Interview with Mayanti Langer on WSJ blog
ESPN’s Mayanti Langer on World Cup 2010 Search India Real Time By Paul Beckett In the past three weeks, Mayanti Langer has brought a bit of something – actually, quite a lot of something – to ESPN’s India broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup 2010 which otherwise are dominated by the usual rather pasty line-up of western male sporting commentators. (No offense John Dykes, you are a king of football presentation.) Mayanti Langer: ESPN’s female face of the World Cup The 25-year-old Delhi-based presenter spoke to India Real Time from Singapore on a day off before the quarter finals that start tonight with Brazil versus the Netherlands and Uruguay versus Ghana. We are down to the last eight games of the whole tournament, which culminates July 11 in the final. First, tonight’s games: Ms. Langer predicts some of the best football of the tournament so far after teams that were cautious in the opening rounds realize it’s definitely do or tie time. “The teams are suddenly getting better and b