Gabby Logan

Gabrielle Nicole Logan MBE (née Yorath; born 24 April 1973) is a Welsh television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted Sports Personality of the Year for the BBC and she presented the second series of The Edge in 2015.

In August 2025, Logan became one of three presenters of Match of the Day, alongside Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates.

Gabrielle Nicole Yorath was born on 24 April 1973 in Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire to former Wales international footballer and manager Terry Yorath, who was playing for Leeds United at the time, and his wife, Christine. The family moved frequently because her father played for a number of British teams as well as in Canada with the Vancouver Whitecaps.

She attended Cardinal Heenan High School and Notre Dame Sixth Form College in Leeds. She attended Durham University, studying law.

She played netball at school and at university and also competed in the high jump. At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, 16-year-old Logan's rhythmic gymnastics routine finished eighth and she placed eleventh in rhythmic gymnastics representing Wales. She retired from rhythmic gymnastics, at the age of 17, due to sciatica.

She became interested in football during her regular attendances at her father's matches. Her mother went out of a "sense of duty". Along with her brother and sister, she was in the crowd at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985, the day of the Bradford City stadium fire. She had left the stand only moments before the fire took hold and watched the unfolding disaster.

Her debut TV appearance was when she was chosen as the Leeds Rose for the 1991 Rose of Tralee competition.

In 1992, while studying law at Durham University, Logan worked part time at Metro Radio in Newcastle and for Tyne Tees Television, on their, new in January 1996, lifestyle programme Tyne Tees Tonight.^{[citation needed]}