The BBC Sport app also covers disability sport, which is great as that does not get too much coverage at the moment. But the app also covers sports from the other side of the pond – American Football, Baseball and Basketball.Īdditionally, if you’re into sports like Bowls, Boxing, Canoeing, it has you covered as well. You can select from your usual British sports such as Rugby, Football (Soccer), Cricket and so on. It still remains a very simple app, but if you want to follow any sport and with the great coverage BBC has, it is absolutely fantastic. It instantly became a favourite and one of the top 5 downloaded sports app, where it remains today. Being a Scottish rugby player in the '90s, this is the closest I ever got to a trophy!.The BBC Sport app was launched around four years ago as a basic standalone app for sports fans who did not want trawl through world, traffic and local news to find their beloved sports updates. Weir, who won 61 caps for Scotland, said: 'It's quite ironic.

The 49-year-old Weir was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2016, and he has spent the time since then working to raise awareness of the condition. The award ceremony got off to a poignant start as former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir was presented with the Helen Rollason award. I've had so many people help me through that,' the 28-year-old Stokes said as he accepted the award on stage. 'Two years ago was a tough time for me in my life. In 2018 Stokes was cleared of affray charges following an incident outside a Bristol nightclub in September of the previous year. Stokes' performances in the World Cup final, which England won on an unprecedented boundary countback against New Zealand, and the third Ashes test helped him seal the public vote for the award, ahead of six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton and world 200-meter champion Dina Asher-Smith at Sunday's ceremony in Aberdeen. He promptly thanked those who had helped him through a 2018 to forget. Aberdeen: Cricket World Cup winner Ben Stokes ended a sensational 2019 by claiming the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year prize.

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