Ahmed Fareed (Olympics)

Ahmed Fareed will handle his sixth NBCUniversal Olympic assignment, serving as daytime host on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. He will then serve as host of NBC Sports’ coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend one week later (from February 13-15).

Fareed previously hosted coverage on NBC for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He hosted coverage on USA Network for the 2022 Beijing Olympics and the Tokyo Olympics, and hosted NBCSN coverage during 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and USA Network coverage for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He also served as a host for the last two Paralympic Games.

Since joining NBC Sports in 2018, Fareed has covered the Premier League, Big Ten Football and Basketball, MLB, rugby, horse racing, and more.

Previously, Fareed served as an anchor/reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area from 2013-2018. He was a host and reporter at the MLB Network in 2011-2012, appearing in studio programming, including MLB Tonight, Hot Stove, Quick Pitch and 30 Clubs in 30 Days.

Prior to joining the MLB Network, Fareed spent five years as an anchor and reporter in Norfolk, Va., for WAVY-TV (NBC)/WVBT-TV (FOX; 2005-2010), where he covered the Washington Football Team, the Orioles Triple-A affiliate the Norfolk Tides, and Virginia Tech and University of Virginia football. Before working in Norfolk, he was a weekend sports anchor at WILX-TV (NBC; 2004-2005) and WSYM-TV (FOX; 2003-2004) in Lansing, Mich. He began his career as a sports photographer at WXMI-TV (FOX; 2002-2003) in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Fast Facts

• Sixth Olympic assignment with NBCU.
• Serves as daytime host on Saturday, Feb. 7 before serving as host of NBC Sports’ coverage of NBA All-Star Weekend one week later (from February 13-15).
• Previously hosted coverage on NBC for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
• Made his Olympics debut as a studio host on USA Network during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
• Serves as host and reporter for Premier League, Big Ten Football and Basketball, rugby, and horse racing.
• Since August 2025, has been the host of Big Ten College Countdown, NBC Sports’ primetime college football studio show, and since November 2025, has anchored NBC Sports’ Monday night NBA coverage on Peacock.
• Previously served as NBC Sports’ host of MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock.
• Won a Sports Emmy as part of NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Paris Olympics, which was honored as Outstanding Live Special – Championship Event.
• Anchored coverage of the past two Paralympic Games across NBCUniversal.
• Joined NBC Sports Bay Area in January 2013 as a host and reporter for NBC Sports California (previously Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and Comcast SportsNet California), covering Northern California’s teams: MLB’s San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s, NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings, NHL’s San Jose Sharks, MLS’ San Jose Earthquakes and NFL’s San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders.
• Served as a host and reporter at MLB Network (2011-2012), appearing in studio programming, including MLB Tonight, Hot Stove, Quick Pitch and 30 Clubs in 30 Days.
• A native of Sparta, Mich., is a 2002 graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, where he majored in broadcast journalism.