Seema Jaswal is a British

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from

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. Jaswal hosts the Premier League's worldwide coverage for

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Productions which includes flagship shows ''Kick Off'' and ''Fanzone''. Jaswal also presents

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’s coverage of the

World Snooker Tour The World Snooker Tour (WST) is the main professional snooker tour, consisting of approximately 128 players competing on a circuit of up to 28 tournaments each season. The World Snooker Tour is administered by World Snooker Ltd, the commercial ar ...

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events and Channel 4's BDO Darts. She is also the

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host of

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Elite Series FIFA18. Jaswal was part of ITV's

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coverage, presenting pre-game reports and outside-broadcast interviews from locations around Russia. Previously she presented the FIFA U17 World Cup draw and

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for

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in October 2017. In 2017, Jaswal won a

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at the Asian Football Awards. She also presented the ''PLTV: Weekend Warm Up'' show on

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SuperSport.

BBC

World Snooker Championship

Jaswal is a

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for the

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at The

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. This role focuses on all of the action going on in and around the event as well as post match

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with

Mark Selby Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the ...

, Ding Jun Hui,

Shaun Murphy Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his lo ...

, and

Judd Trump Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player, a former world champion and former world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently sixth on the list of all-time ranki ...

. Jaswal also worked alongside

Hazel Irvine Hazel Irvine (born 24 May 1965) is a Scottish sports presenter. Early life Irvine was born in St Andrews, Scotland. Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an MA in History of Art at the University of St. Andrews, and compe ...

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Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, musician, DJ, and author. He is best known for dominating professional snooker during the 1980s, when he rea ...

Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish professional snooker player who dominated the sport during the 1990s, becoming one of the most successful players in its history. After turning professional in 1985 at age 16, Hendry ...

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and

John Parrott John Stephen Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality. He was a familiar face on the professional snooker circuit during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, and remained within ...

. Jaswal also visited the Becton Centre with the

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and John Parrot to provide them with a Snooker table and further encourage more people with disabilities to play cue sports. For the

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she replaced

as secondary presenter.

Motor Sport

Jaswal hosted her first full season of the

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which entailed travelling to racing circuits.

Eurosport

UK Snooker Championship

Jaswal worked as a reporter for the

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with

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capturing all of the live action from the tournament in

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. From pre and post match interviews, to

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skills challenges to live hits into the studio with

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the role was varied.

Star Sports India

Hero Indian Super League (ISL), Let’s Football, Let’s Talk Football

Jaswal hosted for Star Sports India the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Season 2 presenting both the live Player Draft Auction and the live matches from the studio over a 3-month period with experts

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, Ashley Westwood and

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. The live broadcast featured a pre and post show with a half time analysis with global viewing figures reaching over 207 million. The review show Let's Football also hosted by Jaswal covered the main talking points of this tournament. In addition, Jaswal presented a live show Let's Talk Football reviewing all of the weekend's Premier League action.

Channel 5

''The Wright Stuff''

Jaswal spent the best part of three years assisting on ''

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'' alongside presenter

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introducing the show, engaging with the audience, reading viewers’ social media responses whilst also sharing her own opinions on the daily live debate show.

BT Sport

Jaswal was announced as one of the presenters for

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's coverage of the

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for the 2021–22 season.

Radio

As a producer and presenter at Westside radio, Jaswal hosted the

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show every Sunday from 10am – 1pm. She wrote the show content and featured a weekly event update, entertainment news bulletins and interviews with artists performing at the local

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Awards and Recognition

Jaswal won the ''Media Award'' at the Asian Football Awards 2017.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaswal, Seema 1985 births Living people English television presenters English radio presenters English people of Indian descent British VJs (media personalities)