Matías Prats Luque (; born 14 September 1952) is a Spanish sports and news journalist. Matías Prats graduated in law and journalism. The journalist, son of the legendary Matías Prats Cañete, began his career at radio station La Voz de Madrid. In 1975, he began working for Televisión Española in the programme ''Redacción Noche'' presented by Joaquín Arozamena on La 2. In 1978, he was the spokesperson for Spain in the

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. As a sports journalist, he covered eight Olympic Games, several FIFA World Cup tournaments, Grand Slam tournaments, the

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, The Masters or the

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. In 1990 Prats directed ''Estudio Estadio'' on Televisión Española, a sports programme he presented from 1981 to 1993. In 1991, he joined the first edition of '' Telediario'' as a news anchor. Later, he hosted ''Fútbol de Primera'' and ''Sólo Goles'' in 1994. Since joining

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in September 1998, Matías Prats has been a news anchor on '' Antena 3 Noticias''. He has since been recognized as one of the most popular television journalists in Spain and his current newscasts (weekends at 3 and 9pm on Antena 3 alongside Mónica Carrillo) are usually the most-watched in the country. His son

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is a third-generation sports journalist working in Telecinco.

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