BBC sports activities presenter Gabby Logan has endured a lot of hardships up to now
Gabby Logan is British tv royalty(Image: PA)
Gabby Logan is about to look as a visitor on Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel on BBC One this weekend. Logan, 52, will be part of Chris McCausland, McIntyre, Iain Stirling, Rachel Riley and others in making an attempt to assist contestants reply their approach to a fortune on Saturday night time.
She is, after all, no stranger to showing on BBC programmes. With a CV boasting every thing from Match of the Day to the Six Nations, Logan has established herself as one of the recognisable and trusted figures in sports activities broadcasting over her close to three-decade-long tv profession.
That has additionally seen her cowl enormous occasions such because the Olympics, the World Cup and the Euros. But Logan’s life away from broadcasting has likewise obtained consideration in recent times, with the presenter no stranger to discussing her private life.
Now, Wales Online brings you a full breakdown of every thing we all know in regards to the veteran broadcaster, who joined the BBC again in 2007.
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Family heartbreak
Logan was presenting Match of the Day dwell in January when she had to get replaced halfway by means of the present by Mark Chapman resulting from a family emergency. It later emerged that her dad, Terry Yorath, had died aged 75 after a quick sickness.
Yorath was a Welsh soccer icon identified for his profitable taking part in and managerial profession. He performed for a number of golf equipment, together with Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City, whereas incomes 59 caps as a midfielder for Wales.
Mother-of-two Logan was “shocked” by his dying regardless of realizing he had a restricted period of time left. She had beforehand mentioned the tragic lack of her younger brother Daniel again in 1992 and the large affect it had on her family.
Daniel died aged 15 whereas taking part in soccer with their father. A autopsy examination revealed that he had died from undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) – a congenital coronary heart situation.
Speaking about that interval on BBC Wales Live, she recalled: “He was playing football in the garden with my dad and he fell over. My dad thought he just was messing about and went over and rolled him over, and he basically died on the spot – and had no previous indications whatsoever that there were any health problems at all with him.
“It’s like a sledgehammer coming down and sending everyone off in several instructions, as a result of it is such a catastrophic factor to occur, and no warning – and everyone responds in another way.”
An announcement issued by Yorath’s youngsters following his dying learn: “To most he was a revered footballing hero, however to us he was Dad; a quiet, form and mild man. Our hearts are damaged however we take consolation realizing that he will likely be reunited with our brother, Daniel.”
Row with TV bosses
Before Logan’s illustrious profession with the BBC even started, she feared it was over when she was dropped from masking a World Cup at ITV by a boss who did not take a liking to her.
“I feel I had a tough trip in my early 30s in my profession, and I am unable to imagine that is almost 20 years in the past,” Logan revealed on the White Wine Question Time podcast. “At the time, I believed it was going to be the top of my profession.
“I was leaving ITV and given another chance by the BBC… because even in my early 30s, I felt I’d already had this really long career and I’d done loads of great stuff. I’d started off at Sky, moved to ITV and did loads of brilliant things.
“But I sort of felt I used to be perhaps going to should shift and do one thing utterly totally different as a result of I had a boss that wasn’t actually into me and needed to barely demote me. He took me off a World Cup in 2006.
“My kids were a year old and I was flying off to Germany, leaving my babies behind, going to the World Cup. [But] in the middle of the World Cup, he kind of side-lined me, and I came home with my tail between my legs.
“I used to be due to take action many knockout video games and he stated [not to come back] mainly. Go house and do not come again as a result of I used to be resulting from go house for a couple of days.
“In between the end of the group stages and the knockout stages, there’s always a couple of days off and I was going to go home because it was only Germany and the kids were a year old.”
Logan subsequently left ITV for an additional alternative on the BBC, the place she has remained ever since.
Giant rugby star son
Logan’s son, Reuben, is quick turning into a fully-fledged rugby star in his personal proper. The 20-year-old, who stands at an imposing 6ft 5in, has gone from being a minor web movie star to turning heads in rugby circles recently.
He initially made headlines in 2024 when he was likened to Gary Barlow’s gigantic son, Daniel, though Reuben is even taller. The young Logan is now following in his dad Kenny’s footsteps, switching his allegiance to play for Scotland despite previously representing England.
Reuben is a flanker for Sale Sharks and was loaned out to Championship side Caldy until the end of the 2025 season.
Adding to the family’s spectacular sporting pedigree, Reuben additionally has a twin sister, Lois, who’s making her mark within the equestrian world. She initially made waves in show-jumping however has since switched to racing after a stint at Glorious Goodwood.
