Kelly Cates | |
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Born |
Kelly Dalglish 28 September 1975 Glasgow, Scotland |
Occupation | Broadcaster |
Spouse(s) | Tom Cates (m. 2007) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) |
Kenny Dalglish Marina Dalglish |
Relatives |
Paul Dalglish (brother) Lynsey Dalglish (sister) Lauren Dalglish (sister) |
Kelly Cates (née Dalglish, born on 28 September 1975) is a Scottish television presenter, currently working for Sky Sports.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Kelly is the eldest of four children of former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish and his wife Marina. Her brother Paul also had a professional football career. She also has two younger sisters, Lynsey and Lauren.
Cates was a presenter on Sky Sports News, and was part of the presenter line up for Virgin Media's new portal. She interviewed managers and footballers as part of Setanta's Premier League coverage in 2007, and was a presenter on Setanta Sports News.
In the 2009–10 football season, she was part of the ESPN team for their Premier League coverage and co-presented Talk of the Terrace alongside Mark Chapman and for Series 2, Nat Coombs.
In May 2010 she presented the sports news on GMTV in the absence of regular host Dan Lobb. Cates then worked as a reporter for ITV at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as well as for the 2011–2012 UEFA Champions League.
In 2012 she presented the sports news on Daybreak in the absence of Gavin Ramjaun. She was part of the UK Channel 4 presenting team for the London 2012 Paralympics.