FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, today announces acclaimed soccer commentator Ian Darke will join the network’s FIFA World Cup™ broadcast team as a new play-by-play announcer for this year’s tournament.
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ marks Darke’s eighth FIFA World Cup™ and bolsters FOX Sports’ expert announce team. He made his FIFA World Cup™ debut on American television with ABC and ESPN at the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA™ before going on to call matches for the networks at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany™ and 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. He also called 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ matches for the world feed and covered both the 1982 and 1990 FIFA World Cup™ for BBC Radio and Eurosport.