Tyson Fury, the boxer at the centre of controversy over comments about women and homosexuals, made an apology at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards in Belfast.
An audience of 7,500 applauded after world heavyweight champion when he apologised.
Fury’s homophobic and sexist comments had led to more than 130,000 people signing a petition calling for the BBC to remove him from its shortlist.
Source: BBC
