Bangladeshi origin journo hosts UCL draw

Bangladesh born British sports journalist Reshmin Chowdhury co-presented the draw for the group stage of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League in Monaco yesterday. Reshmin Chowdhury, works for BBC and BT sports as a journalist and broadcaster. She studied for an NCTJ Post-Graduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism at Harlow College.

Very special thank you to the team at @piamichi for my truly amazing gown, which I wore to host the @uefachampionsleague Group Stage Draw last night. Great to know the glitterati of world football got to see one of your very special outfits ?? #UCLdraw #UCL #ChampionsLeague @uefa_official @piamichi #piamichi #piamichidress #footballglam

A post shared by Reshmin Chowdhury ??? (@reshmintv) on Aug 24, 2017 at 10:49pm PDT

English, French, Spanish and Bengali, the English host was chosen by the members of UEFA to accompany the players in the drawing of the balls. She was included in the list in 2015 by The Independent on the list of '50 most influential women in the world of sport.

Presenting the @uefachampionsleague Group Stage Draw with the awesome Pedro Pinto. Pleasure to work with and just a little bit goofy too ? #UCL #ucldraw @uefa_officialA post shared by Reshmin Chowdhury ??? (@reshmintv) on Aug 24, 2017 at 3:48pm PDT

Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA Player of the Season for 2016-2017 while Juventus goalkeeper and captain Gianluigi Buffon was second in the voting ahead of Messi.

?? The #UCL Goalkeeper, Defender, Midfielder and Forward of the Season with their prizes... Who is your top #UCL quartet?#TheUEFAawards pic.twitter.com/PP47JrNLRX

— #UCLdraw (@ChampionsLeague) August 24, 2017