Kate Abdo

Kate Scott, born Kate Giles on 8 September 1981 and formerly known as Kate Abdo, is an English sports broadcaster. She is widely recognized for her coverage of association football and works primarily for CBS Sports, where she has anchored coverage of the UEFA Champions League since August 2020. Over the course of her broadcasting career, Scott has worked internationally across the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, and the United States.

Born in Manchester, Scott attended Christ the King School and Withington Girls' School. At the age of 17, she relocated to Spain, where she learned Spanish and completed her high school diploma. She subsequently earned a degree in European languages from the University of Salford and studied translation and interpreting at the University of Málaga. During her university studies, she also spent time living in France and Germany.

Scott began her broadcasting career in 2005 as an intern in the foreign language department at the German international news network Deutsche Welle. Between 2006 and 2007, she served as a production assistant for Goal! The Bundesliga Magazine. Until 2009, she also worked as a sports news presenter at Deutsche Welle, hosting sports coverage across both its English- and German-language services. She then joined CNN to anchor the daily World Sports programme and host a feature show.

Following her tenure at CNN, Scott moved to Germany to become the head anchor and public face for the launch of Sky Sport News HD, where she contributed to developing the network's formats, programming, and coverage. She later returned to the United Kingdom to join Sky Sports, hosting Pay Per View Boxing, European Football, Transfer Deadline day, and Sky Sports News. During her time at Sky Sports, she was loaned to Fox Sports in 2015 to host coverage of the Women's World Cup. She subsequently accepted a permanent position with Fox Sports and relocated to the United States to host coverage of the Champions League, Europa League, World Cup, FA Cup, and Bundesliga.

At Fox Sports, Scott also presented Premier Boxing Champions events and the studio show Inside PBC Boxing. In addition, she served as the presenter for the UEFA Europa League group stage draw in Monaco in 2010, 2011, and 2013. Scott gained further recognition hosting major international ceremonies, including the Laureus World Sports Awards and the 2014 and 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremonies, speaking in four languages during the 2014 event. After Fox lost its Champions League rights, she signed a deal to host Champions League coverage for Turner on TNT from Atlanta.

After leaving Fox Sports following lost rights and program cancellations, Scott briefly returned to the network in 2022 to host its nightly 2022 FIFA World Cup show in Qatar. In August 2020, she became the first hire for CBS Sports to present UEFA Champions League Today. The show, featuring Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, and Micah Richards alongside Scott, achieved widespread critical acclaim. In June 2023, Scott signed a new four-year exclusive contract with CBS Sports.

In her personal life, Scott and her father, Tom Giles, are both fans of Manchester United. Scott was married to German-Iranian businessman Ramtin Abdo from 2010 to 2016. In late 2023, she was revealed to be in a relationship with American former boxer Malik Scott, and the pair married in September 2024.