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| Vicki Sparks: First female commentator for live TV World Cup match | |
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| The BBC's Vicki Sparks has become the first woman to commentate live on a televised World Cup match in the UK. | The BBC's Vicki Sparks has become the first woman to commentate live on a televised World Cup match in the UK. |
| The broadcaster voiced BBC One's coverage of Portugal v Morocco in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday. | The broadcaster voiced BBC One's coverage of Portugal v Morocco in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday. |
| Women in Football - an organisation which promotes female representation in the sport - hailed her as a "history maker". | Women in Football - an organisation which promotes female representation in the sport - hailed her as a "history maker". |
| The BBC and ITV have both increased the number of women in their coverage of this year's World Cup. | The BBC and ITV have both increased the number of women in their coverage of this year's World Cup. |
| Jacqui Oatley, who was the first female commentator on Match of the Day, is presenting for ITV, while England and Juventus player Eniola Aluko is a studio pundit. | Jacqui Oatley, who was the first female commentator on Match of the Day, is presenting for ITV, while England and Juventus player Eniola Aluko is a studio pundit. |
| The BBC is also using Gabby Logan as a reporter, with Alex Scott from Arsenal in the studio. | The BBC is also using Gabby Logan as a reporter, with Alex Scott from Arsenal in the studio. |
| Ms Sparks got her break in 2014 after a BBC recruitment drive for new voices in football commentary to cover the FA Women's Super League. | Ms Sparks got her break in 2014 after a BBC recruitment drive for new voices in football commentary to cover the FA Women's Super League. |
| A broadcast assistant at Radio Newcastle at the time, she has since worked on BBC Five Live, Final Score and Match of the Day. | A broadcast assistant at Radio Newcastle at the time, she has since worked on BBC Five Live, Final Score and Match of the Day. |
| "I've always wanted to try and get into commentary so thought I'd go for it and see what happened," she told the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel. | "I've always wanted to try and get into commentary so thought I'd go for it and see what happened," she told the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel. |
| She also hit the headlines last year when then-Sunderland manager David Moyes apologised and was fined £30,000 for making an inappropriate joke to her after an interview. | She also hit the headlines last year when then-Sunderland manager David Moyes apologised and was fined £30,000 for making an inappropriate joke to her after an interview. |
| Mr Moyes said: "It was getting a wee bit naughty at the end there, so just watch yourself. You still might get a slap even though you're a woman." | Mr Moyes said: "It was getting a wee bit naughty at the end there, so just watch yourself. You still might get a slap even though you're a woman." |