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Alex Kay-Jelski is a British sports journalist, currently the BBC Director of Sport. He was previously the sports editor of The Times and the Daily Mail newspapers, and the editor-in-chief of The Athletic.




Early life and education


Kay-Jelski was educated at University College School in London, and then graduated with an MA in French and Spanish at the University of Edinburgh in 2007.




Views on fairness in women's sports


In March 2019, Kay-Jelski wrote a column for The Times, in which he expressed the view that transgender women competing in women’s sports was "not a huge problem".




Career


Kay-Jelski began his career as a graduate trainee and sub-editor at the Daily Mail in 2007. He was promoted to deputy sports news editor in 2009, before being named the sports editor in 2015—the first openly homosexual man in such a role. He left the Mail less than a year later to become sports editor at The Times.
Kay-Jelski was recruited in June 2019 to join the startup US sports website called The Athletic. He also had appearances on Sky Sports and TalkSport radio.
In April 2024, Kay-Jelski was announced as the new BBC Director of Sport, replacing Barbara Slater.




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External links


Alex Kay-Jelski on Twitter

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