MatÃas Prats Luque
MatÃas Prats Luque is a Spanish sports and news journalist.
MatÃas Prats graduated in law and journalism. The journalist, son of the legendary MatÃas Prats Cañete, began his career at radio station La Voz de Madrid. In 1975, he began working for Televisión Española in the programme Redacción Noche presented by JoaquÃn Arozamena on La 2. In 1978, he was the spokesperson for Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest.
As a sports journalist, he covered eight Olympic Games, several FIFA World Cup tournaments, Grand Slam tournaments, the Davis Cup, The Masters or the Ryder Cup. In 1990 Prats directed Estudio Estadio on Televisión Española, a sports programme he presented from 1981 to 1993. In 1991, he joined the first edition of Telediario as a news anchor. Later, he hosted Fútbol de Primera and Sólo Goles in 1994.
Since joining Antena 3 in September 1998, MatÃas Prats has been a news anchor on Antena 3 Noticias. He has since been recognized as one of the most popular television journalists in Spain and his current newscasts are usually the most-watched in the country.
His son MatÃas Prats Chacón is a third-generation sports journalist working in Telecinco.