Melanie Louise McLaughlin (born 3 September 1979) is an Australian sport presenter for the

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. McLaughlin previously worked for

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where she hosted

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

shows including ''Kick Off'',

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

and '' Fox Sports FC'', while also being a regular on Fox Sports News.Fox Sports kicks off A-League
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Career

McLaughlin started her media career with Radio 2 in 2005 before moving to

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in Sydney, as a reporter and presenter. In 2007, she joined

where she hosted multiple

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

shows including ''Kick Off'', ''

'' and '' Fox Sports FC''. She was a regular on Fox Sports News. In 2013, she joined

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is o ...

to host the network's coverage of the

Big Bash League The Big Bash League (BBL), also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Australia. Established in 2011 by Cricket Australia, the Big Bash League replaced the previous competitio ...

. She also hosted Ten's coverage of the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...

and Australian F1 Grand Prix. McLaughlin was also host of the short-lived The Thursday Night Sport Show alongside

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and Mark Howard, and a fill-in sports presenter on '' Ten Eyewitness News Sydney''. In January 2016, cricketer

Chris Gayle Christopher Henry Gayle (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricket team, Jamaican cricketer who has played international cricket for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies from 1999 to 2021. Nicknamed "The Universe Boss", Gayle is wide ...

propositioned McLaughlin during a live interview during a Big Bash game. He was sanctioned with a 10,000 fine for inappropriate conduct. In April 2016, McLaughlin moved to the

. She was appointed weeknight sport presenter on '' Seven News Sydney'' replacing Jim Wilson. She hosted Seven's coverage of the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

and the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

, as well as the network's coverage of the

Australian Swimming Championships The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming (sport), Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and Short course (swimmin ...

and

2017 Rugby League World Cup The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams ...

. She has also filled in as sports presenter on ''

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'' and on '' Seven Morning News''. In 2018, she was appointed host of Seven's Test Cricket and Big Bash League Coverage alongside

James Brayshaw James Antony Brayshaw (born 11 May 1967) is an Australian media personality and retired cricketer working in television for the Seven Network and radio for Triple M. For Seven Sport, he hosts and calls Test cricket during summer and Australian ...

Personal life

McLaughlin was born in September 1979 in Sydney to an Anglo-Indian mother and an English father who had migrated to Australia in 1978. She was raised in

Quakers Hill, New South Wales Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is westnorth-west (WNW) of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Quakers Hill is part of the Greater W ...

where she attended St Andrew's Primary School and

St John Paul II Catholic College The St John Paul II Catholic College is a dual schoolcampus Independent school, independent Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Mixed-sex education, co-educational Secondary school, secondary day school, with campuses located in Nir ...

. McLaughlin was married to Australian actor Luke Panic from 2012 to 2014. She is currently in a relationship with British former footballer Ashley Westwood. McLaughlin is an ambassador for the Lung Foundation Australia, having lost a sister to lung cancer.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mclaughlin, Mel Living people Television personalities from Sydney Seven News presenters 1979 births Australian people of Anglo-Indian descent