Natalie Sawyer

{{Short description|TV & Radio presenter}}

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| birth_name = Natalie Lorraine Sawyer

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| birth_place = Ealing, London, England

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Natalie Lorraine Sawyer (born 23 October 1979){{cite web| title = Nat backs Ladies' Day| publisher = Sky Sports| url = http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11662_5219281,00.html| access-date = 27 October 2009}} is an English television and podcast presenter and Talksport radio presenter.

Sawyer parted company with Sky Sports News in March 2018, after 18 years of service having initially joined the production team.{{cite web| title = Sky shows Natalie Sawyer the door after 18 years| work = The Times| date = 29 March 2018| url = https://www.thetimes.com/sport/article/sky-sports-news-lets-sawyer-go-after-18-years-k8l3sltns| access-date = 30 March 2018}} From the 2018 FIFA World Cup onwards Sawyer began presenting The Game for The Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/daily-world-cup-podcast-with-natalie-sawyer-out-now-stqp9q6xr |title=Daily World Cup podcast with Natalie Sawyer out now |date=15 June 2018 |newspaper=The Times|access-date=1 September 2020}}

Personal life

She was married to former Sky Sports News colleague Sam Matterface and they have a son named Sawyer, born on 28 October 2010.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/sky-sports-news-presenter-natalie-12274695 |title=Sky Sports News presenter Natalie Sawyer leaves after 18 years with company |newspaper=Irish Mirror |date=29 March 2018 |first=Liam |last=Prenderville |access-date=1 September 2020}}

Sawyer is a fan of Brentford. In 2012 the club featured her in an advertising campaign that saw her image used on a bus in an effort to promote their ticket prices.{{cite web| title = Brentford FC launch branded bus campaign with Sky Sports News Presenter - and Brentford supporter - Natalie Sawyer| publisher = Brentford FC| url = https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/brentford-launch-branded-bus-campaign_56519| access-date = 13 June 2016}} She was born to an English father and a Bulgarian mother.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/dec/23/natalie-sawyer-small-talk|title=Natalie Sawyer: 'Everyone is trying to get Jim White on Twitter' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 December 2011 |first=Tom |last=Lutz |access-date=1 September 2020}}

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