Olympics 2008

I am the Sports News Correspondent for the BBC News Channel, although if you are unlucky with your timing then you might well see me pop up on a number of other BBC outlets as well.

I have been doing this job since 2001, and it has already taken me to two football World Cups and one Olympics, as well as numerous other sports events - so you won't be surprised when I tell you that I believe that I have one of the best jobs in the business.

Sports news is a wide brief. From football takeovers, to drug testing in athletics, to protests during the Olympic torch relay, I am expected to be across it all. And then, of course, there is the actual sport itself. There is rarely a dull moment. (Fortunately I've never had to attend a Kimi Raikkonen press conference, but I've heard plenty about them).

My love of sport grew from childhood days watching Aldershot play football. If life as a football fan is meant to be character building, then I owe a lot to Aldershot. Watching your team go broke and being consigned to the very bottom of the non-league pyramid isn't much fun, but at least it's helped me to appreciate even the smallest sporting successes. And anyway, as Aldershot fans have discovered this season, good things come to those who wait.

People often ask me which events I most enjoy covering. The answer is anything that really matters. Sport changes lives, and to watch that happening in front of you, whatever the sport, is enthralling. At the Olympics, I will be reporting on athletes whose entire careers will be judged on what happens in just a few seconds. I can't wait!