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"Desmond Michael "Des" Lynam, Order of the British Empire/OBE" is an Irish-born British television and radio presenter based in the UK. In a broadcasting career spanning more than 40 years, he has hosted television coverage of many of the world's major sporting events, presenting Grandstand (BBC)/Grandstand, Match of the Day, Wimbledon Championships/Wimbledon, The Grand National, Sportsnight, the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games, as well as presenting other non-sporting programmes such as Holiday (TV series)/Holiday, How Do They Do That? and Countdown (game show)/Countdown. He also presented programmes on BBC Radio.