Colette Wong (born 21 May 1974) is a

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sports reporter, TV host, and sports anchor for

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and Fox Sports News Asia. She was formerly currently anchors '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' and a news correspondent for

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Life and career

Colette Wong was born in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

on 21 May 1974. Colette graduated from

Catholic Junior College Catholic Junior College (CJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Founded in 1975, Catholic Junior College was the third juni ...

in 1992 and

University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

, where she finished Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Politics and Economics in 1996. Colette got her first job in December 1996, as a sports reporter, producer and presenter for

Television Corporation of Singapore Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...

's Singapore Television Twelve, from 1996 to 2000. Colette later became the news correspondent for

from 2001 to 2003.

ESPN Star Sports Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version o ...

later hired Colette in March 2004, as the anchorwoman for '' SportsCenter Asia'' with Jason Dasey, then she became the host of ''Nokia Football Crazy'' from 2005 to 2008. Colette later became one of the lead anchors of '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' when ESPN became

in 2013. She was the winner of the ‘Best Sports Presenter/Commentator’ award at the 21st Asian TV Awards in 2016 and 'highly commended' in the 'Best sports presenter/commentator' section of the 18th Asian Television Awards 2013.

Personal life

Colette is married to sales manager Luigi Ferrandi. They have two children.

Filmography

* '' SportsCenter Asia'' (2004–2013)

ESPN Asia Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version o ...

* ''Nokia Football Crazy'' (2005–2008)

* '' Fox Sports Central Asia'' (2013–2021)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Colette 1974 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin Singaporean television journalists Singaporean women journalists Singaporean television personalities Singaporean women television presenters Catholic Junior College alumni

Life and career

Personal life

Filmography

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