SuperSport is a South Africa-based group of television channels carried on the

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satellite platforms as well as GOtv terrestrial platform. It provides sports content in South Africa, Nigeria and many other African countries. SuperSport previously also had operations in Europe in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions and had sports channels started by FilmNet, being owned by

MultiChoice MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and GOtv, a minor service operating in over 9 countries of this area and Showmax service. MultiChoice was formed out of the s ...

at the time which have since been replaced. They also had operations in Thailand, under the current name

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& Egypt and Middle East via Cable Network of Egypt (CNE) & Arab Radio and Television Network respectively. The channel broadcasts most of the major sporting events and leagues of association football,

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, tennis, golf, motorsport, cycling, boxing, wrestling, hockey, athletics. It was formerly the world's largest broadcaster of live rugby and cricket (having been overtaken by

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), and also the world's second largest

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broadcaster, broadcasting matches live and, where possible, in HD through the Premier League's Content Service Sr. Apart from its satellite channels, SuperSport also feeds content to

M-Net M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...

, CSN and occasionally to M-Net HD. As of September 2020, much the same way

has done, SuperSport started to run thematic channels with most major sports getting their own channels.

History

In 1986,

was launched as South Africa's first pay-television channel and, along with

, only the second outside of the United States. The channel immediately showed its intention to include sport in its programming line-up, by securing exclusive rights of an important

Currie Cup The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premi ...

match between Transvaal and Western Province for its first ever broadcast. From 1988, sports coverage on M-Net ran under the banner of ''M-Net SuperSport''. M-Net SuperSport expanded its range of coverage, including live overseas rugby, cricket, golf, boxing and cycling. Following South Africa's readmission into international cricket, SuperSport scored another marketing coup by securing exclusive rights to the

1992 Cricket World Cup The 1992 Cricket World Cup (officially the Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992) was the fifth staging of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in Australia and New Zealand from 22 February to 25 Mar ...

. When rugby turned professional in 1995, a deal was struck between the newly formed SANZAR and

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. In South Africa, SuperSport was awarded exclusive broadcasting rights of the

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competition, as well as the Tri Nations. Following this deal, rugby gradually ceased broadcasting on the

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, while SuperSport became a carrier of live rugby broadcasts. At the same time, Naspers expanded its pay-television operations to a satellite carrier. With the launch of DStv in 1995, SuperSport became a multi-channel network and an independent brand, although it was still primarily associated with M-Net. The network made full use of the satellite platform to expand its sports offering: For the Olympic Games, six channels are generally used for live events. In 2007, the SABC lost its exclusive rights to the local Premier Soccer League (PSL) to SuperSport, in a deal worth R1.6 billion. The deal stipulated that some matches had to be shared with the SABC. In August 2011, SuperSport renewed its contract with the PSL for another five years. Since 2011, SuperSport's association with M-Net began to fade, when M-Net split its terrestrial feed from its DStv channel. DStv viewers can no longer watch sports events on M-Net, although terrestrial subscribers still get feeds on the main channel, as well as the Community Services Network (CSN). A Premier Soccer League team bears the channel's name.

SuperSport United F.C. SuperSport United Football Club (often known as SuperSport) is a South African professional football club based in Atteridgeville in Pretoria in the Gauteng province. The team currently plays in the Dstv Premiership. United is known as ''Matsats ...

was originally known as Pretoria City but bought by M-Net in 1995 after which it was renamed. On August 8, 2020, SuperSport announced a gradual makeover/revamp of its channels, meaning the numbering of the channels since the channel's commencement of expansion in 2003 such as ''SuperSport 3'' would be replaced with specific-sport TV channels which they "''enhances the sports viewers' experience''" and "''makes it easier to find and watch a favorite league, competition or sport''". The revamp would be operational from September 1, 2020, onwards. On April 22, 2021, SuperSport got ownership of School Sport Live and rebranded it into SuperSport Schools. Under the new ownership, SuperSport Schools will continue to broadcast the best of School Sports online and also through SuperSport linear channels bringing it close to their other content. In this agreement, the brand is expected to get a mobile app later in the year.

List of channels

SuperSport has 3 broadcast feeds on the African continent;

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Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

& Rest of Africa (ROA).

