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15 unusual facts about Sky Sports News


2010–11 Scottish Cup

The fourth round draw was conducted on 22 November 2010 at 11:30am at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD.

The semi-final draw was conducted on Monday, 14 March at Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre at 1pm live on Sky Sports News & Sky Sports News HD.

The fifth round draw was conducted on Tuesday 11 January 2011 at 2:30pm at Hampden Park live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports News HD.

2012 Super League season results

Wigan Warriors, as the highest ranked team in the Qualifying Semi Final (a combination of league leaders and Qualifying play-off winner), get to choose their semi-final opponents from the two winners of the Preliminary Semi-Finals in the Club Call, which was made on 23 September 2012 at 12:30 BST on Sky Sports News, where they chose Leeds Rhinos.

Asha Tanna

She was made redundant from Five News in February 2009 but as of March 2009 she has been presenting on Sky News and Sky Sports News.

Brett Pitman

Pitman scored a 16 minute hat-trick in the first home game of the season 2010–11 against Peterborough United and on 17 August 2010 it was reported by Sky Sports News that newly promoted Premier League side Blackpool had made a bid of £400,000, possibly rising to £600,000, to sign Pitman.

Ed Chamberlin

He co-hosted the betting show, The Full SP, with Jeff Stelling before joining the Sky Sports News team on a full-time basis.

Graham Little

Little is currently the host of Sky Sports's coverage of Northern Ireland international football and Northern Ireland Premiership matches and also presents regularly on Sky Sports News.

Jacquie Beltrao

She also has a strong passion for tennis and has done many news reports on the sport for Sky News and Sky Sports News.

Ledley King

He received the award at the 'Get on with the Game' programme which was shown on Sky Sports News.

Luciano Civelli

On 12 January 2009 Sky Sports News reported that Banfield had accepted a bid of £1 million from English Football League Championship side Ipswich Town.

Matt Murray

Since retiring Murray has worked as a match reporter and in-studio summariser for Sky Sports News.

Nikola Kalinić

On 3 August 2009, it was reported by Sky Sports News that Kalinić had signed for Blackburn Rovers from Hajduk Split on a four-year deal.

Radek Černý

On 4 May 2008, Černý told Sky Sports News that he would be joining QPR of the Championship at the end of the season because of the lack of first team action at Spurs.

Steve Harper

This was subject to analysis during Sky Sports News' Respect The Ref campaign, where appointing former footballers as referees was seen as a way to increase the respect shown to referees on the pitch.


Florent Malouda

On 5 July 2007, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon told Sky Sports News that Chelsea had been in discussions with Lyon regarding Malouda's transfer and were hoping to tie up the deal before Chelsea's pre-season tour in the USA.

Jo Ankier

Since retiring from professional athletics in 2008, Ankier has progressed her career outside of athletics as a television and radio broadcaster on channels including ESPN International, Fox Soccer Channel, The Tennis Channel, Chelsea TV, Sky Sports News and "kick" (YouTube channel).