent nightmare .. Will Salah and Mane “collapse” in the final?

Sacrifice then shine.. the story of the famous Benzema bandage

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • More
  • Pinterest
  • Telegram
  • Email
Tags: dailymail sportusa today sport
Share30Tweet19
Previous Post

Coronavirus: Destructive ‘autoantibodies’ develop in some survivors

Next Post

Music industry reports progress on diversity

souhaib

Recommended For You

“Thank you, Salah!”.. Real Madrid wanted to “mock” the Liverpool star

by souhaib
June 17, 2022
0

Rodrygo revealed how Real Madrid used Mohamed Salah as a motivator before the Champions League final last month, the match that ended with "Los Blancos" winning against Liverpool...

Read more

A physical race and an imminent nightmare .. Will Salah and Mane “collapse” in the final?

by souhaib
June 4, 2022
0

The two Liverpool stars suffer from "fatigue", which caused a recent muscle injury to the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, after which he returned to participate as a reserve in...

Read more

Sacrifice then shine.. the story of the famous Benzema bandage

by souhaib
June 4, 2022
0

For years, Benzema has been playing all matches with a white bandage around his right hand, a secret that revealed a great sacrifice for the French star. The...

Read more

Real Madrid will face Liverpool in the Champions League final on Saturday

by souhaib
June 4, 2022
0

With the whistle approaching the start of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, the movement increased in Paris, and the atmosphere of the Champions League...

Read more

Statement from Real Madrid on the events of the European Final: We want answers

by souhaib
June 3, 2022
0

The start of the match, which ended with Real Madrid's 1-0 victory over Liverpool, was delayed for more than half an hour, after the French police confronted fans...

Read more
Next Post

Music industry reports progress on diversity

No Result
View All Result

Recent Posts

  • NBA: Westbrook renews himself with the Lakers with a contract of 47, 1 million
  • Video analysis | Four essential actors in the future of NATO | Spain
  • A boy dies locked in a car and his father takes his own life later
  • “A universal income would be possible by combining it with a proportional tax”
  • Ulrika Jonsson, 54, poses NAKED to create Kendall Jenner’s snap

Browse by Category

  • Australia
  • Automotive
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Deals
  • Economie
  • Education
  • Euro
  • Forex
  • Gaming
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Sports
  • Switzerland
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized

Categories

  • Australia
  • Automotive
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Deals
  • Economie
  • Education
  • Euro
  • Forex
  • Gaming
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Sports
  • Switzerland
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Uncategorized

Pages

  • Contact US
  • Newsletter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

© 2021 - TrendsWide

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Contact US
  • Privacy Policy
  • Trending
  • U.S.
  • Economie
  • Deals
  • Reviews
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Health
  • Life Style
  • NBA

© 2021 - TrendsWide