Laura Woods is TNT Sports' Champions League lead presenter

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Laura Woods, Jill Scott and Eni Aluko of ITV Sport at the Qatar World CupImage source, Getty Images
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Woods, left, was part of ITV's team at the men's 2022 World Cup in Qatar

Former TalkSport host Laura Woods has been announced as the lead presenter for TNT Sports' Champions League coverage, replacing Jake Humphrey.

Woods left TalkSport in June and will now join what was formerly BT Sport.

Lyndsey Hipgrave, Reshmin Chowdhury and Jules Breach will join Woods in the female-fronted presentation team.

"We want to push the boundaries of what sports broadcasting has been in this market over the previous years," said network president Andrew Georgiou.

"We do want to be contemporary, we do want to be bold," added the president of parent company Warner Bros Discovery Sports Europe.

Humphrey announced in May he would be stepping back from his role at the BT Sport channel after 10 years.

Hipgrave will continue her role covering the Premier League as Chowdhury will join Woods in anchoring Champions League action.

Breach will take the role of Europa League presenter as well as pitch-side coverage of games, replacing Des Kelly.

Ally McCoist will join the broadcaster on co-commentating duties for Premier League and Champions League matches, which will still feature the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole in punditry roles.

Darren Fletcher and Adam Summerton will continue as commentators.

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