Kieran Canning Email and Phone Number

Based in Manchester for the news agency AFP, I am the lead contributor to our comprehensive coverage of club and international football across the UK.My job predominantly revolves around the news cycle of the leading Premier League clubs. This includes reporting on matches, press conferences, player interviews and analysis, but the scope of the role is far broader. In recent years we have extended our coverage of the business and political implications of football stories.My work is not limited to football. I have worked in both reporting and editing roles on the Cricket World Cup, the Six Nations, Open golf championship, Olympics Games and other major events.

As the only sports specialist writing in English for AFP in Madrid, I covered the day-to-day happenings at Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, as well as the Spanish national team.The core function of my role was to provide match reports, immediate post-match reaction translated from Spanish to English, previews and analysis on all of Real Madrid and Barcelona's matches. On top of match coverage, I obtained interviews with a number of major figures such as Real Madrid and Barcelona presidents Florentino Perez and Josep Maria Bartomeu and La Liga president Javier Tebas.Moreover, my time in Spain coincided with a series of high-profile judicial cases, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Lionel Messi, that required detailed explanation to an English-speaking audience given the legal complications.As part of AFP's broad range of coverage, I also contributed to features on the importance of Barcelona in the midst of Catalonia's push for independence and the community issues surrounding Atletico Madrid's stadium move.

I would provide a series of previews and match reports on La Liga matches.Moreover, I would also provide coverage of UEFA Champions League and Europa League games involving Spanish sides, as well as the matches and press conferences of the Spanish national team.