South Africa

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Nigeria

*SuperSport WWE HD (128; GOtv Ch. 36)> DStv Confam; GOtv Supa *SuperSport Blitz HD (200, GOtv Ch. 30)> DStv Yanga; GOtv Smallie *SuperSport Grandstand HD (201)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Football Plus HD (202)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Premier League HD (203)> DStv Compact *SuperSport LaLiga HD (204; GOtv Ch. 32)> DStv Confam; GOtv Max *SuperSport Football (205; GOtv Ch. 31)> DStv Yanga; GOtv Jolli *SuperSport Variety 1 HD (206)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Variety 2 HD (207)> DStv Compact *SuperSport Variety 3 HD (208)> DStv Confam *SuperSport Variety 4 (209)> DStv Confam *SuperSport Action HD (210)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Rugby (211)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Cricket (212)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Golf (213)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Tennis HD (214)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Motorsport HD (215)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Máximo 1 HD (241)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Máximo 2 HD (242)> DStv Premium *SuperSport OTT 1 (244) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 5 (245) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 2 (246) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 3 (247) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 4 (248) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 6 (950) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 7 (951) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 8 (952) (DStv App) *SuperSport Select 1 (GOtv Ch. 33)> GOtv Max *SuperSport Select 2 (GOtv Ch. 34)> GOtv Jinja

Rest Of Africa

Most of the channels for SuperSport Nigeria are shared with the Rest of African (ROA) Feed, excluding only 3 channels as SuperSport has catered for a separate ROA feed for these. They are SS Football Plus, SS Premier League & SS LaLiga. The Sub-Saharan African feed is divided into 2 zones, Anglophone Africa (English-speaking countries) & Lusophone Africa (Portuguese-speaking countries).

Anglophone Africa

*SuperSport WWE HD (128; GOtv Ch. 36)> DStv Family; GOtv Supa *SuperSport PSL HD (202)> DStv Compact (Southern Africa only) *SuperSport Blitz HD (220; GOtv Ch. 30)> DStv Access; GOtv Lite *SuperSport Grandstand HD (221)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Football Plus HD (222)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Premier League HD (223; Canal+ Rwanda Ch. 433)> DStv Compact; Canal+ English Plus *SuperSport LaLiga HD (224; GOtv Ch. 32; Canal+ Rwanda Ch. 434)> DStv Family; GOtv Max; Canal+ English Plus *SuperSport Football (225; GOtv Ch. 31)> DStv Access; GOtv Plus *SuperSport Variety 1 HD (226)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Variety 2 HD (227)> DStv Compact *SuperSport Variety 3 HD (228)> DStv Family *SuperSport Variety 4 (229)> DStv Access *SuperSport Action HD (230)> DStv Compact Plus *SuperSport Rugby (231)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Cricket (232)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Golf (233)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Tennis HD (234)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Motorsport HD (235)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Liyu HD (240)> DStv Family *SuperSport Máximo 1 HD (241)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Máximo 2 HD (242)> DStv Premium *SuperSport Play (243)> DStv Free To View (Southern Africa only) *SuperSport OTT 1 (244) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 5 (245) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 2 (246) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 3 (247) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 4 (248) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 6 (950) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 7 (951) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 8 (952) (DStv App) *SuperSport Select 1 (GOtv Ch. 33)> GOtv Max *SuperSport Select 2 (GOtv Ch. 34)> GOtv Value

Lusophone Africa

(Applies mainly in Angola & Mozambique) *SuperSport Blitz HD (600; GOtv Ch. 30) *SuperSport Máximo 1 HD (601) *SuperSport Máximo 2 HD (602) *SuperSport Máximo 3 HD (603) *SuperSport Máximo 360 (604; GOtv Ch. 35) *SuperSport WWE HD (620; GOtv Ch. 36) *SuperSport Grandstand HD (621) *SuperSport Football Plus HD (622) *SuperSport Premier League HD (623) *SuperSport LaLiga HD (624; GOtv Ch. 32) *SuperSport Football (625; GOtv Ch. 31) *SuperSport Variety 1 HD (626) *SuperSport Variety 2 HD (627) *SuperSport Variety 3 HD (628) *SuperSport Variety 4 (629) *SuperSport Action HD (630) *SuperSport Rugby (631) *SuperSport Cricket (632) *SuperSport Golf (633) *SuperSport Tennis HD (634) *SuperSport Motorsport HD (635) *SuperSport OTT 1 (244) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 5 (245) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 2 (246) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 3 (247) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 4 (248) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 6 (950) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 7 (951) (DStv App) *SuperSport OTT 8 (952) (DStv App) *SuperSport Select 1 (GOtv Ch. 33) *SuperSport Select 2 (GOtv Ch. 34)

