Mark Pougatch joins ITV Sport as football presenter
Mark Pougatch has joined ITV Sport as a presenter for the channel's football coverage.
Mark joins the ITV Sport team as the Champions League and Europa League enter their knockout rounds and England’s Euro 16 qualifying stages are set to resume.
He will appear alongside ITV’s panel of pundits, commentary and reporting team for the live England international and European football programmes from February.
He brings with him a wealth of experience in sports broadcasting over 20 years, including presenting major events such as World Cups, European Championships and the Olympics.
Mark said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining ITV and to be given this great opportunity. I'm looking forward to working with ITV's talented pool of commentators and pundits on some of the very best football there is."
ITV Director of Sport, Niall Sloane, said: “Mark is a highly-respected sports journalist and an outstanding broadcaster. We’re delighted to welcome Mark to the ITV Sport team.”
ITV will show exclusive live coverage of all England’s European Championship and World Cup qualifying matches and friendlies, both home and away fixtures, until 2018.
ITV also holds the rights to show Champions League and Europa League matches and highlights until the end of the 2014/2015 season, after which it will show Champions League and Europa League highlights.
Mark will continue to present sports programmes for BBC Radio 5 Live and PLTV while in his ITV role.