Gabrielle Nicole Logan (''née'' Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...
who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted ''
Final Score'' for
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented live sports events for the
BBC
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, including a revived episode of ''
Superstars'' in December 2012 and the
London Marathon
The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to Oct ...
since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted ''
Sports Personality of the Year'' for the
BBC
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and she presented the second series of ''
The Edge'' in 2015.
In August 2025, Logan will become one of three presenters of ''
Match of the Day
''Match of the Day'' (abbreviated to ''MOTD'') is a Association football, football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights during the Premier League season.
''Match of the Day'' is one of the BBC's longest-runn ...
'', alongside
Mark Chapman and
Kelly Cates.
Early life
Gabrielle Nicole Yorath was born on 24 April 1973 in
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...
in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, lieu ...
to former
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
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
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with the
Vancouver Whitecaps.
She attended
Cardinal Heenan High School and
Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds. She played
netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...
at school and at university and also competed in the
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
, but the peak of her sporting career was when she placed 11th in
rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...
representing Wales at the
1990 Commonwealth Games in
Auckland
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. She became interested in football during her regular attendances at her father's matches. Her mother went out of a "sense of duty".
[ Along with her brother and sister, she was in the crowd at ]Valley Parade
Valley Parade, currently known as University of Bradford Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater association football, football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The stadium was built in 1886 as the home of Manningham F.C. ...
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.
Her debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition.
Early career
After studying law at Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...
, Logan began presenting on Metro Radio
Hits Radio North East, formerly Metro Radio, is an Independent Local Radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio UK as part of the Hits Radio network. The station launched in 1974 as Metro Radio. It broadcasts to County Durham, No ...
in Newcastle, and on Tyne Tees Television on their Tonight programme, from where she was offered a job as a presenter on Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...
in 1996. She worked there until 1998, when she joined the ITV TV network.[
]
Television
ITV
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.[ After ITV lost the terrestrial rights to the ]Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
, she presented their UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...
coverage, including the 2005
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and 2006 finals, between A.C. Milan and Liverpool
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, and Arsenal
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and Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, respectively. Logan left ITV for BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
in December 2006, In 2003, she reported on the Rugby World Cup
The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport.
The tournament is administer ...
. Also that year, Logan presented a programme called ''Britain's Brilliant Prodigies'' featuring a young Jessie J.
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''.
She co-hosted the celebrity diving show '' Splash!'' on ITV, alongside Vernon Kay and Olympic diver Tom Daley from 2013 until 2014.
In 2015, Logan returned to ITV for reality series '' Flockstars'', a show she later said was her "biggest disappointment".
BBC
Logan started presenting for BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadc ...
on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
fourth round tie between Luton Town
Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...
and Blackburn Rovers. She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC, including hosting '' Final Score'' from 2009 until 2013. 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.
In 2008 Logan replaced Craig Doyle as host of the BBC's Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament conte ...
coverage. She had previously reported on the 2003 Rugby World Cup for ITV.
Logan became the main host of athletics for BBC Sport
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. She has hosted live coverage of the World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial sport of athletics, athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations ...
in 2013, and the European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
First held, for me ...
and Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
in 2014. She has also hosted the annual IAAF Diamond League competition.[
Logan has hosted BBC Summer Olympic Games coverage since 2008. At Beijing 2008, Logan presented ''Games Today'', a nightly evening highlights show on ]BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
from 7pm to 8pm. At the London 2012 Games, Logan again hosted the highlights programme, this time from 10.35pm to midnight. For the Rio 2016 Games, Logan was live each day from the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos leading the athletics coverage. For the Tokyo 2020 Games, due to the Coronavirus pandemic
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, the BBC team could not travel, so Logan instead lead daytime coverage alongside Hazel Irvine. For the Paris 2024 Olympics, Logan was once again trackside at the Stade de France
Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the List of football stadiums in France, largest stadium i ...
.
Logan has presented coverage of the Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
for the BBC since 2014. At the Glasgow 2014 Games, Logan lead the athletics coverage at the event. For the Gold Coast 2018 Games, Logan presented coverage of events from Salford
Salford ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Greater Manchester, England, on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks include the former Salford Town Hall, town hall, ...
. At the Birmingham 2022 Games, Logan anchored coverage of the athletics events once again.
She has also hosted live coverage of other sporting events such as the 2013 Aquatics World Championships
Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on '' The One Show'' on BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
. Logan stated that she was once criticised by a BBC executive for wearing "too sexy boots".
In August 2013, Logan began hosting the BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
series '' I Love My Country'', featuring team captains Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner
Christopher Graham Collins (born 28 January 1957), known professionally as Frank Skinner, is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was named Best Comedy Entertainment Personality. His televisio ...
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 March 2015, Logan hosted '' Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief'' for BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...
