Sid Kohli

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Sid Kohli (born 6 June 1992) is a sports broadcaster and television producer who has presented coverage of the Premier League for Star Sports and Test cricket for ESPNCricinfo.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Early life and education[edit]

Kohli graduated with a Master's degree from Loughborough University^{[4] [5]} and holds a NCTJ Diploma in Journalism. In 2020, he graduated with a Certificate in Football Management (CFM) issued by UEFA Academy and the University of Lausanne. ^[6]

Career[edit]

Kohli first presented live sports on television aged 21, co-anchoring the coverage of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on Star Sports. In 2015, he joined NDTV.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]} This was followed by positions at BT Sport and CNN International in London^[14], as well as BBC Sport in Manchester. He wrote for Sky Sports^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]} and presented cricket coverage for ESPNCricinfo in 2018. ^{[32] [33]}

Kohli has had exclusive interviews with former Premier League and Manchester United footballers Ryan Giggs and Robin Van Persie^{[34] [35]} and also interviewed former Oasis songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Noel Gallagher, as well as International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach^[36] and former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. ^[37]

He was also the host of KPMG's Sports Analytics World Series in London, Amsterdam and Mumbai^[38] and was regularly-featured as a moderator for SportsPro and Eleven Sports. ^{[39] [40] [41] [42]}

In 2021, he was elected onto the Board of the UEFA Academy Alumni Association, serving as Secretary-General.^[43] He went on to work on the BBC's coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics ^[44] and covered Super Bowl LVII^[45] from Arizona for Decyfr Sport^[46], a venture he founded and where he currently serves as Chief executive officer.^{[47] [48] [49] [50] [51]}

Since the inaugural edition of the event in 2021, Kohli has been on the judging panel of the UK Broadcast (magazine) Sport Awards. ^[52]

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