BBC's Gabby Logan shares impact of brutal ITV axe after fearing career was 'all gone'

Gabby Logan had a brutal setback when she was axed by ITV in 2006 (Image: PA) Gabby Logan has vowed she won't be stepping away from the sport reporting scene any time soon, having moved on from her ITV axe back in 2006. The hard-working pundit switched to the BBC after she was replaced as host of the World Cup Games in a brutal reshuffle she hadn't been anticipating. Looking back on the tough time she had 18 years later, she confided: "I left ITV under something of a cloud.

I felt it was all gone." She continued: "Maybe if that hadn't happened, I wouldn't be as appreciative and as hard working now. When I stop, I want it to be on my terms.

" Gabby added in a new interview for Saga Magazine that entering her 50s hasn't changed her determination to excel. That's in spite of it sometimes proving tough to navigate the typically male-dominated environment of sport. Pointing out that Hazel Irvine is presenting the upcoming Olympics this year as a woman almost a decade older than her, she admitted she was feeling inspired.

"She’s a broadcaster par excellence - the benchmark for me. If Hazel’s still there, I’m still there!" she declared. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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