Mayanti Langer

Mayanti Langer
Born (1985-02-08) 8 February 1985
Delhi, India
Other names Mayanti
Occupation Indian TV sports journalist
Years active 2006– present
Spouse(s) Stuart Binny (2012–present)
Parent(s) Lt. General Sanjiv Langer
Preminda Langer

Mayanti Langer is an Indian TV sports journalist with STAR. She has hosted many tournaments like Football Cafe on Zee Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2014 Indian Super League and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Early life

Mayanti is the daughter of Lt. General Sanjiv Langer who worked for the UN and Preminda Langer. She is a B.A.(Hons) graduate from Hindu College, University of Delhi.

Media career

Her interest in football grew when she was in USA, as her father worked in UN. She was in her college football team in the beginning and then became a guest anchor for a broadcast of FIFA beach football.[1]

With the success of the broadcast, she was offered a spot as host and associate producer for Football Cafe on Zee Sports.[2] Langer then went on to work for various football shows on the Zee network providing commentary and interviews during pre-match, half-time and post-match shows.[3] She was also the anchor on Zee Sports for the Nehru Cup held in New Delhi at the Ambedkar Stadium.

She was a host in the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN which includes a pre-match, half-match and post-match analysis. She headed a team of expert panelists alongside John Dykes for that show. Mayanti Langer also hosted 2010 Commonwealth Games along with Charu Sharma and 2011 Cricket World Cup.[4] She also hosted India vs South Africa test series in 2013 December in Ten Sports. She also hosted a sports news show Star Power on Star Sports One. She also hosted the Champions League 2014 and Indian Super League 2014 TV broadcasts. She was also an anchor for Cricket World Cup 2015 for Star Sports.

Personal

She married cricketer Stuart Binny in the year 2012. He is the son of former Indian cricketer Roger Binny. [5]

References

  1. . televisionpoint.com. Archived 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Nitin Pant (February 2007) "IndianFootball.Com Interview: MAYANTI LANGER".
  3. "Miss in the midfield ". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 5 April 2006
  4. Sharmistha Mukherjee (20 February 2011). "ESPN-Star lines up pantheon of cricket to offer World Cup insights". Business Standard.
  5. "In Pics: Know more about India’s emerging star Stuart Binny’s pretty & talented wife Mayanti Langer!". abplive.in. 18 June 2014.
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