. The show returned for a second series in February 2016.
She presented live coverage of the 2015 London Marathon, broadcast on BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
on 26 April, the 2016 London Marathon on 24 April and the 2017 London Marathon on 23 April. In August 2015, she was the main presenter for BBC's coverage of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics from Beijing.
Logan presented the second series of the BBC game show '' The Edge'' in 2015. She replaced Mark Benton who hosted series 1.
In 2016, Logan was part of the presenting team for The Invictus Games on BBC One
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. She was also a part of the media team during the BBC's coverage of the 2016 UEFA European Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...
in France
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.
In 2017 she hosted the BBC IAAF coverage in London.
In 2022 Logan hosted coverage of the Women's Six Nations Championship.
Having deputised for Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker ( ; born 30 November 1960) is an English Sports broadcasting, sports broadcaster and former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Lineker is the only player t ...
many times on ''Match of the Day
''Match of the Day'' (abbreviated to ''MOTD'') is a Association football, football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights during the Premier League season.
''Match of the Day'' is one of the BBC's longest-runn ...
'', Logan was announced in January 2025 as one of three new presenters of the show, alongside Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates, following Lineker's decision to quit.
Channel 5
In June 2011, while still presenting the sports results shows for BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
on Saturdays, Logan joined Channel 5 to present a discussion and magazine show following '' The Wright Stuff'' at 11:10 am each weekday initially called ''The Wright Stuff Extra'', and later renamed as ''Live with Gabby''. On 5 April 2012, the show tweeted to confirm that Logan was leaving the programme.
Filmography
Television
Guest appearances
* '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (2002, 2010, 2021)
* '' Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes'' (2002)
* '' All Star Family Fortunes'' (2006)
* '' 8 Out of 10 Cats'' (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
* '' Would I Lie to You?'' (2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019)
* '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (2009, 2015)
* '' They Think It's All Over: Comic Relief Special'' (2011)
* '' Wall of Fame'' (2011)
* '' Shooting Stars'' (2011)
* '' Room 101'' (2012, 2017)
* ''The Angelos Epithemiou Show'' (2012)
* '' The Big Fat Quiz of the Year'' (2012)
* '' All Star Mr & Mrs'' (2013)
* '' The Last Leg'' (2013)
* '' Was It Something I Said?'' (2013)
* '' Have I Got News for You'' (2013)
* '' That Puppet Game Show'' (2014)
* ''Through the Keyhole
''Through the Keyhole'' is a British comedy panel game show created by the TV producer Kevin Sim and originally presented by David Frost, Sir David Frost in the studio and Loyd Grossman on location. The location presenter explores celebrities' h ...
'' (2014)
* '' Pointless Celebrities'' (2015, 2016)
* '' Celebrity Squares'' (2015)
* ''Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas'' (2016)
* '' Insert Name Here'' (2017)
* ''Jack Dee's Inauguration Helpdesk'' (2017)
* ''Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
''Don't Ask Me Ask Britain'' is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on ITV (TV network), ITV from 18 April until 23 May 2017 and is hosted by Alexander Armstrong with Frank Skinner and Jonathan Ross as the team captains. T ...
'' (2017)
* ''Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100'' (2018)
* '' Richard Osman's House of Games'' (2021)
* '' The Wheel'' (2021, 2024)
* '' Blankety Blank'' (2022)
* '' The John Bishop Show'' (2023)
* '' Celebrity Catchphrase'' (2023)
* '' The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer'' (2024)
Radio
Logan has worked on BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, Talk show, discussion, interviews and phone-ins, and is on air 24 hours a day. It is the principal BBC radio station Broadca ...
, where she presented a lunchtime show from January 2010. Her previous Sunday morning was taken over by Kate Silverton.
In light of the move of BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, Talk show, discussion, interviews and phone-ins, and is on air 24 hours a day. It is the principal BBC radio station Broadca ...
from London to MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK is a mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in City of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The project was developed by The Peel Group, Peel Media; its principal tenants are Mass media, ...
in Salford
Salford ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in Greater Manchester, England, on the western bank of the River Irwell which forms its boundary with Manchester city centre. Landmarks include the former Salford Town Hall, town hall, ...
, Logan left her weekday show in April 2011 due to other BBC work and family commitments. She was replaced by Shelagh Fogarty.
On 12 April 2009, she presented the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St John's Catholic School for the Deaf.
Political views
In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...
'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.
Other work
In December 2012, Logan was appointed as a non-executive director of Perform Group.
In 2014, Logan helped launch Tesco's Farm to Fork initiative.
Logan is the voice-over
Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice that is not part of the narrative (i.e., non- ...
for the MegaRed heart health commercial advertisements.
In April 2022, Logan announced that her memoir, ''The First Half'', would be published in the autumn.
