. Theres a lot of visibility in terms of presenters on air, but in management positions there needs to be more women and there needs to be a lot more understanding as well. Her personality was incredible and it was backed up by her confidence and knowledge. She has co-presented the UEFA Champions League Group stage Draw to a global audience for four consecutive years from 2017-2020. Shes quite a dominant force and Ive always appreciated that, Ive appreciated strong women, I have a lot of strong women in my life. Mar 8, 2022. Kelly Cates, Laura added. If they pass all this and choose the right path, I believe women should be involved in the mens game.. But thats not all well have some more exciting news to come next week about the biggest names in the world of sport., Mike Tindall said: I am really excited to be joining the team at talkSPORT. Ultimately that just makes me work harder. Talksport 2 is a 24-hour sports station which focuses on a broad range of live sporting action from the UK and around the world and includes rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, football and horse racing, plus US sport. Or constantly having to negate the stereotype that youre a presenter because you tick a box. The new format sees Laura and Ally McCoist hosting Breakfast Monday to Wednesday with Alan Brazil in the chair Thursdays and Fridays and insight from inside the Premier League from Troy Deeney and Andros Townsend across the week. I think the biggest change that we need to be able to see is from the top down. View our online Press Pack. Women have to make that sacrifice. Further bolstering the Breakfast team, Darren Gough will join Thursday Breakfast to make it a breakfast of legends alongside Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist. I think there should be people at companies that look out for what people write to people [on social media]. The launch date coincided with the opening day of the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. 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But Ive never really felt singled out or wasnt given an opportunity because Im a woman. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. [citation needed], During the 2006 FIFA World Cup Talksport was available on Digital Radio DAB in some German cities. She has been dating footballer Jonathan Douglas since 2015. So it's like walking down a road with a load of potholes and sometimes you can skip over them and sometimes they completely suck you up.. Like NFL Pitch Side at Wembley and Game Changers, which was a kids show, speedway, and then eventually darts. She was a producer and had a few stints as weekend reporter with BBC London before moving to BBC News and Bloomberg Television.[1][2]. Also in the line-up were Caesar the Geezer, Wild Al Kelly and Nick Miller, dubbed as shock jocks. I think thats something talkSPORT now do really well, where as in the past they didnt, is they recognise that everybody should have a voice.. If you want to have babies, youve got to do it early on in your career. In August 2014, Chowdhury joined the BT Sport team as presenter of their nightly news round-up show SportsHUB. Plus Breakfast is getting bigger with the legendary Darren Gough joining Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist making Thursdays a bonafide breakfast of legends. ", A post shared by Laura Woods (@laurawoodsy). Whilst relinquishing their 3pm package to football newcomers, July 2012: Talksport secured a joint six-year deal with, August 2012: Talksport secure a deal to become an official broadcaster of the, November 2012: Talksport secured exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the. It's really hard actually, because when you're trying to get an opportunity, the easiest thing for someone to do would be to give you an opportunity in something that you know, she said. 14K views, 66 likes, 4 loves, 12 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from talkSPORT: "It's magnificent what she is doing!" We asked talkSPORT presenters for the women in sport who most. She started her career at insidethegames.biz, travelling the world to report on events such as the World Boxing Championships, European Games and Pan-American Games. Alex Morgan played for Tottenham after having a baby. Talksport (styled as talkSPORT), owned by Wireless Group, is a sports radio station in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. But if that was the case I would have broken into presenting 10 years ago. Much has changed since then and the likes of Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding have done a fantastic job with their roles in sports media. Woods secured roles presenting NFL and darts events. She began writing reports for the student union newspaper, although Woods jokingly revealed the work wasnt always of the highest quality. Laura Woods: How the Sky Sports star became a trailblazer for female She twice co-hosted the BT Sport Industry Awards and many other ceremonies and events. Laura knew she wanted to be involved in sports media from an early age, thanking football fans dad and her two older brothers for a heavy influence. [3], She was married to former Sky Sports News colleague Sam Matterface and they have a son named Sawyer, born on 28 October 2010. In late 1999, TalkCo, rebranded as The Wireless Group, announced a relaunch of Talk Radio to become the UK's first national commercial sports radio station called Talksport. Lee Clayton, Head of talkSPORT, said: This year weve freshened up the schedule and bolstered our top-class team of pundits and presenters, whilst continuing to grow our specialist documentaries and in-depth programming to get listeners into the dressing rooms and the minds of the nations favourite sports stars. I genuinely don't think he does it because we're women. [1][2], In November 2013, Chowdhury was nominated for the Media Award sponsored by FC Business Magazine at the Asian Football Awards. This service is provided on talkSPORT Ltd's Terms of Use in accordance with our Privacy Policy. And outside of football. When challenged on his views by talkSPORT host Alan Brazil, Clattenburg said: You have to make sacrifices, I made some big sacrifices. If you want to be in the mens game, youve got to meet that criteria. And really no one