Campbell Evans BBC tv error

[jessi]

Phil D. Jay 
WBN Editor

Picture from the BBC 
Gabby Logan announces wrong family tragedy

The BBC made a major mistake on the final showing of their Olympics Tonight show as host Gabby Logan sparked an anxious quizzing by boxer Luke Campbell’s fans as they announced the ‘loss’ of his mother and sister at a young age.

Campbell, 24, took the gold medal in the men’s bantamweight final earlier in the day and was then congratulated by Logan, who announced his victory as a triumph over adversity after the Hull fighter suffered the tragedy six years ago.

Unbeknown to presenter Logan, it was Welshman Freddie Evans, who also boxes in an Olympic final tomorrow, who suffered the tragedy as he lost his mother Tracy and sister Scarlett in a car accident in 2006.

Fans of Olympic champion Campbell and boxing in general, immediately began handing out sympathy to the boxer after believing what was announced to be true.

Logan, after an outcry on social networking website Twitter, was then forced to issue the following statement at a hastily arranged ending to the final show in the series by saying: “We just want to tell you that we gave you erroneous information about Luke Campbell’s mother and sister and we are happy to tell you that his mum was watching tonight.”

The hurried reverse from the BBC has not been taken well by fans of Campbell or Evans though, as both see it as a major gaffe on their part and there may be more of an apology needed to prevent a further backlash.

Evans, 21, goes for gold himself tomorrow on the final day of the games against Serik Sapiyev in the men's welterweight final at 2:15pm.

[smoggy7188]

I thought beckham made the mistake?

[jessi]

I thought beckham made the mistake?

He just gave his thoughts on what gabby said !