SuperSport Blitz (200)

SuperSport Blitz, formerly known as SuperSport Update, was launched on 1 October 2006 & remains undoubtedly to be Africa's premier dedicated 24-hour sports news channel featuring the latest news, features, announcements, highlights, previews & sporting events all around the world. For some hours it relays

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live from the UK.

SuperSport Grandstand (201)

SuperSport's top channel which features the best of the day's live content including top events from tennis, rugby, cricket and live WWE pay-per-views. This channel is only available to DStv Premium subscribers.

SuperSport PSL (202)

SuperSport PSL focuses mainly on domestic soccer matches in South Africa and other African countries through live broadcasts, magazine shows and highlights. They now show Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday as part of their "Super Diski" shows. The channel also shows many PSL themed news and talk shows under the "PSL TV" brand. These shows air at least one new show nightly. They include Extra Time, Back Pages, Mzansi Legends, National First Division Show, PSL News, Thursday Night Live With Robert Marawa, Love PSL and various club magazine shows. All local matches have Zulu and Sesotho commentary. As this channel is locally oriented (South Africa), it is included on the Compact bouquet for South African & Southern African viewers.

SuperSport Football Plus (202)

SuperSport Football Plus is a 24-hour dedicated football/soccer channel, specifically made for as the new home of

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for ROA Viewers alongside featured soccer documentaries, shows, news & matches. It also acts as a soccer overflow channel broadcasting other live fixtures when other SuperSport channels are occupied with live events. This channel is available for Nigeria (Ch. 202) & The Rest of African (ROA》Ch. 222/622) audiences on the DStv Compact Plus package.

SuperSport Premier League (203)

SuperSport Premier League is a 24-hour football/soccer channel. SuperSport has the exclusive rights of telecasting the

as well as the

(For South African Viewers), and other major football tournaments. It is available on the DStv Compact & Canal+ English Plus (Rwanda) packages.

SuperSport LaLiga (204)

Home of the Spanish LaLiga &

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while also showcasing overflow matches from the

. In South Africa & The Rest of Africa, The channel is available to DStv Family customers, as well as DStv Confam (Nigeria), GOtv Max (Nigeria & ROA) & Canal+ English Plus (Rwanda)

SuperSport Football (205)

Primarily showcases Italy's Serie A while also broadcasting matches from the

and

, and selected international matches. The channel is available for DStv Family and upper packages in South Africa The Nigerian & ROA Channel usually broadcasts delayed as well as a select number of live matches from the

, LaLiga,

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and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) as well as

& Ethiopian Football matches. The channel is available for DStv Access and GOtv Plus for Rest Of Africa customers & DStv Yanga and GOtv Jolli for Nigerian customers.

SuperSport Variety 1 (206)

Variety 1 focuses on cycling and swimming events while also functioning as an overflow channel for soccer, golf, tennis, rugby and cricket events. As the channel includes involvement with overflow content with rugby, tennis and other Premium sports, the channel is available to DStv Compact Plus customers in South Africa & The Rest Of Africa (incl. Nigeria)

SuperSport Variety 2 (207)

Variety 2 features gymnastics, hockey, sailing and squash events while also functioning as an overflow channel for soccer matches. The channel is available to DStv Compact Plus (South Africa) & DStv Compact (Nigeria & Rest Of Africa) customers as part of the offering SuperSport gives

SuperSport Variety 3 (208)

Variety 3 broadcasts athletics events, marathons,

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, live WWE & UFC programming including pay-per-view events, and also functions as an overflow for some soccer matches from the PSL, Premier League & UEFA Champions League for South African viewers. The channel is available for DStv Compact subscribers. With the exclusion of overflow PSL, Premier League & UEFA Champions League matches as well as live UFC PPVs for Nigeria & Rest Of African audiences, the channel primarily broadcasts Italian Serie A. The channel, which also resembles Select 1 for GOtv subscribers, is available for DStv Confam (Nigeria), DStv Family & GOtv Max subscribers.

