Author J.K. Rowling expressed fury at the BBC on Tuesday after the network awarded an athlete who previously failed a gender-eligibility test.
Zambian football (soccer) player Barbra Banda received the BBC’s Women’s Footballer of The Year award through a public voting campaign “after nominees were selected by a panel of global football experts, including coaches, players, administrators and non-BBC journalists,” per GBN. The award did not come without a bit of controversy:
Zambian striker Barbra Banda was handed the gong on Tuesday – despite previously being withdrawn from the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) over gender eligibility concerns.
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