Nick Powell - Biography & Images
Nick Powell is a former presenter at Sky News and Sky Sports News.
He studied Russian and German at Bradford University before completing a post-grad in journalism at Cardiff.
At university Nick followed a traditional career path into broadcast journalism. He presented on university radio and worked for hospital radio in Cardiff.
Nick spent four years broadcasting on Pennine News and Sport before becoming a news presenter at Yorkshire Television. There he worked on sports outside broadcasts, as a presenter/ reporter/ commentator of the football, rugby league, cricket and boxing coverage.
In January 1996 Nick joined Sky as a news producer but before the year was out he was missing live broadcasting and switched back to sports presenting.
Nick is a big football fan and has been a supporter of Liverpool FC. One of the high points of his career was meeting his hero Kevin Keegan and he was also on air when Keegan quit as England boss.
Other guests Nick has interviewed include Princess Anne and Arthur Scargill and he would love to meet the Queen.
Nick’s sporting interests include football, cricket, rugby and tennis. As well as his beloved Liverpool, Nick also follows Bradford City and Tranmere.
He left Sky in February 2025.
