Mayanti Langer: sports journalist

Her love for football since childhood made her realise that she would do justice to sports journalism. Mayanti Langer, one of the most sought-after faces of TV sports news, has worked for several channels like Zee Sports, ESPN and Ten Sports. Her in-depth knowledge about football saw her host the FIFA World Cup 2010 broadcast, apart from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2011 Cricket World Cup.

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.

With the success of the broadcast, she was offered a spot as host and associate producer for Football Cafe on Zee Sports.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. She was also the anchor on Zee Sports for the Nehru Cup football tournament held in New Delhi at the Ambedkar Stadium. She worked as an anchor for Zee Sports' coverage of the Indian Cricket League.

She was a host in the 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast in India, 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 held at Delhi along with Charu Sharma and 2011 Cricket World Cup held in India.She also hosted India vs South Africa Cricket 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 Cricket tournament and Indian Super League Football tournament TV broadcasts in 2014. She was also an anchor for Cricket World Cup 2015 for Star Sports.