Manish Bhasin

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Manish Bhasin is a football and cricket presenter for the BBC. He currently presents Football Focus, on BBC1 at 12.10 p.m on Saturdays, with regular pundits Mark Lawrenson and Lee Dixon.

In February 2004 Manish joined BBC’s “Football Focus” team, a weekly magazine style show that previews the weekend's top football action. At the start of the following season, he became the main presenter of the show, replacing Ray Stubbs.

In addition to his role on Football Focus, Manish has emerged as the BBC's primary cricket presenter, hosting highlights of the 2006-07 Ashes Series and the 2007 World Cup.

Manish had previously been at ITV’s Central News, where he presented in-depth coverage of the region's essential sport, including a comprehensive analysis of the financial crisis at Leicester City. During his tenure Manish was nominated for “Regional Sports Presenter or Commentator of the Year” at the Royal Television Society Sport Awards and would later present “Soccer Sunday”.

Previously Manish had spent 5 years at BBC Radio Leicester as Sports presenter/commentator including the drive time “Drive at 5” programme presenting the latest news and sport.

During this period Manish’s highlights include reporting from Leicester Tigers’ last minute victory in the 2001 Rugby European Cup final (Leicester Tigers v. Stade Francais) and again the following year at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium (Leicester Tigers v Munster).

He also presented highlights of the African Cup of Nations 2006 on BBC3 and was a roving reporter during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Bhasin is a passionate supporter of Leicester City F.C. He attended the Liverpool v AC Milan UEFA Champions League final in May 2005 in Istanbul.