Manish Dev Bhasin (born 21 May 1976 in

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

, England) is a

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and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League's global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the

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in the UK. He was the presenter of the former sports programme providing coverage of the

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, League 1 and League 2 match highlights;

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, which ran from August 2009 to May 2015.

Early career

Manish graduated in 1997 from

Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public research university in the region of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins date back to the Cambridge School of Art (CSA), founded by William John Beamont, a Fellow of Trinity College at the Unive ...

with a degree in "Communication Studies with English" and completed a diploma in "

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" at

Cardiff University Cardiff University () is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a founding college of the University of Wales in 1893. It was renamed Unive ...

. He spent five years at BBC Radio Leicester as sports presenter/commentator including the drive time "Drive at 5" programme presenting the latest news and sport. During this period his highlights include reporting from

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

' last minute victory in the 2001 Rugby European Cup final (Leicester Tigers v. Stade Francais) and the following year at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (Leicester Tigers v Munster). Manish joined ITV's Central News East in 2001, where he presented in-depth coverage of the region's essential sport, including a comprehensive analysis of the financial crisis at Leicester City. During his tenure Manish was nominated for "Regional Sports Presenter or Commentator of the Year" at the Royal Television Society Sport Awards and presented ''Soccer Sunday''.

BBC

In February 2004, Manish joined BBC's ''

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'' team, a weekly magazine style show that previews the weekend's top football action. At the start of the following season, he became the main presenter of the show, replacing Ray Stubbs to become the show's youngest regular host at the age of 27. In addition to his football roles on ''Football Focus'' and now ''The Football League Show'', Manish has emerged as the BBC's primary cricket presenter, hosting highlights of the

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, the 2007 World Cup, the

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tournament and the

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. He also presented highlights of the

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2006 on

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and combined his duties as the presenter of Football Focus with a roving reporter's role during the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

. Manish has also presented " Your News" on the

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in addition to presenting on the channel for a week in February 2008. Manish made a return to the BBC News Channel on 24 July 2008 and now appears to be one of the many regular stand-in news presenters on the channel. At the start of the 2009–10 English football season, Manish was chosen to present ''

'' when the BBC acquired the rights to

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. From January 2010 onwards, he also became presenter for the Midlands edition of the regional football show '' Late Kick Off''. For the

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, Bhasin presented coverage throughout the day on

. This was a role he took again for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Manish presented World Cup group stage matches shown on

in 2014. He did the same for Euro 2016 on

BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002

. Manish also occasionally hosts Match of the Day 2 on BBC One on Sundays in the absence of its lead presenter Mark Chapman

Premier League Productions

Prior to the 2016/17 season, Manish hosted some episodes of Premier League News, as part of Premier League Production's global content service. He also filled in occasionally for John Dykes on Matchday Live. From the 2016/17 season onwards, Manish started hosting Matchday Live on Fridays and Saturdays, with John Dykes becoming commentator for the 3pm 'Goal Rush' commentary on Saturday.

Personal life

Manish is married to Anushka Chaudhry. He also has 2 children Simi and Siri He is a supporter of

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.The Times
Times Online interview

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhasin, Manish 1976 births Living people People from Leicester Alumni of Anglia Ruskin University British association football commentators British sports broadcasters Alumni of Cardiff University BBC sports presenters and reporters British people of Indian descent