Other names Mayanti Height 1.7 m Years active 2006– present | Name Mayanti Langer Parents Sanjiv Langer Role TV Journalist Education University of Delhi | |
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Born 8 February 1985 (age 39) ( 1985-02-08 ) Delhi, India Similar People Stuart Binny, Roger Binny, Shibani Dandekar, Karishma Kotak, Archana Vijaya Profiles | ||
Mayanti Langer and Stuart Binny
Mayanti Langer is an Indian journalist with STAR. She has hosted many tournaments like Football Cafe on Zee Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup broadcast on ESPN, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2014 Indian Super League and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
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- Mayanti Langer and Stuart Binny
- Mayanti langer indian tv sports journalist with espn star sports fifa world cup 2010
- Early life
- Media career
- Personal
- References
Mayanti langer indian tv sports journalist with espn star sports fifa world cup 2010
Early life
Mayanti is the daughter of Lt. General Sanjiv Langer and Preminda Langer. Lt. General Sanjiv Langer worked for the UN. Mayanti is a B.A.(Hons) graduate from Hindu College, University of Delhi.
Media career
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.
Personal
She married cricketer Stuart Binny in the year 2012. He is the son of former Indian cricketer Roger Binny.