ESPN4 is a Brazilian sports channel that was launched on 5 February 2012 as Fox Sports, replacing the Brazilian variant of
Speed. A second channel, Fox Sports 2 was launched on 24 January 2014, which continues to use the
Fox Sports name temporarily due to contractual obligations. On May 6, 2020 Brazil's antitrust regulator
CADE announced that Fox Sports and ESPN Brasil could merge as part of the
21st Century Fox merger with Disney, with it remaining as-is until January 1, 2022 due to its broadcast rights and overall structure.
Fox Sports main channel was rebranded as ESPN4 in Brazil on 17 January 2022, becoming the fourth network among those of
the domestic version of ESPN. Fox Sports 2 will remain on-air in Brazil under that name until at least 29 October 2022, due to contractual language with
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
regarding its coverage of the
2022 Copa Libertadores
The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 63rd edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL.
On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced t ...
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Programming rights
Football
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UEFA Europa League
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UEFA Europa Conference League
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Premier League
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EFL Championship
The English Football League Championship (often referred to as the Championship for short or the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship purposes) is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the E ...
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EFL Cup
The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
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La Liga
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DFB-Pokal
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Serie A
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Ligue 1
Ligue 1, officially known as Ligue 1 Uber Eats for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the French football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. A ...
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Coupe de France
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Primeira Liga
The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...
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Eredivisie
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AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
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CONMEBOL Libertadores
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Argentine Primera División
The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
Th ...
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Copa do Nordeste
Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...
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CONCACAF Champions League
The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...
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Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
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Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
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UEFA Women's Euro
American Football
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National Football League
Baseball
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Major League Baseball
Boxing
* ESPN Knockout
Motorsports
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MotoGP
Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...
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Moto2
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Moto3
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MotoE
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Dakar Rally
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World Rally Championship
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FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...
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Extreme E
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TCR South America Touring Car Championship
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DTM
DTM may refer to:
Sport
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995
Computing
* Deterministic T ...
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IndyCar Series
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Indy Lights
Professional wrestling
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WWE
Programs broadcast by ESPN4 in Brazil
* ''Além da Bola''
* ''Bola da Vez''
* ''Especial Libertadores''
* ''ESPN FC''
* ''Inside Serie A''
* ''La Liga World''
* ''Momento ESPN''
* ''Mundo Premier League''
* ''Resenha''
* ''Show da Rodada: Coppa Italia''
* ''Show da Rodada: La Liga''
* ''Show da Rodada: Ligue 1''
* ''Show da Rodada: Serie A''
* ''Show da Rodada: Premier League''
* ''SportsCenter Abre o Jogo''
* ''UEFA Europa League Highlights''
* ''UEFA Europa & Conference League Magazine''
* ''UEFA Nations League: Match Day Highlights''
* ''UEFA Nations League: Match Night Highlights''
* ''The Inside Line''
Staff
Play-by-play
* Antero Greco (Soccer)
* Camilla Garcia (soccer and Basketball)
* Cledi Oliveira (Soccer)
* Eliane Trevisan (Soccer and Tennis)
* Hamilton Rodrigues (Soccer, Tennis and MotoGP)
* Luciana Marianno (Soccer)
* Marco Alfaro (WWE)
* Matheus Pinheiro (Soccer and NFL)
* Matheus Suman (Basketball)
* Paulo Andrade (Soccer)
* Renan do Couto (Motorsports, Soccer and NFL)
* Rogério Vaughan (Soccer)
* Thiago Alves (Motorsports and MLB)
Color commentators
* Carlos Eugênio Simon (Soccer)
* Christian Fittipaldi (IndyCar Series)
* Edgard Mello Filho (Motorsports)
* Eugênio Leal (Soccer)
* Fausto Macieira (MotoGP)
* Gian Oddi (Soccer)
* Gustavo Zupak (Soccer)
* Juliana Tesser (MotoGP)
* Livio Reis (WWE)
* Mauro Naves (Soccer)
* Mário Filho (MMA)
* Mário Marra (Soccer)
* Osvaldo Pascoal (Soccer)
* Paulo Godinho (Boxe)
* Rafael Marques (Soccer)
* Raphael Prates (Soccer)
* Renata Ruel (Soccer)
* Renato Rodrigues (Soccer)
* Roberto Figueroa (WWE)
* Rodrigo Bueno (Soccer)
* Thiago Alves (Motorsports)
* Victor Martins (Motorsports)
* Ubiratan Leal (Soccer, MLB and NFL)
* Zinho (Soccer)
References
External links
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{{The Walt Disney Company Latin America
Sports television networks in Brazil
Television stations in Brazil
ESPN
2012 establishments in Brazil
Television channels and stations established in 2012
The Walt Disney Company Latin America