Rebecca Adams
Sports Broadcaster
About me
Rebecca Adams is a sports broadcaster and live anchor working across BBC Sport, BBC World Service and major international sporting events.She anchors live sports coverage across television and radio, working across major sporting events and global sports stories for audiences around the world.Television & RadioRebecca presents live sports news for BBC News and BBC World Service, broadcasting to audiences around the world.The BBC World Service reaches more than 360 million people globally each week.Her television and radio work spans live sports news and major sporting events across multiple disciplines. She also works across live football coverage for talkSPORT and has worked with ITV Sport, TRT World and RTÉ Sport.Global Sport & Major EventsRebecca has extensive experience anchoring live international sports coverage across major global events.Her international portfolio includes the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games; the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand; the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China; and the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.She has also worked with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) across four Olympic and Paralympic Games, beginning her broadcast career at London 2012 interviewing athletes for the official Olympic News Service.Her international sports work includes tennis, table tennis and major multi-sport events, across live host-broadcaster and world-feed productions.Live Hosting & ModerationRebecca hosts and moderates live sports conferences, industry events and sporting programmes.She hosted SportsPro London in 2025 and 2026, bringing together senior figures from across the global sports industry.She has also judged the International Student Broadcasting Championships for three consecutive years, in the sports presenting and commentary categories.Credits
BBC Sport
BBC News Channel
BBC World Service
talkSPORT
ITV Sport
TRT World
RTÉ Sport
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS)
WTA
ITF
World Table Tennis
