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By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
The only box that is not ticked is any apparent knowledge of sport!
A YouTube filmmaker with a passion for climate change and sustainability documentaries will be the most prominent new face of the BBC’s Wimbledon coverage next month when Clare Balding takes over from Sue Barker as the main presenter.
Qasa Alom, who was a BBC reporter during last summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, has a background in current affairs as well as sport and will replace Balding as host of the Today at Wimbledon highlights show, which she has anchored since 2015.
Alom hosted the ‘Big Debate’ programme on the BBC Asian Network for four years but has also produced investigative documentaries on his own ‘Qasavision’ YouTube channel, which regularly highlight issues of climate change and sustainability.
According to his website, he has a “keen passion” for environmental conservation and was a host at Cop26 and Cop27.
Alom will follow some of the BBC’s most celebrated presenters in his new role on a programme that was launched in 1964 as Wimbledon: Match of the Day before becoming Today at Wimbledon in 1990.
As well as Balding, Jack Kramer, Harry Carpenter, David Vine, Des Lynam, Sue Barker and John Inverdale have hosted a programme that has come under increasing threat over recent years.
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