Newsround loves to report sports related stories - there were 24 over the last two weeks on the 5.25pm programme . We know they want to avoid any news about gay people but one day a story might break about a gay sports celebrity which is just too important to ignore.

Twice recently Newsround could have reported on homophobia in football:

Football to boot out homophobic fans -Oct 2005

Spurs issue warning to fans - Feb 2006

But they failed to mention either of these news items. Newsround's prejudiced attitude makes honest reporting of important stories more difficult for the future.