SuperSport Variety 4 (209)

Variety 4 focuses on grassroot sports including varsity rugby, netball, BNL, DStv Diski Challenge, SRC, as well as WWE highlights in South Africa. The channel is offered under the DStv Access package. For Nigeria & ROA audiences (Channel resembles Select 2 on GOtv), it focuses on African sports including live football from Zambia & South Africa (PSL), magazine & variety shows as well as WWE highlights. The channel is offered under the DStv Access and GOtv Value packages for ROA & DStv Confam and GOtv Jinja in Nigeria.

SuperSport Action (210)

SuperSport Action broadcasts a range of extreme sports as well as major boxing matches, UFC and EFC mixed martial arts programming and overflow content from rugby, soccer and cricket. Available to DStv Compact Plus customers

SuperSport Rugby (211)

SuperSport Rugby is the channel which focuses mainly on

. It shows all

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rugby matches live, as well as all

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fixtures, the

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and certain top high school and club matches. Most matches have commentary in both English and Afrikaans, with a growing number also featuring a Xhosa feed.Xhosa rugby commentary not kicked into touch
''

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'', 23 July 2014 As the world's second largest broadcaster of live rugby, SuperSport's commentators read like a "who's who" of South African rugby greats. Current lead commentators in English are Matthew Pearce,

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, Gavin Cowley, Owen Nkumane and

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, while their analyst pool includes

Joel Stransky Joel Theodore Stransky (born 16 July 1967) is a South African former rugby union player. A fly-half, he is known for scoring all of South Africa's points, including the winning drop goal, against New Zealand in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final. ...

Gcobani Bobo Gcobani Bobo (born 12 September 1979
Scrum.com) is a former

Bobby Skinstad Robert Brian Skinstad (born 3 July 1976) is a former rugby union professional player who has represented the South African national team, the Springboks. He played in the positions of flanker and number eight. Education Skinstad lived in Kloo ...

Breyton Paulse Breyton Paulse (born 25 April 1976 in De Keur, Koue Bokkeveld) is a South African former rugby union player who played on the wing for the national team, the Springboks, from 1999 to 2007. He played 64 test matches for South Africa, scoring 26 ...

Nick Mallett Nicholas Vivian Haward Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also coached the Springboks between 1997 and 2000 and was the ...

Ashwin Willemse Ashwin Willemse (born 8 September 1981 in Caledon, Cape Province) is a retired South African rugby union player. He played at wing for the national team, the Springboks. After winning an IRB Under-21 World Cup gold medal for South Africa in 2 ...

, Kobus Wiese, Victor Matfield,

Jean de Villiers Jean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He started his career at wing, but played most of his career as an inside centre. De Villiers previously played for Western Province in the ...

and Naas Botha. As a large broadcaster with expensive rights to the sport, the channel is exclusively on DStv Premium.

SuperSport Cricket (212)

SuperSport Cricket primarily shows

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. All international cricket involving the South African national cricket team, as well as certain domestic cricket, is shown on this channel. The presentation and commentary team who cover South African home games include Mark Nicholas,

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Pommie Mbangwa Mpumelelo "Pommie" Mbangwa (born 26 June 1976) is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator and former cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he played 15 Test matches and 29 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe between 1996 and 2002. After being dropped ...

Michael Holding Michael Anthony Holding (born 16 February 1954) is a Jamaican former cricketer and commentator who played for the West Indies cricket team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pace bowlers in cricket history, he was nicknamed "Whispering Dea ...

Shaun Pollock Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS (born 16 July 1973) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers and allrounders of all time. A genu ...

