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<\/p>\nThe 38-year-old was caught by pundits Ian Wright and Anita Asante before ITV cut straight to commercials\n<\/p>\n
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Laura Woods collapsed while presenting ITV\u2019s pre-match coverage of England\u2019s clash with Ghana this evening (Getty)<\/p>\n
Laura Woods collapsed while presenting ITV\u2019s pre-match coverage of England\u2019s clash with Ghana this evening.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old was caught by pundits Ian Wright and Anita Asante before ITV cut straight to commercials.<\/p>\n
Follow all the action from England vs Ghana live<\/p>\n
When the coverage returned, Katie Shanahan confirmed that she had taken the reins as lead presenter after Woods had been \u201ctaken ill\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you have probably noticed we don\u2019t have the wonderful Laura Woods because she\u2019s just been taken ill but she\u2019s in very good hands so I\u2019m stepping in at late notice,\u201d Shanahan said.<\/p>\n
ITV are yet to provide a specific update on her condition, though Shanahan later added: \u201cShe’s in really good hands and we’re wishing her a speedy recovery.”<\/p>\n
The abruptness of the incident has led to an outpouring of concern on social media, with viewers anxiously waiting for an update on her wellbeing.<\/p>\n
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Laura Woods collapsed while presenting ITV\u2019s pre-match coverage of England\u2019s clash with Ghana this evening (Getty)<\/p>\n
Today’s News in 90 – Tuesday, December 2 <\/p>\n
One X user wrote: \u201cDon\u2019t know what happened there with Laura Woods at the coverage of the Lionesses game on ITV4, but hoping she\u2019s ok.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another wrote: \u201cLooking forward to the game but hope Laura Woods is okay. Quite a shock to see her collapse like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fans have also been quick to praise those around Woods for how they dealt with the troubling situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cFull respect to the presenter who had to step in with zero notice after Laura Woods fainted,\u201d one viewer posted, hailing Shanahan who is now in charge of steering the build-up. \u201cShe\u2019s making it look easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arsenal legend Wright, a beloved figure in women\u2019s football, has also earned plaudits for catching Woods and potentially preventing her from further harm.<\/p>\n
\u201cHope Laura Woods is OK? Well played Wrighty,\u201d another fan said.<\/p>\n
Woods is one of the most recognisable faces in sports broadcasting and is a regular on ITV\u2019s coverage of the Lionesses, taking on lead presenter roles for both the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup and Euro 2025.<\/p>\n
She gave birth to her first child in January 2025 with former Love Island star Adam Collard and returned to TV in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 38-year-old was caught by pundits Ian Wright and Anita Asante before ITV cut straight to commercials Laura…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,898,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-171658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-latest-news-ticker","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}