Matt Smith (broadcaster)

Matt Smith
Born	1967 (age 49–50) Liverpool, England
Occupation	Sport presenter, broadcaster, journalist
Employer	BT Sport, BBC News

Matt Smith (born 1967) is a British broadcaster, who worked with ITV Sport between 2001-2015. He currently presents some of BT Sport's European football coverage and sports news bulletins on BBC News.

Smith is a Modern Languages and Political Studies graduate from Sheffield City Polytechnic, where he studied from 1985-89. During that time, he spent a year in Italy as part of his studies. He was then offered an internship with the Associated Press in Rome, before moving on to the Financial Times as a television producer.

After leaving the Financial Times, Smith joined the Business Unit at BBC News, and presented business reports on John Inverdale's programme on Radio 5 Live. He got his first sport-presenting role on Chris Evans' Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

Smith has presented BBC Radio Four's final children's programme, Go 4 It.

Until May 2008, he presented Weekend Breakfast on Radio 5 Live with Rachel Burden, along with occasional cover on the Drive 4pm-7pm weekday show.

At the BBC, Smith worked initially on Midlands Today, Breakfast, and BBC News 24, before moving onto Football Fever, World Snooker, and international events including the Sydney Olympics and Euro 2000, before joining ITV in the summer of 2001.

Smith was one of the presenters on the ITV Sport Channel. He hosts coverage of UEFA Cup live matches and UEFA Champions League highlights. In the past, he has presented The Championship highlights programme every Sunday on ITV, and UEFA Champions League Live matches on ITV4 until ITV lost the respective contracts. He has also occasionally presented ITV Granada's weekly football show, Soccer Night.

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