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A very interesting appointment. I hope Mihir remembers that he works for the 91Èȱ¬, not the EBC - unlike his colleagues in 91Èȱ¬ Sport who seem to think it's the latter.

There's as much sports news in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as there is in England. And it's just as important.

My husband is an avid fisherman and a great fan of all sport. He is always complaining that there is never anything shown on television about fishing even though there are about 4,000,000 fishermen in the U.K.

Any comments on this?

Mihir Bose is a great catch for the 91Èȱ¬ - his columns in the Telegraph are insightful and very revealing about the internal workings of various sports.

How about considering a TV programme that goes behind the world of sport - like the excellent Sportsweek on Radio 5 Live each Sunday morning - which would give Mihir the chance to report on some of the background to various sporting topics each week. It could even provide an opportunity to revive 'Sportsnight' and that fantastic theme tune!!

I too welcome this move by the 91Èȱ¬, it's good to see that sport is being taken seriously once again by the 91Èȱ¬, after a period which could only be described as a 'barren patch'

Shuvra makes a great point about the coverage in the Transworld Sport show. I think too much is made of the competitive elements and the conflict within sports and not enough devoted to the people who make the sports what they are. The 91Èȱ¬ do lag way behind when it comes to this and would be excited to see more action with the personalities.

I think people want to know more about US sports, home-grown motorsport, and with the Olympics fast approaching again, the sportsmanship element which is key to all sports.

SO here's hoping for a different point of view of the sports we watch and play.

Excellent news, good move! I have admired Mihirs work for sometime.

As somebody with sport under their skin.. Can I have job aswell??

Does this mean 91Èȱ¬ Scotland's website can expect something/someone similar soon?

I'm not a great fan of main-stream sports or sports news but I applaud this recruitment, if for no other reason than to stop sport infiltrating the main news blogs.

To mirror the above comment, can I please ask that football, in particular Premiership football, does not take up 90% of the content? There are a wealth of sports out there (I remember being glued to the online Curling coverage during the Winter Olympics!) and it would be refreshing and interesting to see some attention given to lesser-known sports.

When do we get a dedicated 91Èȱ¬ Sports channel on Freeview?

Mr Bose is a good journalist so this appointment should be welcomed - but I hope Mr Bose doesn't bring his well known agenda against a certain ex-England football manager over to the 91Èȱ¬.

Good move. There is a need but you've got the wrong man.
I read, and enjoy, the Telegraph sports section, but rarely read Bose. I suspect that is the case with the majority of average sports fans picking up the paper's supplement.
Ver-Bose is more apt. Stodgy too. So I'm hoping he has a bit of a presentation makeover before he starts.

Sorry June - if its possible to partake in an activity whilst sitting down and (conceivably) asleep, its not a sport.

Maybe there'll be a Past-times Editor soon?

I can't believe you didn't have a sports editor before!

Oh great...now we can look forward to some anti Arsenal bias in the 91Èȱ¬ sports dept.Maybe Mihir can get together with the newsight team and do an expose on David Dein.

Interesting appointment, but I hope Mr Bose will change his current reporting bias with regard to Tottenham / Arsenal and adopt a more neutral viewpoint.

Who is this guy, I don't read the Telegraph so his writings are unknown to me. So what is he going to do? What new persective is he going to bring to the myriad sports that exist from Archery to Darts, or is he an expert on all sports?

Excellent choice. Mihir Bose takes sport seriously and writes incisively and intelligently.

I shall miss his Daily Telegraph columns, though.

Great to hear this news!
I worked with Mihir when he presented South Asia Report for the 91Èȱ¬ World Service. He is a fantastic reporter with great contacts, a generous colleague, well respected for his neutral and lively contributions. As someone who now works on the Daily Telegraph, I can only say that the 91Èȱ¬'s gain is our loss.
I am not a sport lover but I always find his reports engaging and look forward to him bringing the world of sports to a wider audience.
Good Luck Mihir !

Great appointment...
Have long regarded Mihir as the No 1 sports journalist.

Certain he realises there is much going on outside the M25 stockade, to counter the usual Beeb approach.

Have to agree with Shuvra that Trans World Sport is the bench mark for the genre, by some distance.....

Can we please have some daily dedicated Sports News both on TV and radio, instead of titbits tagged onto news bulletins and summaries.

And by sport I mean all sports, not the huge bias in favour of football found in all parts of the media

Hey Tim,

What about cycling, rowing, sailing and equestrian? We've won plenty of Gold medals sitting down

Welcome aboard Mihir. I hope you enjoy this role and we enjoy your work :)

I really think 91Èȱ¬ should look at minority sport and board games a lot more seriously.

Chess is a good example. No coverage whatsover of the World Chess Championships or the excellent performance by england teams at chess olympiads.

And similar fate for Angling,Volleyball and lot more other sport.