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JP Duminy Jean-Paul Duminy (born 14 April 1984), more commonly known as JP Duminy, is a South African cricket commentator, and former international cricketer. He was vice-captain of the South Africa Twenty20 team. He is a left-handed batsman and a rig ...

and guest pundits from the opposition team. The channel is also available only on DStv Premium

SuperSport Golf (213)

SuperSport Golf is the home of the majors with coverage of the PGA tour and other major golfing events including the Open,

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and many more. This channel is available only on DStv Premium

SuperSport Tennis (214)

SuperSport Tennis is a 24-hour dedicated tennis channel showcasing live tennis from Grand Slams to the ATP World Tour, WTA & other major tennis events. Available to DStv Premium customers

SuperSport Motorsport (215)

SuperSport Motorsport features live and archive content from the world of motorsports including

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, DTM,

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Superbikes Superbike racing is a category of motorcycle racing that employs highly modified production motorcycles, as opposed to MotoGP in which purpose-built motorcycles are used. The Superbike World Championship is the official world championship series, t ...

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and more. Exclusive to DStv Premium

SuperSport WWE (128)

In addition to the

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being made locally available, SuperSport's WWE channel features live broadcasts of WWE's flagship programming of

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and

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, along with additional WWE Network content including pay-per-view events,

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, WWE 24, WWE Ride Along and more.

SuperSport Maximo (241)

SuperSport Maximo is the

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channel broadcasting the same events from the other SuperSport channels. It is available mainly in the countries of

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, but also in other African countries including South Africa.

Broadcasting rights

Multi-sport events

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Athletics

* Wanda Diamond League *

World Athletics Championships The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

American Football

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ...

Basketball

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball sports league, league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues i ...

Cricket

Domestic

* International cricket in South Africa * 1 Day Cup * T20 Domestic Series *

CSA T20 Challenge The Betway T20 Challenge is a domestic Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. It was previously known as the Standard Bank Pro20 Series until the 2010–11 season, the MiWay T20 Challenge for the ...

International

ICC Cricket World Cup The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), e ...

* ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup *

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the sport's oldest world championship, with the first tournament held in England in 1973. Matches are played as One Day Internationals (ODIs) over 50 overs per team, while there is also another champio ...

* ICC Under-19 Women's Twenty20 World Cup *

ICC Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. The 2013 tournament was intended to be the final edition of the Champions Trophy, but it was extended to 2017 due to ...

* ICC Men's T20 World Cup *

ICC Women's T20 World Cup The ICC Women's T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women's World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for women's Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cri ...

* DP World Asia Cup * HBL Pakistan Super League * TATA Indian Premier League * My 11 Circle Women's T20 Challenge * KFC Big Bash League * Weber Women's Big Bash League * Dream11 Super Smash * Vitality T20 Blast *

SA20 SA20 is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested in 2023. It is contested by six teams based in cities around the country. The first winners of the tournament were Su ...

* The Hundred * Hero Caribbean Premier League *

International cricket in Australia International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

* International cricket in Bangladesh * International cricket in England * International cricket in India * International cricket in Ireland * International cricket in New Zealand * International cricket in Pakistan * International cricket in Sri Lanka * International cricket in West Indies * International cricket in Zimbabwe

Futsal

FIFA Futsal World Cup The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherland ...

Football

Domestic

* DStv Premiership *

Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club soccer knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance t ...

Telkom Knockout The Telkom Knockout was a South African professional football knockout competition which comprised the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League. The competition was established in 1982 and was first known as the Datsun Challenge. Unde ...

MTN 8 MTN 8 is the current branding for a South African soccer cup competition launched in 1972 for teams who finished in the top 8 positions of the league table of the country's preceding top-flight league (currently the DStv Premiership) season. T ...

Carling Black Label Cup The Carling Black Label Cup is a one-day four-team football tournament in South Africa. Prior to 2022, the Carling Black Label Cup has been a one-day pre-season match between Soweto rivals, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. The teams to compete a ...

National First Division The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club football after the South African Premier Division. Both the NFD and South Afri ...

DStv Diski Challenge Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...

* Varsity Football * Philly's Games (amateur football)

International

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has ...

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing bod ...

* FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held in even-numbere ...

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the ''Beach Soccer World Champions ...

* TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup Of Nations * TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship * TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations * TotalEnergies CAF Champions League * TotalEnergies CAF Women's Champions League * TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup * TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup *

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA). The competition is conte ...

UEFA European Championship qualifying The UEFA European Championship qualifying, branded as the European Qualifiers, is the process that UEFA-affiliated national football teams go through in order to qualify for the UEFA European Championship. In this article, the years represent t ...