Honours, awards and recognition
Logan won "Sports Presenter of the Year" four times at the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) awards in 2000, 2002, 2004, and in 2014, and once at the inaugural Broadcast Sport Awards in 2022
Her work with the BBC Athletics team won "Sports Programme" at the 2014 RTS Awards. In addition, her work with the presenting team for the Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
and Women's Euros saw both shortlisted for RTS "Sports Programme" Award in 2023. ''The Midpoint with Gabby Logan'' was nominated at the British Podcast Awards for best Branded (in 2021) and best Wellbeing (in 2024) podcast.
Outwith sports, Logan was crowned "Tesco
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Celebrity Mum of the Year" in March 2012. and Yorkshire Woman of the Year by the Yorkshire Society in 2023.
Upon becoming one of the first female sports anchors to break into terrestrial television in the 1990s, Logan has received praise from many of her fellow professionals such as Terry Venables, Ally McCoist
Alistair Murdoch McCoist (; born 24 September 1962) is a Scottish former association football, footballer who has since worked as a Manager (association football), manager and TV pundit.
McCoist began his playing career with Scottish club St Jo ...
and Des Lynam
Desmond Michael Lynam (born 17 September 1942) is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter. In a broadcasting career spanning more than forty years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, pr ...
. Her natural style of broadcasting, combined with her relaxed demeanor and ability to banter with whichever ex-pro whom she is working alongside, has made Logan a hugely popular figure on TV.
Logan, along with Clare Balding, received praise for their commentary during the coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. Politician Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He wa ...
praised Logan's contribution during the BBC
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's coverage of the London Games, also saying that his favourite part of coverage was the late-night summary with Gabby Logan.
Logan was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport.
List of awards and nominations
Personal life
In 1992, Logan's 15-year-old brother Daniel (born 1976) collapsed and died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after playing football with his dad in their back garden.[ Logan has actively appealed for the Daniel Yorath Appeal, which raises funds for the treatment and detection of the condition.
Her brother Jordan Yorath (born 1985) played football for England Universities in 2008, and for ]Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
Formed in 1867 as an off ...
, Halifax Town and Wakefield F.C. Logan's sister, Louise (born 1975), was a performer in Cirque Du Soleil
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's ''Zumanity
''Zumanity'' (zoo-manity) was a resident cabaret-style show by Cirque du Soleil at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, placed into the theatre previously occupied by Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance (musical). The pro ...
'' show.
Logan married former Scotland
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international rugby union player Kenny Logan on 19 July 2000. She has said that meeting her husband was a motivation to exercise regularly again. The couple live in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
On 28 July 2005, after undergoing IVF treatment, Logan gave birth to twins, a son named Reuben, and a daughter named Lois.
In June 2012, Logan was named by ''The Times
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'' newspaper as one of several people to have put money into a film and tax avoidance scheme.
In January 2013, Logan was named the first Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University
Leeds Trinity University is a public university in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally established to provide qualified teachers to Catholic schools, it gradually expanded and now offers foundation, undergraduate, and postgr ...
. In November 2017 it was announced that Logan would step down from this role in January 2018 after five years.
Logan runs and plays golf. She is a supporter of Newcastle United, dating back to her time at Durham University
Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...
, when her boyfriend was a fan. She remembers her first match as Newcastle's 1–0 Premier League
The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...
victory over Everton on 25 August 1993 and made visits by air or rail to St James' Park
St James' Park is a Association football, football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United. With a seating capacity of 52,305, it is the List of football stadiums in England, 8th la ...
throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, including Newcastle's 5–0 win over Manchester United
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on 20 October 1996.
Charity
Logan is currently a patron of Brainkind
Brainkind (formerly The Disabilities Trust) is a UK charity founded in the 1980s in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, as The Disabled Housing Trust. Brainkind provides residential, day services, care, rehabilitation and support to meet the needs of peop ...
, The Prince's Trust
The King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust) is a United Kingdom-based charity founded in 1976 by Charles III, King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds w ...
, St John's Catholic School for the Deaf, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Newcastle United Foundation. She was named the President of Muscular Dystrophy UK in 2018. She and her husband Kenny Logan are past presidents of the children's charity Sparks.
References
External links
* – official site
*
Midpoint podcast
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Living people
1973 births
Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
BBC sports presenters and reporters
BBC television presenters
British association football commentators
English people of Welsh descent
British rhythmic gymnasts
Welsh sports broadcasters
Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Gymnasts at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Members of the Order of the British Empire
People associated with Leeds Trinity University
People associated with the Royal National College for the Blind
People educated at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School, Leeds
Sportspeople from Leeds
Television personalities from West Yorkshire
Welsh rhythmic gymnasts
WFTV Award winners