Jon Champion
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In 1995, an opportunity arose to further Champion's career at the BBC. [[John Motson]] took a three-month break from his role as a commentator on ''[[Match of the Day]]'', allowing Champion to be drafted in to cover. Champion spent the whole of the 1995–1996 season combining his Five Live duties with appearances as a commentator on ''Match of the Day''. He was successful enough to move across to TV permanently the following season, after [[Clive Tyldesley]] left the BBC and rejoined [[ITV Sport|ITV]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |
In 1995, an opportunity arose to further Champion's career at the BBC. [[John Motson]] took a three-month break from his role as a commentator on ''[[Match of the Day]]'', allowing Champion to be drafted in to cover. Champion spent the whole of the 1995–1996 season combining his Five Live duties with appearances as a commentator on ''Match of the Day''. He was successful enough to move across to TV permanently the following season, after [[Clive Tyldesley]] left the BBC and rejoined [[ITV Sport|ITV]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} |
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Champion spent five seasons between 1996 and 2001 as a full-time member of the BBC's commentary team, covering edited highlights of the Premier League and the FA Cup, in addition to occasional matches from the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He also commentated on rugby league [[Challenge Cup]] games on BBC television, typically taking the televised Sunday game of each round with [[Ray French]] commentating on the Saturday game.{{Cite web |title=Jon Champion Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jonchampionjc/status/1248996418301370371 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Twitter |language=en}} From 2000 to 2003 Champion also worked on the BBC's cricket radio programme ''[[Test Match Special]]''http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/test_match_special/history/2664509.stm |
Champion spent five seasons between 1996 and 2001 as a full-time member of the BBC's commentary team, covering edited highlights of the Premier League and the FA Cup, in addition to occasional matches from the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He also commentated on rugby league [[Challenge Cup]] games on BBC television, typically taking the televised Sunday game of each round with [[Ray French]] commentating on the Saturday game.{{Cite web |title=Jon Champion Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/jonchampionjc/status/1248996418301370371 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Twitter |language=en}} From 2000 to 2003 Champion also worked on the BBC's cricket radio programme ''[[Test Match Special]]''.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/test_match_special/history/2664509.stm |
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== ITV Sport == |
== ITV Sport == |
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