Daniel Mann (football reporter)

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Daniel Mann is a British television football commentator, working mainly for Sky Sports and part time for ESPN.

Mann began his career in 1999 with Liverpool commercial station Radio City as a news presenter and football commentator.

He made his Sky Sports debut in 2006, commentating initially on Premier League highlights. Since 2010, he has been part of the Sky staff roster and has been a regular commentator on live Football League and Champions League games.

In addition to his Sky work, Mann has covered three FIFA World Cups. In 2010, he was the lead voice on the 3D world feed, describing the final and all other matches in Johannesburg. In 2014, he joined the ESPN US team in Brazil. Russia 2018 saw him commentate for the world feed.

Mann has also commentated for Eurosport, Al Jazeera Sports, IMG, DAZN, BT Sport and Premier League Productions.

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