The BBC has made a public apology after mistakenly using footage of the wrong player during its coverage of the death of basketball star Kobe Bryant.
During a segment on the Bryant tragedy that rocked the sporting world on Sunday night, the station's flagship News At Ten programme mistakenly included footage of basketball superstar LeBron James, who also plays for the LA Lakers.
People watching the show were quick to point out the error on social media and criticised the BBC for confusing the two notable stars.
Bryant was a five time NBA champion, and dedicated his entire 20 year career to playing for the Lakers up until 2016 when he retired.
The footage of James used on the programme showed him overtaking Bryant to be crowned NBA's third-highest scorer of all time.
He scored 29 points in order to reach 33,655 career points, 12 more than Bryant.
Bryant tragically died when his private helicopter crashed in southern California on Sunday morning.
His 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also lost her life, alongside seven others.
When the bulletin came to an end, newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti apologised for mistake, saying: "In our coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant, in one section of the report, we mistakenly showed pictures of another basketball player, LeBron James.
"We do apologise for the error."
Paul Royall, editor of BBC News at Six and Ten, also posted an apology on Twitter within 15 minutes of the show airing.
He said the programme "mistakenly used pictures of LeBron James in one section of the report".
He added: "We apologise for this human error which fell below our usual standards on the programme."
Many people watching the show were far from happy with the mistake.
Nadine White, journalist at the Huffington Post claimed "this only adds to our collective grief at this time."
Sky News presenter, Mark Austin, was also quick to pick up on the error.
