18 sports activities stars who ended up collectively as BBC’s Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman begin relationship

Match of the Day presenters Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates have become the latest sporting power couple. The hosts reportedly began dating earlier this year.

Chapman and Cates, along with Gabby Logan, replaced Gary Lineker as presenters of the BBC’s flagship football show in 2025. While the new couple do not host Match of the Day together, they did appear as a pair on Celebrity Gogglebox earlier this year.

The Sun reported that the relationship started after Chapman, 52, split from his partner of three years, Clere Collier, in April. He previously married his wife Sara in 2001, with whom he had three children, and they remained together until her death from cancer in 2020.

Experienced broadcaster Cates, 51, divorced from the father of her two children in 2021 and has now begun a new romance with her BBC colleague Chapman. Here is a look at other stars from the sporting world who ended up together.