Oliver Holt is appointed because the Mail’s first ever seven-day Chief Sports activities Author… and you may learn his first hard-hitting column TONIGHT at 6pm on MailOnline
Oliver Holt has been appointed the Mail’s first ever seven-day Chief Sports activities Author.
He begins his new position on right this moment and will probably be first with the massive reactions to all sports activities tales throughout MailOnline, Mail+ and the Mail print titles.
The multi award-winning sportswriter – who has twice gained the SJA’s Sports activities Columnist of the 12 months award – spent eight years at The Mail on Sunday writing with authority on the entire spectrum of sport and has grow to be important studying for sports activities followers of all ages.
In addition to reporting from world sports activities occasions, Oliver’s weekly column will probably be revealed first throughout the Mail’s digital belongings on Monday night after which each Tuesday within the Day by day Mail. You’ll be able to learn his first column TONIGHT at 6pm on MailOnline.
He may even proceed to write down on large sports activities occasions within the Mail on Sunday.
Oliver Holt’s weekly column will probably be revealed on MailOnline on Monday night at 6pm
Oliver Holt is pictured after an interview with Liverpool’s star centre again Virgil van Dijk
Ted Verity, Editor, Mail Newspapers, mentioned: ‘Oliver is the undisputed king of hard-hitting, thought-provoking, influential print and on-line sports activities commentators. A tenacious journalist with a deep understanding of what our Sportsmail readers need – which is able to now be accessible throughout all our multi-platform Mail manufacturers.’
Lee Clayton, who rejoined the Mail as World Writer of Sport final month, additionally welcomed the appointment, including: ‘Oliver has immense love and pleasure in writing about sport. This distinctive position, throughout all Mail titles and digital belongings, provides him a golden ticket to the best sporting occasions, together with The Ashes, world heavyweight title fights, Wimbledon Finals, the Premier League and each main soccer event, {the golfing} Majors, The Olympic Video games and the occasional Stockport house sport. It is the perfect job in sport.
‘I’ve all the time devoured Oliver’s writing and it provides me nice private pleasure that he turns into our first main appointment since I took up my new position. I’m additionally delighted that the tremendous proficient Riath Al-Samarrai will write a weekly column within the Mail on Sunday.’
Oliver began his journalistic profession on the Liverpool Echo, and after three years moved to The Occasions. He was appointed Chief Soccer Author in 1996. He joined the Day by day Mirror in 2002 because the Chief Sports activities Author and left the paper in February 2015 to affix The Mail on Sunday.
He’s the creator of a number of books together with Kieron Dyer’s memoir, Outdated Too Quickly, Sensible Too Late, Miracle at Medinah: Europe’s Wonderful Ryder Cup Comeback and Finish of the Rainbow: England’s Quest for Glory in South Africa within the 2010 World Cup.
A Stockport County season ticket holder, he’s married with three kids.