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19 Facts About Reshmin Chowdhury

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Reshmin Chowdhury was born on 16 December 1977 and is a British sports journalist broadcaster and event host.

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Reshmin Chowdhury has worked across all football coverage with BT Sport for 9 years, including most notably the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League the FA Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

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Reshmin Chowdhury recently fronted the FIFA World Cup in Qatar for BeIN Sports, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games with Eurosport and Discovery Plus, and presented for ITV Sport during UEFA Euro 2020.

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Reshmin Chowdhury worked in Madagascar, Dubai, Greece, South Africa, Maldives and Nigeria.

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In 2005, Reshmin Chowdhury moved to television news and joined ITN as a news assistant and producer on the main news bulletins, before producing digital and online news for ITN ON.

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Reshmin Chowdhury was a producer and had a few stints as weekend reporter with BBC London before moving to BBC News and Bloomberg Television.

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Reshmin Chowdhury was the first journalist to interview Cristiano Ronaldo following his then world-record signing for Real Madrid.

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Reshmin Chowdhury secured the world exclusive with Karim Benzema whom she interviewed in French.

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Reshmin Chowdhury has been part of the BBC Sport team since May 2010.

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Reshmin Chowdhury was a sports presenter for the BBC News Channel in the UK and BBC World.

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Reshmin Chowdhury has been a lead reporter on BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League, working in multiple languages, plus the BDO World Darts Championship.

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Reshmin Chowdhury hosted live coverage of group games for BBC Sport during the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as a daily show for Yahoo Sports in the UK.

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Reshmin Chowdhury returned to host the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022.

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Reshmin Chowdhury has co-presented the UEFA Champions League Group stage Draw to a global audience for four consecutive years from 2017 to 2020.

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Reshmin Chowdhury co-presented The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 alongside Ruud Gullit and 2021 along with Jermaine Jenas.

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Reshmin Chowdhury twice co-hosted the BT Sport Industry Awards and many other ceremonies and events.

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Reshmin Chowdhury spent much of her extra-curricular time as a vocalist.

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Reshmin Chowdhury was the lead singer in the UK touring theatre production of The Mahabharata and recorded vocals on the 2006 film The Namesake.

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In November 2013, Reshmin Chowdhury was nominated for the Media Award sponsored by FC Business Magazine at the Asian Football Awards.