Gabrielle Nicole Logan (; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. 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. Since 2013, she has co-hosted Sports Personality of the Year for the BBC and she presented the second series of The Edge in 2015.
In August 2025, Logan became one of three presenters of Match of the Day, alongside Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates.
Early life Gabrielle Nicole Yorath was born on 24 April 1973 in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire to former Wales international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, who was playing for Leeds United at the time, and his wife, Christine. The family moved frequently because her father played for a number of British teams as well as in Canada with the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Logan was educated at Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds. She studied law at the University of Durham.
She played netball at school and at university and also competed in the high jump. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, 16-year-old Logan's rhythmic gymnastics routine finished eighth and she placed eleventh in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales. She retired from rhythmic gymnastics, at the age of 17, due to sciatica.
She became interested in football during her regular attendances at her father's matches. Her mother went out of a "sense of duty". Along with her brother and sister, she was in the crowd at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985, the day of the Bradford City stadium fire. She had left the stand only moments before the fire took hold and watched the unfolding disaster.
Her debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition.
Career Radio In 1992, while studying law at Durham University, Logan worked part time at Metro Radio in Newcastle and for Tyne Tees Television, on their, new in January 1996, lifestyle programme Tyne Tees Tonight.
Sky Sports In 1996, she accepted a job as a presenter on Sky Sports. She worked there until 1998, when she joined the ITV TV network.
ITV On 5 September 1998, ITV resurrected the football magazine series On the Ball, a lunchtime preview of the day's football fixtures, presented by Logan as Gabby Yorath. Logan was one of a small number of female sports presenters on terrestrial television. After ITV lost the terrestrial rights to the Premier League, she presented their UEFA Champions League coverage, including the 2005 and 2006 finals, between A.C. Milan and Liverpool, and Arsenal and Barcelona, respectively. Logan left ITV for BBC Sport in December 2006, In 2003, she reported on the Rugby World Cup. Also that year, Logan presented a programme called Britain's Brilliant Prodigies featuring a young Jessie J.
Logan stepped in for Melanie Sykes on 6 July 2004 when she went on maternity leave partway through the third series of game show The Vault.
She co-hosted the celebrity diving show Splash! on ITV, alongside Vernon Kay and Olympic diver Tom Daley from 2013 until 2014.
In 2015, Logan returned to ITV for reality series Flockstars, a show she later said was her "biggest disappointment".
BBC Logan started presenting for BBC Sport on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup fourth round tie between Luton Town and Blackburn Rovers. She continues to regularly present and report on live football for the BBC, including hosting Final Score from 2009 until 2013. She reported from the England Camp for the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012 and World Cup 2014 while also being a pitchside reporter at England matches.
In 2008 Logan replaced Craig Doyle as host of the BBC's Six Nations Championship coverage. She had previously reported on the 2003 Rugby World Cup for ITV.
Logan became the main host of athletics for BBC Sport. She has hosted live coverage of the World Athletics Championships in 2013, and the European Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games in 2014. She has also hosted the annual IAAF Diamond League competition.
Logan has hosted BBC Summer Olympic Games coverage since 2008. At Beijing 2008, Logan presented Games Today, a nightly evening highlights show on BBC One from 7pm to 8pm. At the London 2012 Games, Logan again hosted the highlights programme, this time from 10.35pm to midnight. For the Rio 2016 Games, Logan was live each day from the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos leading the athletics coverage. For the Tokyo 2020 Games, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the BBC team could not travel, so Logan instead lead daytime coverage alongside Hazel Irvine. For the Paris 2024 Olympics, Logan was once again trackside at the Stade de France.
Logan has presented coverage of the Commonwealth Games for the BBC since 2014. At the Glasgow 2014 Games, Logan lead the athletics coverage at the event. For the Gold Coast 2018 Games, Logan presented coverage of events from Salford. At the Birmingham 2022 Games, Logan anchored coverage of the athletics events once again.
She has also hosted live coverage of other sporting events such as the 2013 Aquatics World Championships
Since 2009, Logan has been a frequent stand-in presenter on The One Show on BBC One. Logan stated that she was once criticised by a BBC executive for wearing "too sexy boots".
In August 2013, Logan began hosting the BBC One series I Love My Country, featuring team captains Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner on Saturday evenings. In October 2013, the programme was axed due to largely negative press reviews and poor viewing figures.
In September 2013, the BBC announced that, as of 2013, Logan would replace Sue Barker as one of the presenters for the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
In March 2015, Logan hosted Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief for BBC Two. The show returned for a second series in February 2016.
She presented live coverage of the 2015 London Marathon, broadcast on BBC One on 26 April, the 2016 London Marathon on 24 April and the 2017 London Marathon on 23 April. In August 2015, she was the main presenter for BBC's coverage of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics from Beijing.
Logan presented the second series of the BBC game show The Edge in 2015. She replaced Mark Benton who hosted series 1.
In 2016, Logan was part of the presenting team for The Invictus Games on BBC One. She was also a part of the media team during the BBC's coverage of the 2016 UEFA European Championship in France.
In 2017 she hosted the BBC IAAF coverage in London.
