The First Half

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Logan received a longlist nomination for "Most Popular Entertainment Presenter" at the 2014 National Television Awards [49] She was also nominated for "Sports Presenter, Commentator or Pundit" at the 2014 Royal Television Society Awards, losing out to Gary Neville but did win "Sports Programme" as part of the BBC Athletics team. And part of the reason I was awarded an MBE was for services to women’s sport and that absolutely thrilled me.

She had left the stand shortly before the blaze and watched horrified as the disaster claimed 56 lives. Logan has won "Sports Presenter of the Year" four times at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards in 2000, [41] 2002, [42] 2004, [43] and in 2014, [44] while also being nominated a further three times in 2007, [45] 2008, [46] and in 2010. She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015.I think I’ve talked about how important it is that we had that visibility for women’s sport ad nauseum,” she laughs. She once emptied every handbag into a big Sainsbury's carrier bag and, I kid you not, it was really full of all kinds of nonsense. BURNING QUESTIONS - GABBY LOGAN WOMAN - UK | October 31, 2022 The presenter takes on Woman's toughest interview. Most recently, the mum of two, who is married to former Scotland rugby union player Kenny Logan, has turned author to pen her autobiography, The First Half. But he had to be the tough man and that helped me understand his reliance on alcohol as something to take him out of his moods.

I’ve got nothing but love for him and respect for him as the man that he was as a child, but obviously I regret we don’t have him in our lives. We also got Bernard Gallacher’s daughter - Kirsty - a job after a request from Trevor Francis’s wife, who was a friend of the Gallagher family.Gabby began writing her book at the start of lockdown when, like many, work had dried up due to restrictions.