Edward Russell (born 7 September 1989) is an English-Singaporean television presenter, host, and actor. He is a permanent presenter on

Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Sta ...

, anchoring

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, and helming their

MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...

coverage and Friday Night Football. He currently hosts his own daily radio show on Singapore's number one English radio station Class 95 called "Afternoons with Edward Russell"

Early life

After attending

The Perse School (He who does things for others does them for himself) , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , religion = Nondenominational Christian , president = , head_label = Head , he ...

in Cambridge, Edward completed his secondary studies at

Hale School Hale School is an independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Named after the school founded by Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale in 1858, Hale School claims to b ...

and then attended

The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Perth, the state capital, with a secondary campus in Albany and various other facilities ...

, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Commerce, and a Post Graduate English Degree with First Class Honours

Career

Television

In 2014, Edward made his acting debut in

Spouse for House ''Spouse for House'' is a television situation comedy on Mediacorp Channel 5 about a couple after their marriage. Cast * Selena Lee as Jessica Tan. * Alaric Tay as John Tan * Rebecca Spykerman as Vanessa De Souza, Jessica's best friend * Desmo ...

Mediacorp Channel 5 Channel 5 (Chinese: 五頻道) is a free-to-air, English-language television channel in Singapore. Owned by state broadcaster Mediacorp, it broadcasts general entertainment, news, and sports programming. The channel's logo is a big white number ...

playing the role of Sam.
In the same year, he also played the role of Josh in Kosmopolitan on

Mediacorp Suria Suria (Malay for "Sun") is a Singaporean free-to-air Television channel owned by Mediacorp. The channel broadcasts popular Malay television series, either originally produced by Mediacorp or imported from Malaysia and Indonesia. Its logo is a ...

. 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 Matteo Guerinoni is an Italian-Indonesian former racer and restaurant owner. In 2015, he became a judge on ''MasterChef Indonesia'' on RCTI. He was formerly a commentator on ''MotoGP'' on Trans7 and Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN St ...

.
He also anchors the channel's flagship show

, presents Friday Night Football and reports onsite from various sporting events including

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AFF Championship The ASEAN Football Federation Championship (less formally the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup for sponsorship reason, is the primary association football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football ...

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

and

French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...

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

Writing

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

Personal life

Edward has been selected as one of Cleo Magazine's Bachelors of the Year and

Nüyou ''Nüyou'' ( zh, c=女友, l=Female Friend) is a bilingual (English and Chinese) monthly fashion and beauty magazine targeting women. The magazine is based in Singapore. History and profile ''Nüyou'' was started in 1976. The magazine is part of ...

Magazine's Men We Love.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Edward 1989 births Living people Fox Sports announcers Television personalities from London University of Western Australia alumni People educated at The Perse School People educated at Hale School