Karen Carney to join ITV Football from next season

Former England international Karen Carney will join ITV’s football coverage line-up from next season.

Karen will work across ITV’s England Women and FA Cup coverage as well as its World Cup team for the Qatar tournament later this year and the Euro 2024 finals. 

Karen said: “I’m delighted to be joining ITV ahead of what is an incredible period coming up in the football calendar. 

“There’s going to be so much to look forward to for fans over the coming months and I can’t wait to kick things off.”

Karen will continue to work with Sky Sports on their Premier League and FA Women's Super League coverage. 

The announcement comes ahead of ITV’s coverage of England Women’s Euro Warm-up internationals starting this evening [Thursday 16th June] with the live broadcast of England v Belgium on ITV4, followed by England v Netherlands on 24 June and Switzerland v England on Thursday 30th June. 

The deal further enhances ITV’s portfolio of world-class sports rights, which includes exclusive live coverage of the England women's football team, the FA Cup, the Six Nations, the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup, Premiership Rugby, horse racing, the Tour de France and Extreme E, the motorsport with a 50/50 driver gender split