{"id":3906,"date":"2017-08-11T15:09:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blnebeuk.serveur04.com\/blog\/?p=3906"},"modified":"2017-08-11T15:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:09:53","slug":"britains-top-5-female-sports-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/11\/britains-top-5-female-sports-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s Top 5 Female Sports Presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The news that Helen Chamberlain is quitting – or more accurately has been axed from – Soccer AM after twenty two years on the famous Sky Sports couch, along with Channel 5\u2019s less eye-catching decision to replace Lynsey Hipgrave on its Football League Highlights Show with Colin Murray, sums up the second-class status of female football journalists on the eve of a new Premier League season.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was highlighted in April when then Sunderland manager David Moyes told BBC reporter Vicki Sparks she \u201cmight get a slap even though you are a woman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And it\u2019s not just football that gives female journalists a hard time. It seems it’s doubly difficult for women to be accepted in the masculine world of sports unless they are \u201cbrilliant\u201d. Many female sports stars and media personalities question whether it\u2019s worth putting up with the aggravation every day, Georgina Turner, a former football writer for the Guardian, told the BBC in the wake of the Moyes incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, there are some well-known names flying the flag for female sports commentators that will hopefully encourage young women to try their hand at sports journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s our list of the top 5 female sports presenters representing for the girls:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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