Match of the Day presenters Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates have begun a romantic relationship, according to reports. The BBC pair are believed to have started seeing each other earlier this year.
Split from Clere Collier
Chapman, 52, who was born in Lancashire and supports Manchester United, ended his relationship with Dubai-based estate agent Clere Collier after three years together. The couple separated in April 'out of the blue' and The Sun claims that Collier, 43, challenged the presenter after becoming suspicious that he had grown close to Cates and they were an item.
Chapman confirmed he and Cates were together but maintained that he had not been unfaithful to Collier, nor had the relationships crossed over.
Background of the presenters
Collier, a mother of two, frequently travelled to the UK to see Chapman, with the couple photographed viewing properties last year. But now the 52-year-old has started a relationship with Cates, the daughter of Scotland and Liverpool icon Sir Kenny Dalglish.
Cates, 51, is a well-known face in sports broadcasting and ended her marriage to TV producer husband Tom five years ago, having wed in 2007 and welcomed two daughters.
Career and personal history
In 2020, Chapman suffered the devastating loss of his wife, Sara, to cancer when she was just 44. They had been married for 19 years and shared three children.
He discovered love once more with Collier as his career went from strength to strength. Before the start of the 2025-26 Premier League campaign, the BBC announced that Chapman and Cates - alongside Gabby Logan - would become the new co-hosts of Match of the Day following Gary Lineker's departure.
Chapman also presents The Sports Agents podcast with Logan. He and Cates, meanwhile, featured on Celebrity Gogglebox during the summer months.
Cates on dating after divorce
Cates has also featured on Logan's podcast, The Mid Point. The presenter, who is also employed by Sky Sports, spoke candidly about managing the dating world after her divorce in 2021.
"The thought of going on a date, spending an evening with someone and at the end of it thinking, 'Well, I don't really like you', I would be so resentful of them taking up my time," Cates said.
"Obviously it's vice versa, too, but I'm not really bothered about it from their perspective - bearing in mind I don't get to see the people I do like very often."
"I've got no real kind of thoughts about long-term relationships or anything like that. Imagine going out with somebody and you sit there half way through and think, 'God, this guy is an idiot'."
