Rovshan Askerov

Rovshan Enver ogly Askerov (Azerbaijani: Rövşən Ənvər oğlu Əsgərov, Russian: Ровшан Энвер оглы Аске́ров; born May 4, 1972, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Russian journalist,[1] participant in the television game What? Where? When?, former sports columnist for the Sport-Express newspaper.

Biography

He was born on May 4, 1972, in Baku in the family of the artist Enver Askerov. Graduated from the Faculty of History of Baku State University in 1994,[2] candidate of historical sciences.

In What? Where? When? played for the first time on November 28, 1998. 2001 Winter Series MVP. One of the most scandalous and odious players in the history of the TV show.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

From 2001 to 2007, he worked as a columnist for the Sport-Express newspaper,[3] covering competitions in cross-country skiing, fencing, cycling, rhythmic and artistic gymnastics, as well as in some other sports. He worked as a correspondent for the 2004 Summer Olympics[3] and the 2006 Winter Olympics.[3]

Since 2007, he has been a correspondent on the NTV-Plus television channel, where he moved at the invitation of Vasily Utkin.[3] He worked on a football channel, and also commented on competitions in ski jumping and Nordic combined.

Askerov left Russia after his statements about the conduct of Georgy Zhukov in World War II were deemed to be offensive. Askerov maintained that he was telling the truth.[9]

References
  1. Премьера фильма «Не бойся, я с тобой! 1919» в Баку — 32 года спустя, или Интересные истории
  2. Что? Где? Когда?
  3. "Говорил с Кабаевой, возил икру Аршавину, ругался с Уткиным, послал Друзя. Самый дерзкий игрок «Что? Где? Когда?»". sports.ru. 2019-03-14.
  4. Eyyub Ziya (2016-12-31). "Owl Order". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  5. Ровшан Аскеров покинул «Что? Где? Когда?»
  6. "«Что? Как? Почему?»: экс-знаток Ровшан Аскеров будет давать прогнозы на спорт" (in Russian). legalbet.ru. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  7. Интервью (текст эфира на радиостанции «Эхо Москвы»)
  8. Volgin, Grigory (2016-11-22). "«Ровшан, вы подлец»: знаток «Что? Где? Когда?» выдал магистра, сделавшего подсказку играющей команде". TJournal (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-05-16.
  9. "«Где неправда?»: Аскеров рассказал о своём отношении к маршалу Жукову".


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