Jacqui Oatley

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rdf:langString Jacqui Oatley

rdf:langString Jacqui Oatley

rdf:langString Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England

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rdf:langString First female football commentator on Match of the Day

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rdf:langString Sports presenter and commentator

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rdf:langString Jacqui Oatley MBE is a leading English broadcaster. She is a football commentator for Sky Sports, calling Premier League and FA Women's Super League matches. She is a sports presenter on Quest TV channel, covering the English Football League and podcast host for The Athletic. Oatley also provides live match commentary on the UEFA Champions League and UEFA internationals, she is also anchor of the ITV Sport live darts coverage. In 2007, she became the first female commentator on the flagship BBC One football highlights programme Match of the Day which she presented once in March 2015. She has anchored and commentated on several major football tournaments and Olympic Games, starting with UEFA Women's Euro 2005, latterly fronting Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup for ITV Sport. She was a live match commentator for the host broadcaster's world TV feed on-site at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. An FA qualified football coach, an ambassador for Women in Football and a national committee member of the Football Writers' Association, Oatley was the UK's first female darts presenter, covering Professional Darts Corporation tournaments on ITV4 and the BBC's flagship sports news radio show, Sportsweek on BBC Radio 5 Live. In August 2015, Oatley was named the eighth most influential woman in sport by The Independent. She has also fronted Final Score for the BBC and The Football League Show, completing the set of five broadcast roles on the show, and World Football Focus. She has been the darts anchor for ITV Sport since 2015, hosting their live international PDC events. She had previously presented ITV's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations coverage and in 2014 anchored their FA Cup highlights programmes. Oatley fronted the BBC's live women's football coverage including the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 and the BBC Women's Football Show. She has been a studio guest pundit on TV2 in Norway and the Guardian Football Weekly podcast. In the summer of 2021, she co-hosted the BBC Radio 5 Live 'Drive' news show with Tony Livesey. Oatley was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and diversity in sport. The award was recognition of her work behind the scenes championing the role of women working in football as well as women's football. In September 2016, Oatley was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the University of Wolverhampton for her contribution to sports broadcasting.

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