can judge you in that sense about the way that you look or what you sound like. Since August 2011, several shows on Talksport have been available on Sirius XM satellite radio in the US and Canada. Andy Goldstein is taking over as the lead presenter of talkSPORT Drive, bringing his trademark wit and humour four times per week alongside an on-air combination of Darren Gough and Darren Bent. Shebahn Aherne and Caz May spoke to talkSPORT.com about how women can keep making their mark on football in 2023. Laura Woods, one of the leading female broadcasters in the sports . talkSPORT is the world's biggest sports radio station and is Global Audio Partner of the Premier League. "Its live, you never know whats going to happen. And hopefully young people can grow up without prejudice.". She learnt how to produce shows, cut edits together and began working on nearly every sport that Sky covered. However, as much as womens presence in sports media has improved, its still not where it should be, with some on social media still questioning Lauras credentials. She worked in Madagascar, Dubai, Greece, South Africa, Maldives and Nigeria. She presents live coverage of the Women's Super League and the Womens Football Show for BBC Sport. [4] She returned to host the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022. I think #BreakTheBias to me, is just allowing everybody to go about their business and just not be criticised for really superficial things. Gary Neville, I find, is amazing. The station is an official broadcaster of the Barclays Premier League, England football internationals and the Capital One Cup. But theres also been a new role model for Laura. In the summer of 2021, she was one of the main anchors for the coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on streaming provider Discovery+ and Eurosport. talkSPORTs newly appointed England Correspondent and host of Womens Football Weekly, Faye Carruthers, gets the Saturday night slot to digest all the GameDay action at 7-9pm, alongside former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor who joins the talkSPORT team. Lauras years of hard work have taken her from being a runner on Soccer AM to presenting The Debate, reporting pitch-side on Super Sunday and being a prime-time presenter on talkSPORT. I work just as hard as everybody else. While there is still much work to be done, female referees are starting to break into the mens game. This is a great opportunity for me to be involved with the worlds biggest sports radio station and work with Colin and the fantastic guests on his show.. Laura Woods (born 2 July 1987) is an English presenter working for DAZN, ITV, Amazon Prime Video and Talksport. Clattenburg said: The problem with women refereeing in football is they have a difficult path. [2] Career Television "Live producing was amazing but it didnt give me the buzz Id hoped for, Laura continued. Expansion of the Talk brand [ edit] I think weve all having to prove ourselves. The station is an official broadcaster of the Barclays Premier League, England football. She also secured the world exclusive with Karim Benzema whom she interviewed in French. Head of talkSPORT, Lee Clayton said: Were shaking up the schedule at talkSPORT with a new formation that will see us share our all-star cast across our award-winning programming to keep it fresh, insightful and entertaining as we cross-promote our talent and our output. It should come with a health warning., Andy Goldstein said: Hosting the The Sports Bar has been amazing and I am proud to have had such a brilliant, loyal and well informed bunch of listeners to share the journey with. The stations very own female presenters opened up about the challenges they face working in broadcasting in honour of the annual celebration, and expressed their hopes for the women who are following in their footsteps. [6]. Thanks for all your support & to my amazing @talksport family see you at 6am! pic.twitter.com/KujfcGPHSI. She has been a lead reporter on BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League, working in multiple languages, plus the BDO World Darts Championship. You might do something and he might retweet it. It gave me so much strength and acceptance. She currently hosts the Sports Breakfast show on Talksport on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with Ally McCoist . "And Im so lucky that Ive been given so many different platforms to perform in. Sound Digital's successful bid for second national commercial DAB multiplex in 2016 also saw the return of Talkradio, as well as Virgin Radio and the creation of Talksport 2. I dont think its been an easy road for many women in this industry. The new signings complement a stellar line-up and I cant wait to hear Mike Tindall, Stuart Pearce and Ray Wilkins take their combative on-field approach onto the airwaves to create must-listen radio. From there, Woods got work experience at Sky Sports and earned a role as a runner for the television channel. Who is talkSPORT Breakfast host Laura Woods? | The Sun Chowdhury attended Woodford County High School for Girls. Talksport and Talksport 2 hold exclusive and non-exclusive rights to various sports[which?] "For me my life is driven by stuff that excites you, scares you and reporting always used to scare me because it felt unattainable. At the time I was like, yes, like I love scraps. From September 2008, she spent two seasons as a presenter with Real Madrid TV. She was the lead singer in the UK touring theatre production of The Mahabharata and recorded vocals on the 2006 film The Namesake. Like all women working in sport, Woods has received criticism and abuse for merely doing her job. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [6] [1][2], In 2005, Chowdhury moved to television news and joined ITN as a news assistant and producer on the main news bulletins, before producing digital and online news for ITN ON. She was a sports presenter for the BBC News Channel in the UK and BBC World. Social media will tell you all the time youre there because youre a woman, youre this, youre that. Despite all the adversities, Carruthers echoed what every other female pundit at talkSPORT said they would give as advice to women breaking into the industry. 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