World Cup 2026: Who are the ITV and BBC commentators, pundits and presenters? | OneFootball

Both ITV and BBC Sport have star-studded line-ups for their commentary, presenter and pundit teams at the 2026 World Cup.

With 104 matches in the United States, Canada and Mexico, fans will be able to watch 54 games on BBC television, while ITV Sport will take in 29 group stage matches from its Brooklyn studio.

And fans can look forward to some new insight from the aforementioned trio of ex-Premier League stars, alongside some household names to BBC Sport’s coverage.

Mark Pougatch is on hosting duties for England’s clash with Croatia on ITV tonight with Sam Matterface expected to be joined by Lee Dixon in the commentary box.

Here are the punditry and commentary line-ups to look out for at this summer’s tournament:

Pundits

BBC Sport

Alan Shearer

Wayne Rooney

Micah Richards

Joe Hart

Paul Robinson

Steph Houghton

Ellen White

Danny Murphy.

Scott Brown

Rachel Corsie

James McFadden

Olivier Giroud

Gael Clichy

Cesar Azpilicueta

Benni McCarthy

Ashley Williams

Thomas Frank

Hassan Kachloul

Darren Cann

ITV Sport

Roy Keane

Ian Wright

Gary Neville

Patrick Vieira

Karen Carney

Ange Postecoglou

Juan Mata

Emma Hayes

Duncan Ferguson

Jobi McAnuff

Bradley Wright-Phillips

Christina Unkel

BBC Sport

Guy Mowbray

Steve Wilson

Steve Bower

Jonathan Pearce

Robyn Cowen

Steven Wyeth

Liam McLeod

ITV Sport

Sam Matterface

Jon Champion

Seb Hutchinson

Joe Speight

BBC Sport unveils its World Cup 2026 line-up (BBC)

BBC Sport

Alan Shearer

Danny Murphy

Stephen Warnock

Efan Ekoku

Martin Keown

Sue Smith

Rachel Corsie

James McFadden

Paul Robinson

ITV Sport

Lee Dixon

Ally McCoist

Andros Townsend

Lucy Ward

BBC Sport

Mark Chapman

Gabby Logan

Alex Scott

Mark Pougatch

Laura Woods

Semra Hunter

Daniyal Khan

Gabriel Clarke

Connie McLaughlin