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Ian Darke
Ian Darke is an English association football and boxing commentator who currently works for BT Sport and ESPN. Darke was previously one of Sky's "Big Four" football commentators alongside Martin Tyler, Alan Parry and Rob Hawthorne. He was also the main commentator for Sky's big boxing fights and along with Jim Watt, covered some of the biggest fights involving British boxers. More...
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Last 5 Matches (see all)
Date
Match
Competition
Channel
Role
Language
02/07/2026
FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
Main Commentator
English
Top 20 Channels
Channel
Occasions
BT Sport Player [$] (geo/R)
455
TNT Sports Digital Exclusive
436
TNT Sports 1 HD
257
World Feed
209
BT Sport Ultimate 4K
186
ESPN (US)
145
BT Sport 2 / HD
144
ESPN 2 (United States)
123
Sky Sports 1 / HD
115
ESPN+ USA ($/geo/R)
82
BT Sport 3 / HD
62
Sky Sports 1
60
Discovery+ UK ($/geo/R)
47
Sky Sports (United Kingdom)
39
TSN+ Canada [$] (geo/R)
37
BT Sport Extra 1
35
Sky Sports 2 / HD
33
Fox (USA)
29
PremPlus
25
Fox Sports App (US)
24
Top 20 Teams
Team
Occasions
Manchester United
353
Arsenal
343
Chelsea
291
Manchester City
260
Tottenham
238
West Ham United
231
Liverpool
203
Everton
159
Barcelona
151
Real Madrid
141
Southampton
113
Fulham
107
Aston Villa
92
Brighton H.A.
89
Newcastle United
89
Sevilla
86
Leicester City
79
Atlético Madrid
77
West Bromwich Albion
77
Wolves
75
Top 20 People Worked With
Person
Occasions
Steve McManaman
363
Jake Humphrey
360
Owen Hargreaves
239
Robbie Savage
204
Des Kelly
198
Glenn Hoddle
191
Michael Owen
158
Martin Keown
135
Rio Ferdinand
134
Lynsey Hipgrave
132
Richard Keys
125
Andy Gray
118
Reshmin Chowdhury
111
Jermaine Jenas
108
Landon Donovan
81
Luis Garcia (ESP)
78
Matt Smith (presenter)
74
Mark Clattenburg
73
Paul Scholes
72
Alexi Lalas
71