Farhan Lalji is a Vancouver-based sports reporter for TSN

The Sports Network

The Sports Network, commonly abbreviated as TSN, is a Canadian English language Category C specialty channel and is Canada's leading English language sports TV channel. TSN premiered in 1984, in the first group of Canadian specialty cable channels...

. He previously anchored SportsDesk

SportsCentre

SportsCentre is a sports news program airing on the Canadian network TSN. As TSN's flagship program, it airs several times daily, and beginning in the 2008 season it also began to be aired on sister network CTV as its post-game program for early NFL games....

between 1997 and 2000.

He graduated from Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...

 in liberal arts

Liberal arts

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 with a minor in communication

Communication

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s and history

History

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.

He was born in Tanzania

Tanzania

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 and is also a reporter for CTV 9

CIVT-TV

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 in Vancouver. Currently he serves as head coach for the New Westminster Hyacks and is also President of the British Columbia Secondary Schools Football Association. He is married with one child and lives in New Westminster.

External links

• TSN biography
• http://twitter.com/#!/FarhanLaljiTSN