Watch! SA TV Presenter Out In Thailand Representing Mzansi In Liverpool – Man United Pre-Season Cup
Manchester United hammered Liverpool 4-0 to win Bangkok Century Cup in front of over 50,000 fans at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Tuesday. Sky Sports was covering the game and the South African sports journalist Melissa Reddy was also there as she’s the first lady in the broadcasting company.
She posted pictures and videos where she had interviews with the likes of Raphael Varane, Victor Lindelof, and Jurgen Klopp.
READ ALSO: Sbahle Mpisane Admits Lying About Forgetting Relationship With Khune After Car Accident
HOW DID MELISSA BAG A GIG AT SKY SPORTS?
For South African sports broadcasters, it’s quite difficult to convince the European media companies that you have what it takes to deliver what theirs jobs demand. It took Mellisa a long journey to become a “senior reporter” at Sky Sports.
She was part of TEAMtalk Media in SA in 2007 and worked across many sports. In 2011 she became head of football before she moved to Africa’s Largest Sports Publication Kick Off Magazine and became the Deputy Editor. That was a record as she was the first female to hold such a post.
READ ALSO: PICS! Gaston Sirino Spends Big Bucks At Mall Of Africa
She also worked as a football analyst at SuperSports’ Backpages and Monday Night show. In 2015, she became the Liverpool Correspondent of Goal’s 38 editions worldwide. She’s a fan of Liverpool by the way. She then joined ESPN as a football correspondent and also wrote for The Athletic before she became the senior football correspondent at JOE.
She then joined The Independent as a Senior football correspondent in November 2019 prior to leaving them for Sky Sports in March this year.