In 2022 Logan hosted coverage of the Women's Six Nations Championship.
Having deputised for Gary Lineker many times on Match of the Day, Logan was announced in January 2025 as one of three new presenters of the show, alongside Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates, following Lineker's decision to quit.
Channel 5 In June 2011, while still presenting the sports results shows for BBC One on Saturdays, Logan joined Channel 5 to present a discussion and magazine show following The Wright Stuff at 11:10 am each weekday initially called The Wright Stuff Extra, and later renamed as Live with Gabby. On 5 April 2012, the show tweeted to confirm that Logan was leaving the programme.
Filmography
Television Year Title Channel Role Notes 1998–2004 On the BallITV Presenter 2002 Loose Women Guest presenter Two episodes 2003 Britain's Brilliant Prodigies Presenter 2004 The Vault Presenter 2007 Strictly Come DancingBBC One Contestant 2007–2011 Inside Sport Presenter 2008– BBC Six Nations Coverage Presenter 2009–2013 Final Score Presenter 2009–2010, 2013– The One Show Stand-in presenter 2010– A League of Their Own Sky 1 Regular Panellist 2011–2012 The Wright Stuff Extra Channel 5 Presenter Later renamed Live with Gabby Logan2012 SuperstarsBBC One Presenter One-off episode New Year Live Presenter Succeeded Jake Humphrey 2012– Match of the Day Presenter Stand-in presenter 2013 I Love My Country Presenter BBC panel game show 2013–2014 Splash! ITV Co-presenter Primetime reality series; with Vernon Kay2013– BBC Sports Personality of the YearBBC One Co-presenter With Gary Lineker and Clare Balding BBC Athletics Coverage Presenter 2014 Sport Relief Co-presenter 'Clash of the Titans' segment2015 Flockstars ITV Presenter Primetime reality series The Edge BBC One Presenter Daytime game show 2015– London Marathon Presenter 2015, 2016, 2017, 2024, 2025 & 2026 2015–2016 Let's Play Darts BBC Two Presenter Primetime series 2016 Invictus GamesBBC One Co-presenter UEFA Euro 2016 Co-presenter / Correspondent June 2016 2016– The Premier League Show BBC Two Presenter 2018 Gabby & Gareth's Big 6 Nations Kick-Off BBC Co-presenter 2019 Would I Lie to You? BBC One Guest Series 13 Episode 1 2022 Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof Participant 2022 Commonwealth Games Presenter Alongside Clare Balding and Hazel Irvine UEFA Women's Euro 2022 BBC One & BBC Two Presenter Alongside Reshmin Chowdhury and Eilidh Barbour 2022 FIFA World Cup Presenter2023 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Presenter Alongside Reshmin Chowdhury and Alex Scott Great North RunBBC One Presenter Live coverage2024 UEFA Euro 2024 Presenter Alternating with Gary Lineker 2024 Summer Olympics BBC One & BBC Two Presenter Part of the commentary team Pointless BBC One Guest presenter 2025– Match of the Day BBC One Presenter Alternating with Mark Chapman & Kelly Cates2025 2025 London Marathon: My Reason to Run BBC One Presenter One-off programme UEFA Women's Euro 2025 BBC One Presenter Alongside Alex Scott and Jeanette Kwakye Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 BBC One & BBC Two Presenter Alternating with Ugo Monye
Guest appearances
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2002, 2010, 2021) Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes (2002) All Star Family Fortunes (2006) 8 Out of 10 Cats (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) Would I Lie to You? (2008, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2009, 2015) They Think It's All Over: Comic Relief Special (2011) Wall of Fame (2011) Shooting Stars (2011) Room 101 (2012, 2017) The Angelos Epithemiou Show (2012) The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2012) All Star Mr & Mrs (2013) The Last Leg (2013) Was It Something I Said? (2013) Have I Got News for You (2013) That Puppet Game Show (2014) Through the Keyhole (2014) Pointless Celebrities (2015, 2016) Celebrity Squares (2015) Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas (2016) Insert Name Here (2017) Jack Dee's Inauguration Helpdesk (2017) Don't Ask Me Ask Britain (2017) Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100 (2018) Richard Osman's House of Games (2021) The Wheel (2021, 2024, 2025) Blankety Blank (2022) The John Bishop Show (2023) Celebrity Catchphrase (2023) The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2024)
Radio Logan has worked on BBC Radio 5 Live, where she presented a lunchtime show from January 2010. Her previous Sunday morning was taken over by Kate Silverton.
In light of the move of BBC Radio 5 Live from London to MediaCityUK in Salford, Logan left her weekday show in April 2011 due to other BBC work and family commitments. She was replaced by Shelagh Fogarty.
On 12 April 2009, she presented the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St John's Catholic School for the Deaf.
Political views In August 2014, Logan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.
Other work
In December 2012, Logan was appointed as a non-executive director of Perform Group.
In 2014, Logan helped launch Tesco's Farm to Fork initiative.
Logan is the voice-over for the MegaRed heart health commercial advertisements.
Logan's memoir, The First Half, was published in October of 2022.
Honours, awards and recognition