Edward Russell (television presenter)

Edward Russell (born 7 September 1989) is an English-Singaporean television presenter, host, and actor. He is a permanent presenter on Fox Sports Asia, anchoring Fox Sports Central Asia, and helming their MotoGP coverage and Friday Night Football.[1] He currently hosts his own daily radio show on Singapore's number one English radio station Class 95 called "Cartunes with Jean Danker & Edward Russell"[2][3]

Edward Russell
Edward Russell presenting for Fox Sports Asia at the Australian Open
Born (1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 34)
London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationTelevision presenter

Early life edit

After attending The Perse School in Cambridge, Edward completed his secondary studies at Hale School and then attended The University of Western Australia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Commerce, and a Post Graduate English Degree with First Class Honours[4]

Career edit

Television edit

In 2014, Edward made his acting debut in Spouse for House on Mediacorp Channel 5 playing the role of Sam.[5]
In the same year, he also played the role of Josh in Kosmopolitan on Mediacorp Suria.

Edward is best known as a presenter on Fox Sports Asia, where he helms their live coverage of the MotoGP World Championship, alongside pundit Matteo Guerinoni.[6]
He also anchors the channel's flagship show Fox Sports Central Asia,[7] presents Friday Night Football and reports onsite from various sporting events including Formula 1, AFF Championship, Australian Open[8][9] and French Open[10]

He also presents an Asia-wide syndicated travel show[11] and has produced a number of travel pieces in partnership with the Taiwan Tourism Bureau[12][13]

Writing edit

Edward is the Men's Fashion and Lifestyle Correspondent for Buro 24/7[14]

Personal life edit

Edward has been selected as one of Cleo Magazine's Bachelors of the Year[15] and Nüyou Magazine's Men We Love.

References edit

  1. ^ "Fox Sports Team - FOX Sports Asia". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ https://www.mewatch.sg/show/CLASS-95-Cartunes-with-Jean-Danker-&-Edward-Russell-285456
  3. ^ "Edward Russell Wants to be the Voice That Accompanies You Through the Afternoons".
  4. ^ "Perth model Ed Russell taking Singapore by storm". 14 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Edward Russell". IMDb.
  6. ^ "5 Questions with Matteo Guerinoni - Prestige Online - Society's Luxury Authority".
  7. ^ hermes (1 April 2016). "My Weekend". The Straits Times.
  8. ^ "'I can't walk no more'". 26 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Behind the scenes of the 2018 Australian Open with Edward Russell".
  10. ^ "FOX Sports presenter Edward Russell on his travel souvenir junkie ways".
  11. ^ Dawn (9 September 2015). "Apps I Live By: Model & TV Personality, Edward Russell".
  12. ^ "Taiwan Tourism Bureau Partners with FOX – Gears up for Cycling | Asia-Pacific News".
  13. ^ "Taiwan wants you to come explore on two wheels: Travel Weekly Asia". www.travelweekly-asia.com.
  14. ^ "Edward Russell". www.buro247.sg.
  15. ^ "Media Releases - Singapore Press Holdings". www.sph.com.sg.

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