Jake Humphrey: Last News

Gary Neville following his comments on BT Sport's coverage of the Champions League final.The ex-Manchester United captain, 47, took issue with the lack of a live reporter outside the Stade de France after harrowing reports emerged of Liverpool fans being subject to tear gas and pepper spray by French police when making their way into the stadium.Replying to a post made by an Athletic journalist criticising the lack of coverage outside the ground, Neville commented: "Are you surprised? I’m not. They can’t react or aren’t agile to things like this happening."Liverpool fans have since told horror stories of how they were left stranded outside the stadium with valid tickets whilst riot police attacked them, ahead of their 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid.

Gary Neville for his criticism of BT Sport's coverage of the Liverpool fan chaos ahead of the Champions League final.Sky Sports pundit Neville called out their rival broadcaster for not following the concerning scenes outside the Stade de France on Saturday (May 29) night, which saw kick-off delayed by more than half an hour. Replying to a tweet from The Athletic journalist Adam Crafton which read "Surprised BT sport don’t have a team on standby outside of stadium, getting little to no sense of the major story from the broadcaster", Neville wrote: "Are you surprised? I’m not.

Manchester City's collapse against Real Madrid.Ferdinand and Lescott were serving on the punditry team for the Champions League clash, during which Madrid staged a remarkable comeback. Los Blancos were heading out of the competition as the game entered injury time in the second-half.Riyad Mahrez had seemingly confirmed City's place in the final against Liverpool when Rodrygo scored twice at the death to put Madrid on level terms.

OVER the last 50 years, children have had their first taste of current affairs from the iconic BBC show Newsround. Started on April 4, 1972, by its most famous presenter, John Craven, the news show has reported the topics of the day in a safe child-friendly to generations of kids.

Rio Ferdinand says Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid summed up this season for Manchester United in comments made off-air duties with BT Sport.

Manchester United were accused of being "tin-pot" after BT Sport host Jake Humphrey shared a photo of the less-than-appealing lunch he was served at Old Trafford.Humphrey was covering United's lunchtime kick-off against Southampton for BT Sport when he shared the image.The picture showed a cardboard tray with a bread roll, a portion of scrambled eggs and a similarly-sized helping of mashed potato.Humphrey tweeted the image with the caption: "Scrambled egg and mashed potato. Wow.

BT Sport host Jake Humphrey has poked fun at Manchester United after what he was served for lunch during the Reds' clash with Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime.

BBC and Formula One.Speaking to Express.co.uk Jake revealed the backlash he received after getting the presenting role on Formula One and his wife's tearful call after seeing comments online.Jake hosts one of the most popular podcasts at the moment, High Performance, and he became a Sunday Times bestselling author this year for his book, High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best.The BT Sports presenter mentions in his book how he got his big break with the BBC.Speaking to Express.co.uk about when he found out about the job, he said: "I waited for this big day when I knew the announcement was going to be made and it was Thursday and they were going to announce it at 10 o'clock."At half 10 my phone rang and it was my wife.

BBC and Formula One.Speaking to Express.co.uk Jake revealed that it wasn't an easy move from children's TV to Formula One and had to make "desperate" pleas to the BBC.Jake hosts one of the most popular podcasts at the moment, High Performance, becoming a Sunday Times bestselling author this year for his book, High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best.The BT Sports presenter mentions in his book how he got his big break with the BBC.He said: "It was an interesting one because I was desperate to be a sports presenter, absolutely desperate, and I write about this in the book actually."I went for a meeting with the BBC to say that I really wanted to be a sports presenter and I was told at that time that they don’t employ people like me because I wasn’t a trained journalist and I hadn’t competed at a high level as a sportsperson."I was desperately trying to say you need to think outside the box here, I am a broadcaster and I love TV and I love sport."So, I was basically told it wasn’t going to happen."Jake would not take no for an answer, however, and made sure the BBC knew he "do what it takes".He continued: "So they gave me an ISDN kit and I used to finish work on Saturday and drive to second and third division football matches, starting right at the very bottom again to prove that I was driven, to prove that I could do it, and prove that I was hungry."I wanted to prove that I didn’t have an ego and expected the top job.