91Èȱ¬ should also think about more actively promoting participation in sport. Here is a suggestion: Why not provide a section to report on local leagues of minority sports? For instance, there are club leagues for chess. You can get the club secretaries to update the news and scores directly by providing an admin interface. It would encourage the small league players a lot.

good for Mr Bose; hopefully he can help the 91Èȱ¬ get its head round foreign footballers' names, specifically the 'Latins': Ribas Diego??? Ronaldo Naldo??? and that's just (the Brazilians) tonight...Diego Ribas is known simply as Diego for football purposes whilst Ronaldo (his first name) has chosen the shortened Naldo as his 'footballing' name...its all very well in GB with solid first and second names such as John Terry but the whole world does not have to do as we do...the Beeb wouldn't call England's skipper Terry John now would it? nor would it call him Terry Tezza if he specifically opted to be called by his training-pitch nickname (which probably isn't Tezza, alright)...rant over, rob

One of Mihir's great strengths has been the offend contraversial subjects he has addressed in his columns. Can you confirm that he will still be able to express his opinions in the same manner as he did at the telegraph, unincumbered by a strict 91Èȱ¬ editorial policy?

I'd be grateful for a comment.

I greatly enjoyed his writing in the Telegraph where he will be sorely missed. A monthly podcast would be a great idea

Good news, but pity you couldn't also hire some people that know how to design message boards. ;)

I hope he does a better job than he appears to have done over his reports of the relationship between Arsenal and Beveren in the summer, which appear to have been totally discredited in subsequent investigations.

What a great recruitment for 91Èȱ¬ News , Mihir Bose is the best investigative journalist and his commentary is leagues above his competition. If you can poach Gary Richardson from time to time, the two would make a formidable team.
Well done 91Èȱ¬!Quite a loss for the Telegraph.

Superb appointment - at the moment Sir Alex and Big Sam won't talk to the 91Èȱ¬: Mihir will know he's succeeding if that list grows longer!

Mihir
For those of you who do not know him, is a class act
his writing is always more informative than most other
Sports journalists.
I saver every article he writes he is that good.
a great scoop for the 91Èȱ¬, and a huge loss for The Telegraph.

My sympathy to Mihir Bose for taking a downgrade in his career. And my condolances to those who worked in 91Èȱ¬'s sports department who thought they were doing a perfectly fine job before this messiah came along. Nobody on staff good enough to promote to this new position from within the organization? So 91Èȱ¬, you have admitted your sports department was not adequate as it was. Which other departments are you looking to hire superstars from the outside to rescue? I know which ones I'd vote for.

re:Craig McGill and 91Èȱ¬ Scotland getting a similar person and Stephen Jones wanting more on non-English events. The first B stands for British as Stephen points out so which do people want. 91Èȱ¬ Scotland OR more Scottish stuff on the 91Èȱ¬? Cake and eat it springs to mind. I'll be happy to see more broad ranging subjects on the Bbc including non-english and especially non-Premiership pre madonna issues. Mihir, can you pull the Beeb away from licking the boots of the over paid and giving all the space/airtime to those spoilt kids. More on the lower leagues and other leagues, more on diverse sports and then we might see more balanced sponsorship spread throughout the less well off sports and then more medal chances - god knows we have tried in football and still fail. Give the other sportspeople a hand. Mihir is a great acquisition, well done Auntie Beeb.
ps after six years in Australia, the hardest thing has been to not have the five live coverage over the weekend of several sports. International rights i assume restrict the net broadcasting..shame

Oh no, anti-Arsenal nonsense alert from Tottenham loving Bose. Disaster.

While the creation of this position in itself causes me no great concern, the appointment of Mihir Bose is a woeful one indeed. I can think of few journalists in the last two decades who fail so miserably in the paramount areas of objectivity and balance, as Bose does. Many of his articles for the Telegraph could be summed up in 5 words instead. They are : "Waaaaaah waaaaah, I hate Arsenal".

The word unprofessional is not half strong enough for this poor imitation of a journalist.

Lets hope he leaves his Spurs bias with him at the telegraph.

If you look up all his scare stories about how we will never fill Ashburton you won't have the same faith in his skills.

Mihir Bose is an excellent choice, an outstanding journalist with a wide knowledge of sport.

Interesting appointment! I only hope that Mihir will embrace all sports including the rarely covered ones such as Hurling, Non-Premiership and non-English international football, Aussie Rules etc, and not continue the media's obsession with Premiership/English international football - it is extremely dull and up its own backside. Perhaps Mihir could utilise the time taken up by the pointless interviews with football managers and players by producing programmes on popular sports that are largely ignored.

91Èȱ¬ Scotland? That's a good one. I'm also rather partial to the British Gas website where the logo on the banner scrolls between 'British Gas' and 'Scottish Gas'. What's all that about? I though Scotland was part of Britain?

I have been an avid reader of Mihir Bose's columns in the Daily Telegraph. With enormous frequency he writes, "As predicted exclusively in the Telegraph....". This comes across as a little bit tabloid in style in a broadsheet. However, his ability to bring new and meaningful stories is the most exceptional of any journalist in sport that I have ever come across. When one reads that there is some event that will happen, if Mihir Bose is the author then the probability of that event actually occurring is extremely high. I would ordinarily be unhappy at losing the privilege of reading his stories in the Telegraph but if he is moving to the 91Èȱ¬, at least I can continue to enjoy the benefit of his work.

