Mark Pougatch

Since 13 August 2016, Pougatch has presented the Saturday afternoon show BT Sport Score on BT Sport.

In January 2015, Pougatch replaced Adrian Chiles as the main football presenter on ITV, fronting the channel's coverage of the UEFA Champions League, England Internationals and later Euro 2016. In February and March 2016, Pougatch co-presented ITV's coverage of the Six Nations Rugby Championship, and continued in this role in 2017, 2018 and 2019, subsequently co-hosting ITV's coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup alongside (amongst others) Craig Doyle.

In March 2012, he won the Sports Journalists' Association award for Sports Broadcaster of the Year.

Pougatch joined the team of Football Superstars, a game which was due to be released in 2009 as an innovative MMORPG game integrating gameplay with footballers' lifestyles. He is the author of Three Lions Versus the World: England's World Cup Stories from the Men Who Were There. He is also a speaker, after dinner and at daytime events.

In 1994, he joined BBC Radio 5 Live, selected to be the main presenter of 5 live Sport on Sundays. In August 2000, he switched to the flagship Saturday edition of the show and continued to present this until August 2016 when he was replaced by Mark Chapman. Pougatch continues to present some other editions of 5 Live Sport, most notably on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings throughout the football season. He also presents Football Today on Premier League TV on Monday and Thursday throughout the Football season.

Pougatch initially worked for six months at the former BBC radio station for London, BBC GLR. He then became a regular football reporter in 1992 with BBC Essex.

Mark Charles Albert Pougatch (born 27 January 1968) is an English freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who is currently the Chief Sport Presenter for ITV Sport, fronting their major football and rugby coverage. Pougatch is also currently the presenter of BT Sport Score.