‘We’re going to be in an unreal, mad World Cup time zone’: Kelly Cates on presenting in Salford at 2am | World Cup 2026

“Before every tournament there are always concerns,” Kelly Cates says as she approaches her fifth World Cup as a television and radio presenter. “There’s always something everybody’s worried about. This time I worry about the humidity and the altitude for the players and there are political concerns, obviously.

“But there are also concerns that it’s not going to feel like a World…