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He started in broadcasting as a freelance in radio. He quickly joined BBC radio in London, originally specialising in commentating on boxing, and went on to anchor Sports Report on BBC Radio 2. He later moved to television, presenting Grandstand and Match of the Day on the BBC for many years, and also fronted BBC coverage of Wimbledon, the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Lynam defected to ITVThis article is about the British television network. ITV (or iTV) can also mean interactive television. Independent Television (ITV is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep, where he presented their flagship footballFootball is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known as soccer or occasionally association football to differentiate it from other codes of football. Football is a ball game played between two teams of 11 players programmes, including coverage of the FA Premier LeagueThe FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclaycard English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. It was created in 1992 when the teams of the old First Division of Th and UEFA Champions League. He decided to retire from television presenting after the Euro 2004The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship commonly called EURO 2004 was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA European Championship is a quadrennial football competition between national teams organised by UEFA, the sports governin football championships. Soon afterwards the BBC announced that Lynam would present a new weekly radio programme, Des Meets..., on BBC Radio Five LiveRadio stations 5 BBC Radio Five Live is the BBC's radio service devoted to live news, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. It is transmitted via analogue radio on 693 and 909 kHz AM in the mediumwave band, frequencies that had since 1978 belonged to BBC Ra from August 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.

He is a supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C..