Jules Breach

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Jules Breach
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Jules Breach in 2023
Born (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 37)
Brighton, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Sussex University
Occupation Television presenter

Jules Breach (born 7 November 1986) is a British sports broadcaster for TNT Sports and Channel 4.

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Early and personal life

Breach was born in Brighton, Sussex. She moved with her family to Mauritius until she was 5 at which point she returned to the UK and attended St Mary’s RC Primary School in Portslade, Sussex. Breach lived in Jamaica between the ages of 8 and 15. In Jamaica her passion was tennis. Breach returned to Sussex and completed her education at Cardinal Newman School and then Sussex University, where she studied for a degree in Media before studying for an NCTJ qualification at Brighton Journalist Works. She is a fan of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C. [1]

Career

In her earlier media and broadcasting career Breach held presenting roles at Brighton's Juice FM, Latest TV and Sky Poker. [2] Breach has presented live television in the UK on BT Sport, and Channel 4 as well as CBS Sports UEFA Champions League coverage. Her live broadcasts have included the Premier League and live England national football team matches in the UEFA Nations League , [3] and live rolling coverage covering all the Saturday 3pm professional football matches across Britain on the flagship BT Sport show BT Sport Score . [4] From 2022, Breach also presents the Saturday evening highlights package show of the English Football League on ITV, and has presented for the Premier League Productions English language team, [5] and Australia’s Optus Sport. [6]

Breach has also fronted coverage of the Women’s Ashes live cricket on BT Sport in 2022. [7] Breach regularly hosts The Football Ramble alongside Pete Donaldson, and Andy Brassell, and Kate Mason, amongst others. [8] Breach was also a guest on A Question of Sport , [9] and presented the Premier League’s Fantasy Football Show alongside James Richardson. [10]

In 2024, she became a lead host for UEFA Euro 2024 on FOX Sports broadcasting for American TV viewers under the U.S. FOX network umbrella. [11]

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References

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  2. https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/17961157.bt-sport-presenter-jules-breach-talks-albion-tennis-journalism/
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