Match of the Day presenters: Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan to host MOTD

Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan would be the new Match of the Day presenters from subsequent season, the BBC has introduced.

It’s the first time the function will probably be shared between three folks.

They’ll cut up presenting duties for Match of the Day 2 on Sundays and MOTD: Champions League on Wednesdays, in addition to Saturday’s flagship present.

Gary Lineker has hosted Match of the Day since 1999 and can accomplish that for the remainder of the season.

The previous England striker will proceed to steer the BBC’s TV protection of the FA Cup subsequent season and current the boys’s World Cup in 2026.

Cates, Chapman and Logan would be the sixth set of most important presenters for Match of the Day, which is the longest-running soccer present on the earth having launched on 22 August 1964.

Final season, 33 million viewers tuned in throughout all Match of the Day Premier League and FA Cup programmes.

Former England gamers Alan Shearer and Micah Richards will proceed as common MOTD pundits.

BBC Sport director Alex Kay-Jelski mentioned: “I do know viewers will love these three unbelievable broadcasters and journalists on the coronary heart of our soccer protection subsequent season.

“They’re sensible at what they do and MOTD viewers may be positive they are going to be effectively sorted as the large soccer speaking factors are expertly analysed.

“Gary has performed an outstanding job at Match of the Day for the final 25 years, he’ll be missed tremendously and all of us nonetheless get to take pleasure in him on our screens throughout a few of soccer’s best tournaments.

“Outdoors of Match of the Day we have some nice new reveals, voices and surprises lined up for the 2025-26 season throughout audio, video and digital and we sit up for sharing them with you all later within the 12 months.

“It is a really thrilling time for BBC Sport’s soccer protection.”