Dave Clark is a former television presenter from

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, England who worked for British television station

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from 1998 until 2020, where he was the anchorman for

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and

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coverage.

Career

Clark was a presenter on

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radio's football, Olympics and Wimbledon tennis coverage from 1990. He also presented a nightly football phone-in "Capital Gold Sportstime" and "The Dave Clark Show". He left Capital in 1998 to join

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upon its launch. Alongside his presentation on the rolling sports news channel,

, Clark also spent a year hosting the football phone-in

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. Dave has fronted

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and

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coverage as well as

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and

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. Clark began presenting Sky's boxing coverage on a shared basis with

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, until Dempsey left for

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. He's been the frontman for several big fights for the likes of

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, Amir Khan and

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. Clark replaced

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as darts presenter and covers all of the PDC's major televised tournaments, as well as the

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. On 12 July 2020, Dave announced his retirement from Sky Sports live commentating.

Fight with Parkinson's

Clark was diagnosed with

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in 2011 and has been public about his fight with the disease. His father also suffered from the disease and severe depression connected to the disease. During the

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, in a tweet

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uploaded a photo of him and wrote: "Dave Clark looks like he's caught the whiff of something nasty & wants to murder the person who's caused it ... #LoveTheDarts." Clark responded with a screen grab of Ladbrokes' post alongside the message: "That'll be the chronic degenerative neurological condition that will eventually rob me of the ability to walk, talk and smile @Ladbrokes #parkinsons".

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along with others expressed support for Clark tweeting "Wow! Two people tweeting. One is a gentleman, who inspires us all. The other a little prat on a keyboard hoping for a cheap laugh. I know who I stand with. You're an inspiration Dave. F**k them. Keep doing yourself and everyone else proud. #parkinsons #hero". Ladbrokes later deleted the tweet and apologised to Clark. Clark is a

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fan.United pains that bring Sky man Dave down to earth
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References

External links

Sky Sports web site. {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Dave Sky Sports presenters and reporters People from Ilkley Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Boxing commentators Olympic Games broadcasters Tennis commentators Darts people Television personalities from West Yorkshire Professional Darts Corporation Hall of Fame People with Parkinson's disease