Manish
Bhasin joins Football Focus team
Sports
reporter Manish Bhasin will be joining the Football Focus team.
Formerly
a sports presenter and commentator with BBC Radio Leicester, before
becoming presenter and reporter for Carlton Television's Soccer
Sunday, Manish will join Football Focus as a reporter in February
2004.
Manish
joins the regular Football Focus line-up that includes Ray Stubbs,
Mark Lawrenson, Tony Gubba, Ivan Gaskell, Garth Crooks, Mark Bright
and Damian Johnson.
Manish
said: "I'm thrilled to be joining Football Focus – a
programme I have long admired – and joining such an established
team with the likes of Ray Stubbs and Mark Lawrenson."
BBC
Head of Football, Niall Sloane, said: "Manish has an impeccable
background in sports journalism, particularly football, and will
be a fantastic addition to one of the BBC's flagship sports programmes."
Football
Focus is BBC ONE's look ahead to all the weekend's top action. Exclusive
interviews with Premiership superstars sit alongside in-depth reports
and chat about the big issues.
Whatever
the division, hear the experts discuss your club every Saturday
at 12.10pm.
All
the BBC's digital services are now available on Freeview,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable. Freeview
offers the BBC's eight television channels, interactive services
from BBCi, as well as 11 national BBC radio networks.
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