Bose is an essentially excellent journalist, with apparently good sources, whose articles I regularly read in The Telegraph.
However, he has a dreadful weakspot in his undisguised support for Spurs and consequent Anti-Arsenal bias.
This is the the man who within the space of a few days desperately tried to give credence to the "dodgy lasanga" and the "Arsenal Own Beveren"
stories, stories that most journalists regarded as amusing silly-season fodder. Therefore as an Arsenal
supporter, I would be greatly worried about what fairy tales Mr. Bose will try to concoct in his new position.

Let's hope this marks a change in the apologetic reporting which seems to permeate the 91Èȱ¬ sports pages. If England do well, then let's see some articles celebrating their glory, rather than something suggesting we were lucky and that just because we won, that doesn't make the other team losers. A bit of passion will go a long way, Mihir.

An excellent decision in terms of the post/role created (can't believe you did not have a sports editor prior to this...) but my enthusiasm is lessened due to the individual appointed.

I have no personal knowledge of Mr Bose but suffice to say his column's in the DT leave me apprehensive about the level of non-biased contribution he will bring to the 91Èȱ¬.

In my experience his reporting can at [frequent] times be classed as 1-sided, inflammatory & hopelessly biased against Arsenal & David Dein.

He retains an evident & deep seated loathing for the North London club & some of its current & past employee's & I hold out a degree of hope that this style of journalism will not be bought to bear in this new role.

Not a fan of his writing. Too much investigation and hearsay in his reports.

Plus its the same old topics with him.

Wembley, the FA, Arsenal debts, Cricket corruption and repeat all over

Aaaargggggh!

Mihir Bose appears to have waged a campaign of vitriol and bile against Arsenal Foootball club over the past few years.

One can only hope that he realises that in his new found role as sports editor this slanted view point will need to stop.

Remember, Mihir has reported on numerous occasions that Arsenal's new stadium would never open and the whole project would flounder.

I hope he brings greater insight to his new job.

Does this mean that some of the ex sports stars being employed as summarisers will be sacked to pay for yet another jobsworth? There is already too much of the 91Èȱ¬'s revenue spent on "sport". Mind you they are getting rid of Grandstand so maybe we'll get an hour of this man waffling on about "sports" no one but a minority of a minority is interested in. A complete waste of money.

I totally agree that Mihir Bose is an excellent appointment having heard his insightful contributions to Simon Mayo's Friday Five Live programme . Can I also echo the comments of several earlier correspondents to give us something along the lines of Transworld sport ie a magazine programme with worldwide contributions from a whole range of places and sports . The concentration of resources on not just football but Premiership football to the exclusion of virtually everything else gives a very blinkered view , much as I enjoy the coverage .Sports coverage on the 91Èȱ¬ has become far too parochial - surely with all the correspondents around the world it should be possible to give some coverage to major events such as US baseball play offs currently on going but hardly mentioned even on your web site .

Could I also say that I thought Transworld Sport was great as it definitely caught the spirit of competition and adventure that encourages sportsmen/women to push their own limits.

I hope Mihir Bose is able to report more on the unity that competitive sports introduce rather than the usual litany of confrontation, conflict and dirty tricks that seem to be the staple diet of sports writers these days.

Bah, humbug! His anti-Arsenal bias and his 'investigative skills' have been well documented by previous posters. I do hope he's learned from his (many) mistakes!

Does this mean we will hear a little more animation in the voice of the presenter who reads the scores? To me it always sounds the same; Left foot seven, right foot five. Left leg three, right leg four. Left arm two, right arm one. Left eye six, right eye three. Is the reader a computer generated voice or is he actually a living human being? Has anyone checked lately to see if he is still alive? Maybe he's like the Cheshire cat, he faded away but only his voice remains.

I had began to sway from 91Èȱ¬ Sports journalism since the vile, inconclusive & damaging reports of Arsenal's supposed dealings with Beveren. But the appointment of Bose will make me totally blank the 91Èȱ¬. Bose should not be involved with any journalism concerning Arsenal or it's relations, his bias is astonishingly un-paralelled.

Was this job advertised anywhere? Or is it just another example of the 91Èȱ¬'s cronyism?

I am very surprised at the appointment of Bose to the job of Sports Editor, i expected that it would be an internal appointment and am disappointed that it is not esp when there is a wealth of talent sports correspondents that could easily step up to the mark inc Adam Parsons, Kevin Geary and James Pearce. It could even have been a good moment to finally have a women in a senior editoral role...its the 21st century and still the 91Èȱ¬s on-air editoral team consist of men and men alone.

So, what has Mr Bose done since 18th October?? It's all been silent. Or is it just that I can't find anything on the 'new and improved' 606 pages? Or the Editors' blogs? Or wherever he's supposed to post stuff???