The First Half

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In November 2017 it was announced that Logan would step down from this role in January 2018 after five years.

In light of the move of BBC Radio 5 Live from London to MediaCityUK in Salford, Logan left her weekday show in April 2011 due to other BBC work and family commitments. In 2001 she wed former Scotland rugby international Kenny Logan, who earlier this month went public about his prostate cancer battle. I think I’ve talked about how important it is that we had that visibility for women’s sport ad nauseum,” she laughs.She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan also deputises for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. A greater calamity was narrowly avoided in a Cardiff nightclub in 1993, thanks to Gabby's protective father, who was then managing the Welsh national team.

I discussed the Giggs part with my agent after the recent court case, and they reminded me I wrote it in good faith and that you can never really know your heroes. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. MY teenage daughter has been watching the Euro 2022 tournament and, like so many other young women of her generation, she has found it an inspiration.After an itinerant early childhood following her father's soccer career around the globe, the family settled back in the UK. Other serious turning points included are the 1985 Bradford City stadium fire where 56 people died, and as she and her mother and three younger siblings escaped the ground, her father, the team manager, stayed inside to help, and she touches on the breakdown of her parents marriage and her father’s relationship with alcohol.

I think we just lose connection with ourselves and that was one of the big lessons from the whole experience. Then when I stood up I felt love was just pouring out of me and saw Tamsin and realised I had to give her this because it was from her mum. Why she doesn’t name “Mr Well Known” and “Mr Rugby” – if there are serious allegations, they should be investigated. I don't often find myself on the edge of tears when reading, but this happened several times when reading it.I’ve got nothing but love for him and respect for him as the man that he was as a child, but obviously I regret we don’t have him in our lives.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Whether it’s the heart-breaking early death of her brother, her father’s alcoholism, navigating sexism at work or the time she almost became the Rose of Tralee by accident, The First Half is an entertaining, absorbing, inspirational memoir which will make you laugh and cry. Though in some ways if they were honestly written they could be quite interesting to see how someone got to such a highly sought after role for which there are no formal qualifications and which thousands upon thousands of contemporaries could do equally well. Gabrielle Nicole Yorath was born on 24 April 1973 in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire to former Wales international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, who was playing for Leeds United at the time, [5] and his wife, Christine. Meanwhile, Keys was picked up by beIN Sports after leaving Sky Sports in 2011 following the leaking of derogatory comments he made about female match official Sian Massey, with further clips showing him and Gray making sexist remarks. Ms Logan has made a number of wildly inaccurate allegations in the process of defaming my reputation.