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ITV Euro 2025 Team Announced Semra Hunter Surprise Presenter

“The ITV team has been announced. Mark Pougatch, Laura Woods and Semra Hunter will present. Pundits in New York will include Roy Keane, Ian Wright, Gary Neville, Patrick Vieira, Karen Carney, Ange Postecoglou, Juan Mata, Emma Hayes, Duncan Ferguson, Jobi McAnuff and Bradley Wright-Phillips. Commentary will come from Sam Matterface, Jon Champion, Seb Hutchinson and Joe Speight with Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist, Andros Townsend and Lucy Ward. Gabriel Clarke and Connie McLaughlin will report from the England and Scotland camps, whilst the excellent Christina Unkel returns as Referee Analyst. Two additional reporters as well: Daniyal Khan will be a social reporter in New York, and Man v Food's Adam Richman will join Semra Hunter for additional content. Semra Hunter a surprise name for the third presenter role, in lieu of Seema Jaswal. Though I do say, an inspired choice as an American born presenter who can give knowledge of Spanish football. I've enjoyed her work on ITV's La Liga coverage previously, and she was also pitchside at Women's Euro 2025 last year. Bradley Wright-Phillips another one with American insight, and will be cool to see him work alongside dad Ian. Jobi McAnuff a little surprising as he has barely covered anything bar the EFL for TV, and represented a non-qualified nation (Jamaica) at international level, but usually seems solid. Duncan Ferguson the only Scottish pundit named. Great to see Jon Champion back amongst the commentary team after missing Euro 2024. One of the notable absentees from previous tournaments is Eni Aluko, who has burned bridges with some of the ITV team in recent months. There will be a 24/7 stream on YouTube with highlights, content etc., whilst a FAST channel with classic channel should be launching on ITVX. Plenty of official FIFA preview programming is also available there. Unsurprisingly, there is no mention of any UHD coverage. No mention either of any of the livestreaming options available on YouTube (the BBC specifically mentioned that the build-up and the first 10 minutes of every match will be streamed).”
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Confidence: High Checked on May 20, 2026

Summary

ITV’s World Cup 2026 coverage will indeed be fronted by Mark Pougatch, Laura Woods and Semra Hunter, with the listed pundits, commentators, and reporters—including Roy Keane, Ian Wright, Gary Neville, Patrick Vieira, Karen Carney, Ange Postecoglou, Juan Mata, Emma Hayes, Duncan Ferguson, Jobi McAnuff, Bradley Wright‑Phillips, Sam Matterface, Jon Champion, Seb Hutchinson, Joe Speight, Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist, Andros Townsend, Lucy Ward, Gabriel Clarke, Connie McLaughlin, Christina Unkel, Daniyal Khan and Adam Richman. Eni Aluko is notably absent, and a 24/7 YouTube stream and FAST channel on ITVX are planned. All these details are confirmed by current reports.

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