BBC’s Vicki Sparks first woman to commentate live World Cup match

BBC’s Vicki Sparks has become the first woman to commentate live on a FIFA World Cup match in the United Kingdom.

She voiced BBC One’s coverage of Portugal versus Morocco game earlier this morning.

Women in Football ‑ an organisation which promotes female representation in the sport ‑ hailed her as a “history maker”.

History maker! Well done @vksparks who this afternoon became the FIRST EVER woman to commentate live on a #WorldCup game for British TV by taking to the mic for @BBC for #PortugalvMorocco 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽#WomeninFootball pic.twitter.com/fwHlA8ceah

— Women in Football (@WomeninFootball) June 20, 2018

The BBC and ITV have both increased the number of women in their coverage of this year's World Cup.

Meanwhile in the matches today, Spain beat Iran 1-0, Portugal defeated Morocco 1-0 while Uruguay also beat Saudi Arabia 1-0.

In matches tomorrow, Denmark will play Australia at 12am, France will play Peru at 3am while Argentina will play Croatia at 6am.

[Source: BBC]

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