The team behind Have I Got News For You now brings you a round-up of all the year’s biggest sporting stories and personalities.

Hosted by Jason Manford, Have I Got Sport For You will look back at a spectacular year of sport.

Maisie Adam and Jon Richardson are team captains and joining them are boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, Olympic heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Paralympic cyclist Kadeena Cox and England fast-bowling legend, Stuart Broad.

Watch Have I Got Sport for You on iPlayer and BBC One from 8.30pm on Friday 3 January

Interview with Jason Manford

What can the audience expect from this brand new spinoff?

It’s a real good laugh! It’s very warm and funny. Its pre-watershed, so we are not quite as near the knuckle as our sister show. We still get there. We still have a lot of fun with each other. We have great guests and a lovely full look back at the year of sport.

What made you want to be part of this show?

Well, I hosted Have I Got News for You a few months ago. I had such a great time. Then they said there was a spin-off planned and it’s about sport and I love sport, so it just made sense to get involved!

This show will look back at key sport moments from this year. Has it been eventful would you say?

Yeah. Every year there is something to talk about but we looked at Gary Lineker, Southgate and the Euros. Obviously, we talked about the Olympics and the Tyson fight. There are so many things in the show!

We had Stuart Broad on so we talked about cricket. We had Olympians on, we had Para-Olympians on, and we got to cover the darts and Luke Littler. All the things that are in people’s minds. So, it’s been a brilliant thing to do.

I suppose the England Euros loss was only briefly mentioned...?

The England Euros loss was mentioned which was a bit hard but we got some laughs out of it!

Have you always been a sports fan?

Always! A big football and tennis fan. Padel tennis fan. A bit of golf so... I love it.

What was it like working with the other panelists? Especially as its three per team rather than two?

It was different. It’s funny because we filmed at the Have I Got News for You set but they repurposed it for us. So, it was funny to be there. It was great. Jon Richardson has obviously done billions of panel shows. Maise Adam is a brilliant comedian who loves her sport. She plays women’s football and I have played Soccer Aid with her. It was a really good bunch of people.

The panel included impressive Olympic athletes. Did they have any funny stories about taking part in the Olympics?

Yeah, because they give you an insight into a world that you are not part of. You can ask them about the Olympic village and how annoying is it that people keep asking to see your Olympic medals. Things that us mere mortals don’t get to know about. It gave us a little bit of insight into their world.

The cricket legend Stuart Broad also joined the panel. What was your favourite part of filming with him? I heard something about smell.

We found out he has a bit of an obsession with aftershave. After reading a couple of paragraphs from his book, he is apparently one of the best smelling men in cricket. Little sort of revelations came up.

What was it like working with Eddie Hearn?

Eddie is great! I did Soccer Aid with Eddie so I know him a little bit. But, was on brilliant form and really great at laughing at himself. We were so pleased to get him to do the show. He is a massive personality.

I would sort of say that he is the alpha male in the room. He is used to dealing with alpha males and you know comedians in general, we are not alpha males. We are sort of on the sidelines poking fun at alpha males. He is massive as well. He is about 6ft 5. He is absolutely huge. He is like a big silverback. But just delightful and so fun and funny. A great insight into boxing.

Are there any additional funny moments from filming that stand out to you?

We had some mad moments you know. We kept veering into the danger zone of politics and pulling it back round because we remembered we were the sport version of Have I Got News for You. Fundamentally, it’s a really funny show and I think especially at Christmas time when you are sat at home eating mince pies and chocolates and trying to get rid of your in-laws it’s the perfect show to watch together.

All pictures by BBC/Hat Trick

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