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Anthony France

‘I chose love’: Father of stabbed QPR footballer Kiyan Prince says Helen Rollason award shows he made right choice

Dr Mark Prince alongside Clare Balding and Barry McGuigan during the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards - (David Davies/PA Wire)

The father of murdered teenage footballer Kiyan Prince said receiving the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year “doesn’t happen to guys like me”.

Dr Mark Prince OBE started a justice campaign after his son, 15 - who played for Queens Park Rangers’ youth team - was fatally stabbed trying to break up a fight outside his north London school in May 2006.

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