8 Oct 2026

Leonie Carpenter

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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

Leonie Carpenter built her broadcasting career from the ground up, transitioning from an actor and independent content creator into a prominent sports media personality. After completing a drama degree at Kingston University, she began producing her own football shows and YouTube-style content directly from her flat. This proactive digital presence quickly caught the attention of major industry players, opening doors for freelance opportunities across diverse television, radio, and digital sports networks.

Leonie Carpentercareer highlights include serving as a freelance presenter and digital creator for high-profile platforms like BBC Sport, where she contributed community storytelling content for Match of the Day, and working with 90min Football. Alongside her on-camera work, Carpenter developed a strong background behind the scenes in radio broadcasting. She has worked as an assistant producer for major national networks, including talkSPORT and Times Radio, managing live sports and news programming.

Today, Leonie Carpenter is most widely recognized as the official digital and matchday host for the Chelsea FC Women’s Team. Beyond interviewing elite players at Stamford Bridge and Kingsmeadow, her stadium broadcasting portfolio has expanded to hosting massive live fan parks at Wembley Stadium and working as an on-location host during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

10 Sep 2026

Katie Shanahan

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(106 votes, average: 4.99 out of 5)

 

Katie Shanahan is an English television and radio sports presenter and former field hockey player. She has worked with major UK broadcasters including Sky Sports, BBC Sport, ITV Sport, Channel 5, talkSPORT and Fox Sports

Katie Shanahan began her media career working in production roles before moving into on-air work with two of the biggest UK channels, BBC Sport and Sky Sports.

She is now a regular reporter for ITV Sport, and has served on major football tournaments, including the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.

Katie Shanahan is a regular host of the weekly EFL Highlights Show on ITV.

She is also the host of professional snooker on ITV and Channel 5.

Katie Shanahan is a presenter for talkSPORT and currently hosts Early Sports Breakfast [13] and the Breakfast Show.

As part of FOX Sports’ FIFA World Cup 2026™ production, Katie Shanahan brought her international reporting experience to U.S. audiences for the first time. FOX Sports travelled across North America calling all 104 matches on-location from every one of the tournament’s 16 host cities, with Katie reporting through to the Final and interviewing some of the world’s best players such as Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Katie Shanahan has also presented for Stan in Australia since 2021 including the 2026 Champions League Final in Budapest and Optus Sports Australia, covering the 2023 Women’s World Cup and Men’s UEFA Euro 2024.

4 Jun 2025

Bela Shah

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(51 votes, average: 4.76 out of 5)

 

Bela Shah is a presenter at Sky Sports News. She has been at Sky since the end of 2018 – her first shift was on New Year’s Eve! Previously, she worked as a freelance presenter / reporter at several places including Channel 5, BBC Radio 1, talkSPORT and Premier League Productions to name a few! Before journalism, Bela Shah was a lawyer at ITV Sport.

Bela Shah always dreamed of working in media. After drastically changing her career path by enrolling at the London College of Communication to read Broadcast Journalism in 2011, she started a journey which lead her to the successful career in TV presenting she enjoys today.

Now, with experience at BBC Radio 2, BBC Sport, talkSPORT, Heart Four Counties, BBC Asian Network and Sunrise TV, Bela Shah is quickly climbing the broadcasting ladder and gaining a lot of recognition.

With a perfect voice for on-air presenting and a strong, informative presence, Bela’s skill has enabled her to present a variety of shows; from breakfast bulletins on BBC Radio 1 to news reporting on Channel 5, she has succeeded at every new challenge put in front of her.

In addition to this, Bela Shah also has experience on BBC World Service’s Sport Today, news and sport programmes on BBC Asian Network, rolling news programmes on LBC, Facebook Live broadcasts for BBC News Channel and has even co-presented talkSPORT.

An all-round professional speaker and broadcaster with experience in some of Britain’s favourite news and sporting shows, Bela Shah is one of the freshest and most talented new faces of the UK’s broadcasting circuit.