Ībdo is also well known for her role hosting the FIFA Ballon d'Or and Laureus World Sports Awards, both of which she hosted on numerous occasions. After Fox lost the rights to Champions League to Turner, Abdo also signed a deal to host Champions League coverage on TNT from Turner's Atlanta studios. Since being at Fox, she has also now taken on the role of hosting Fox's Premier Boxing Champions, including a regular studio show "Inside PBC Boxing" and fight night coverage. On three occasions (2010, 20), she acted as presenter for the UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco. Sky Sports loaned Abdo to Fox Sports to host their coverage of the Women's World Cup in 2015, and Abdo later took up a permanent offer from the network to relocate to the US and host their Champions League, Europa League, World Cup, FA Cup, and Bundesliga coverage. Abdo joined to be a public face for the launch of the network and was also heavily involved in the development of the network's coverage, formats and programming.įrom Germany, Abdo moved to the UK to join Sky Sports, where she hosted the Pay Per View Boxing events, European Football, Transfer Deadline day and Sky Sports News. ![]() Abdo left CNN to join Sky Sport News HD in Germany, where she was head anchor and the face of the network. In 2006–07, she worked as a production assistant for Goal! The Bundesliga Magazine, and at the same time was sports news presenter at Deutsche Welle until 2009, where she hosted sports coverage for their English and German-language services.įrom there she moved to CNN, where she anchored the "World Sports" programme daily. Throughout her career she has worked internationally in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany and the United States.Ībdo's broadcasting career started at the German international news network Deutsche Welle in 2005, in which she completed an internship in the foreign language department. Kate Abdo ( née Giles born 8 September 1981, Manchester, England) is an English sports broadcaster who currently hosts UEFA Champions League coverage for CBS Sports.
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