Matías Prats Luque (; born 14 September 1952) is a Spanish sports and news journalist. Matías Prats graduated in

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and

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. The journalist, son of the legendary Matías Prats Cañete, began his career at radio station La Voz de Madrid. In 1975, he began working for

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in the programme ''Redacción Noche'' presented by Joaquín Arozamena on La 2. In 1978, he was the spokesperson for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. As a sports journalist, he covered eight

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, several

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tournaments,

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tournaments, the Davis Cup,

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or the Ryder Cup. In 1990 Prats directed ''Estudio Estadio'' on Televisión Española, a sports programme he presented from 1981 to 1993. In 1991, he joined the first edition of ''

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'' as a news anchor. Later, he hosted ''Fútbol de Primera'' and ''Sólo Goles'' in 1994. Since joining Antena 3 in September 1998, Matías Prats has been a news anchor on ''

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''. He has since been recognized as one of the most popular television journalists in Spain and his current newscasts (weekends at 3 and 9pm on Antena 3 alongside Mónica Carrillo) are usually the most-watched in the country. His son Matías Prats Chacón is a third-generation sports journalist working in

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