Gabby Logan

Gabrielle Nicole Logan (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain.

Gabrielle Nicole Yorath was born on 24 April 1973 in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire to former Wales international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, who was playing for Leeds United at the time, and his wife, Christine.

The family moved frequently because her father played for a number of British teams as well as in Canada with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

She attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds.

Along with her brother and sister, she was in the crowd at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985, the day of the Bradford City stadium fire.

She had left the stand only moments before the fire took hold and watched the unfolding disaster.

She played netball at school and at university and also competed in the high jump, but the peak of her sporting career was when she placed 11th in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.

She became interested in football during her regular attendances at her father's matches.

Her mother went out of a "sense of duty".

Her debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition.

After university, Logan began presenting on Metro Radio in Newcastle, and on Tyne Tees Television on their Tonight programme, from where she was offered a job as a presenter on Sky Sports in 1996.

She worked there until 1998, when she joined the ITV TV network.

Logan's career came to notice when she fronted On the Ball.

Logan was one of a small number of female sports presenters to have made the transition to terrestrial television.

She had previously reported on the 2003 Rugby World Cup for ITV.

Logan became the main host of athletics for BBC Sport.

Logan stepped in for Melanie Sykes on 6 July 2004 when she went on maternity leave partway through the third series of game show The Vault.

After ITV lost the terrestrial rights to the Premier League, she presented their UEFA Champions League coverage, including the 2005 and 2006 finals, between A.C. Milan and Liverpool, and Arsenal and Barcelona, respectively.

Logan left ITV for BBC Sport in December 2006, In 2003, she reported on the Rugby World Cup.

Also that year, Logan presented a programme called Britain's Brilliant Prodigies featuring a young Jessie J.

Logan started presenting for BBC Sport on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup fourth round tie between Luton Town and Blackburn Rovers.

She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan also deputises for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day.

In 2008 Logan replaced Craig Doyle as host of the BBC's Six Nations Championship coverage.

Logan has hosted BBC Olympic Games coverage at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021.

She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013.

Logan hosted Final Score from 2009 until 2013.

Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on The One Show on BBC One.

Logan stated that she was once criticised by a BBC executive for wearing "too sexy boots".

She reported from the England Camp for the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012 and World Cup 2014 while also being a pitchside reporter at England matches.

She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015.

Since 2013, she has co-hosted Sports Personality of the Year for the BBC and she presented the second series of The Edge in 2015.

She co-hosted the celebrity diving show Splash! on ITV, alongside Vernon Kay and Olympic diver Tom Daley from 2013 until 2014.

She has hosted live coverage of the World Athletics Championships in 2013, and the European Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games in 2014.

She has also hosted the annual IAAF Diamond League competition.

She has also hosted live coverage of other sporting events such as the 2013 Aquatics World Championships

In August 2013, Logan began hosting the BBC One series I Love My Country, featuring team captains Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner on Saturday evenings.

In October 2013, the programme was axed due to largely negative press reviews and poor viewing figures.

In September 2013, the BBC announced that, as of 2013, Logan would replace Sue Barker as one of the presenters for the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2015, Logan returned to ITV for reality series Flockstars, a show she later said was her "biggest disappointment".

In March 2015, Logan hosted Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief for BBC Two.