I wanted to give you an update on the launch of the new-look BBC Sport website, and also talk about some more new features we have launched.

First of all it is worth remembering that one of the main reasons for the relaunch was to make the site more dynamic, so that we can better respond to the big stories and events. Yesterday we saw that theory put into practice, initially with Harry Redknapp's acquittal, then later in the day with Fabio Capello's resignation as England manager.

For a sports website, this was the ultimate day for breaking news and our relaunched site - with its front page layout designed to create more of an impact and a live page that pulls in material from across BBC outlets and the best of our audience interaction - responded in kind. On our old site it was difficult to do stories like this justice - now we have the tools to better capture and reflect the latest news as it happens.

Secondly, I would like to simply reiterate what we said last week when we went live - that this is an on-going process of development. Last Wednesday wasn't the end of the process, it was the start. There is more to come as we continue to enhance our online product in the run-up to a huge summer of sport.

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UPDATE: THURSDAY 9 FEB, 1900 GMT.

This entry is now closed to comments. Ben has written a new blog responding to some of the initial feedback. It can be found here.

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UPDATE: FRIDAY 3 FEB, 1722 GMT.
Posting this as a re-comment but also adding here to highlight to new visitors to the blog-

I just want to reassure all commenters, that we are listening to all feedback - from a number of sources not just this blog - and will be collating and assessing to help us inform the decisions we take on how best to fine tune the new-look site.

Far from ignoring feedback, we are reading every comment posted on this blog, and in Cait O Riordan's blog, and really value your feedback, either here or via the survey linked in the original post.

There are some very clear themes that have come through which we will be investigating further - some of the obvious ones being our yellow banners, journeys to football statistics and the formatting of the stats themselves.

Those comments which highlight specific user issues are particularly useful - as I said we are taking in all your comments and assessing but we cannot respond individually to them all.

For those asking about testing, we conducted user testing and other research, for example a survey of 2,000 people, at various stages of the project and will continue to thoroughly test any planned changes before pushing them to live, so hope you can appreciate we won't be making any rushed decisions as the new site beds in and we take a sensible period of time to gauge things properly.

Thanks, Claire

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You will notice that we have begun the process of relaunching the BBC Sport website. Today, February 1 2012, marks the start of a significant piece of work that will see us completely overhaul our online service - the first time we have done so since 2003.

The timing, of course, is no coincidence. We are making these changes to put us in the best shape for one of the busiest years of sport in the BBC's history, which will culminate in the London Olympics, our biggest event yet.

The changes are in response to audience feedback and research. Clearly a huge amount has happened on the internet since that last re-launch in 2003. Our audience has grown significantly over the years, but the website had not been updated in corresponding fashion.

The changes we are implementing now are significant and go beyond a mere 'lick of paint' - they are designed to give us the tools we need to provide more effective coverage of sport and to get people to the content they want.

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Sport Relief is back! We are launching the 2012 campaign today and it promises to be the biggest and best Sport Relief ever.

The joint initiative between Comic Relief and the BBC started back in 2002 and has so far raised over £127m for good causes here in the UK and across the world's poorest countries.

As we celebrate the 10th Sport Relief anniversary in this very special year of sport we're hoping to get more than one million people doing the Sport Relief Mile, making it one of the biggest ever UK mass participation events.

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