THE BBC have banned sports commentators from using "racist" phrases including cakewalk, sold down the river and nitty gritty. In an 'avoiding racial bias' training session, commentators and co-commentators were given a list of terms that must be avoided. Adama Traore and Michail Antonio are among the Premier League stars regularly praised for these athletic attributes. It is understood employees from Sky Sports, BT Sport, ITV, talkSPORT and Premier League production were also invited with Rio Ferdinand speaking and Sky's Jessica Creighton anchoring the session. The new Premier League season begins this weekend with Arsenal's trip to Fulham the curtain-raiser on Saturday lunchtime.

Source: BBC September 09, 2020 07:07 UTC