Express.co.uk a very fond memory he has with the former tennis player.Jake revealed that Sue is a "great supporter" of his, with the pair having kept a close relationship through the years.Recalling one event she was there for him, Jake said: "I remember once I was on air and for whatever reason I was getting criticism from people, which is what happens if you work on the telly."I was thinking, ‘I wonder what I’ve done on this particular show to get all this criticism’ and then I had a message from Sue Barker and it was totally unrelated to the fact I was looking at social media."She just sent a message, saying, ‘Hi, I’ve watched BT many times but tonight I am watching the Liverpool game. You are so good."'I could sense you were getting over a cold but you were brilliant! Lance [Sue's husband] and I have said you are the best football presenter on TV.

PRESENTERS Fearne Cotton and Jake Humphrey branded children’s TV channel CBBC “aggressive and catty”. They claimed that, while families saw only smiley faces, tears flowed off screen as egos clashed.

Express.co.uk asked Jake if he would be open to presenting the show, taking over from the former footballer.He said: "Good question.

BBC announced a presenting and show shake up.It was announced in September 2020 that Sue Barker, Phil Tuffnell and Matt Dawson would not be returning to the show.A BBC spokesperson said at the time: "We would like to thank Sue for her enormous contribution as the show’s longest reigning host over the last 24 years, and Matt and Phil for their excellent team captaincy.“Together they have ensured A Question of Sport remains a firm favourite with the BBC One audience.”Jake has had a lengthy sports career and guest starred on the show a number of times, forming a close relationship with former show host Sue.Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Jason said: "I was a guest on it a long time ago, and I am a massive lover and huge fan of Sue

Rio Ferdinand’ s brief appearance on BT Sports before Manchester United’s game with Atalanta has stirred reaction online as he appeared to have a wardrobe malfunction. The Red Devils legend was supposed to be featuring alongside Jake Humphrey, Paul Scholes and Peter Crouch but was unable to due to a bad back.

Liverpool.It's hard to argue against Salah being the best player in the world at the moment as he continues his dazzling run for Liverpool, but Reds fans will never forget an inspired Suarez that almost brought the Premier League title to Anfield in 2013/14.BT host Jake Humphrey kicked off the debate, as Salah and Suarez prepare to come up against one another on Tuesday as Liverpool travel to Atletico Madrid.Ferdinand and Owen clashed with differing opinions, and here's what they had to say.Ferdinand argued for Salah, as he said: "I'd take Mo Salah, what he's done the last four seasons, top goalscorer in each of them, top goalscorer again for Liverpool this season, I just think he's immense."The icing on the cake for me - over the

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Rio Ferdinand must have thought his Saturday couldn't get any worse when Manchester United slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa.However, just minutes after hearing the final score at Old Trafford, the former United defender's phone was dropped and smashed by one of his BT Sport colleagues.Ferdinand was carrying out his punditry duties after Chelsea and Manchester City's clash at Stamford Bridge when the blunder occurred.Just before he was due to go live on air with Joe Cole, Joleon Lescott and host Jake Humphrey, he threw his phone in the direction of the floor manager - who let it slip through his hands.Ferdinand's furious reaction was captured in a hilarious clip which has been shared online by Humphrey, who revealed the

Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park.Crouch was in attendance for Palace's game against his former side Tottenham as a pundit, though encountered an issue ahead of kick-off.As he sat down in a seat near to the tunnel, he found the leg room to the row in front completely inadequate for his long limbs.The 40-year-old was forced to bend his legs up to nearly his chest in what looked a particularly uncomfortable position, which was shown in his facial expression as he turned to the camera.

European Super League, branding it a ‘disgrace’.The reaction of Neville, other pundits, players, and fans around the world helped to turn the tide against the league, with all six English clubs withdrawing within 72 hours.Now the former Manchester United captain is spearheading efforts to prevent anything similar happening again, by teaming up with his fellow pundits.According to the Daily Mail, the Sky Sports presenter has set up a WhatsApp group that transcends broadcasting rivalries, teaming up with Gary Lineker, Jake Humphrey, Steve McManaman and Rio Ferdinand, who called the European Super League ‘a war on football’, among others.It is understood that the group have spoken already, with another meeting scheduled for Tuesday, as they

Gary Lineker was forced to pull out of BT Sport’s coverage of Manchester City’s 2-1 win away at Paris St-Germain on Wednesday night due to a Covid scare.Lineker, who presents the broadcaster’s Champions League matches on a weekly basis, was replaced by Jake Humphrey after another member of staff tested positive for coronavirus.He wrote on Twitter: “Massively disappointed not to be on @btsport tonight for such a great game.

Gary Lineker had the final say on Wednesday night, despite not being able to provide his usual coverage of the Champions League.