UEFA European Women's Championship The UEFA European Women's Championship, also called the UEFA Women's Euro, held every four years, is the main competition in women's association football between national teams of the UEFA confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent ...

UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...

* Finalissima *

UEFA Youth League The UEFA Youth League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2013. In its current format, it is contested by the youth teams of the clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League ...

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was original ...

* Barclays Women's Super League * Emirates FA Cup *

FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is Football in England, English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA C ...

* Carabao Cup * Sky Bet Championship (Selected Matches) * La Liga Santander * La Liga Smartbank (Promotional Playoffs only) * Serie A TIM * HollywoodBets COSAFA Cup * HollywoodBets COSAFA Women's Championship * HollywoodBets COSAFA Beach Soccer Championship * MTN FAZ Super Division (Rest of Africa only) * BetKing Ethiopian Premier League

Rugby

Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb ...

Women's Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in 1991, but it was not until the 1998 tournament that the tournament received official backing ...

Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...

The Rugby Championship The Rugby Championship is an international rugby union competition contested annually by Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. These are the four highest ranked national teams in the Southern Hemisphere; the Six Nations is a ...

Six Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

Varsity Cup Varsity Cup is the collective name for four South African rugby union competitions involving the top rugby playing universities in the country. It was launched in 2008, with eight teams participating in the Varsity Cup competition and each univers ...

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

Gallagher Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership has consisted of thirteen clubs since 2021, and is the ...

* European Champions Cup * United Rugby Championship *

World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...

* World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Golf

* U.S Open *

The Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later t ...

Presidents Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major championships ...

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also ...

European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

* LIV Golf *

Sunshine Tour The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...

* Nedbank Golf Challenge

Tennis

* Wimbledon * Roland Garros *

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Ope ...

Laver Cup The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from all other continents except Europe. Usually held annually since 2017, the tournam ...

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ...

* US Open *

ATP World Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organi ...

WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour. WTA Tour tou ...

International Premier Tennis League The International Premier Tennis League (IPTL, officially the Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League Presented by Qatar Airways pursuant to sponsorship agreements with The Coca-Cola Company and Qatar Airways) was an annual team tennis leag ...

Motorsport

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

Extreme E Extreme E is an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that uses spec silhouette electric SUVs to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic. All racing locations are chosen to raise awarenes ...

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

* S.A. National Rally Championship *

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

* GT Asia Series *

TCR Asia Series The TCR Asia Series is an annual touring car racing event that is held at various locations across Asia. History TCR Asia Series was announced on 14 August 2014 by the organisation behind the TCR series under the name TC3 Asia Series - later chan ...

FIA European Truck Racing Championship The FIA European Truck Racing Championship is a motorsport Truck racing, truck road racing series for tractor unit, semi-tractors which is sanctioned to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile and is organised by ETRA Promotion GmbH. C ...

FIA World Rallycross Championship The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoter Rallycross Promoter GmbH (founded by Red Bull and KW25). From the inaugural season in 2014 ...

FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was a rally raid series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T2 and T3 drivers & teams. Starting with the 2011 season, the p ...

TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was marketed as a cost-ef ...

IndyCar INDYCAR, LLC, is an American-based auto racing sanctioning body for Indy car racing and other disciplines of open wheel car racing. The organization sanctions five racing series: the premier IndyCar Series with its centerpiece the Indianapoli ...

Hockey

Men's FIH Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer O ...

Women's FIH Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been ...

Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's. It is org ...

Netball

Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup is a quadrennial international netball world championship organised by the World Netball, inaugurated in 1963 World Netball Championships, 1963. Since its inception the competition has been dominated primarily by the Aust ...

Cycling

* Giro d'Italia *

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

Boxing

HBO World Championship Boxing ''HBO World Championship Boxing'' (in later years stylized in its title card as ''HBO Boxing – World Championship'') was an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973 with a fight that s ...

Premier Boxing Champions ''Premier Boxing Champions'' (PBC) is an ongoing series of televised boxing events connected to manager Al Haymon. PBC was initially promoted as an effort to return boxing to mainstream broadcast and cable television, as opposed to premium chann ...

Professional Wrestling

* WWE

MMA

* UFC As of 17 January 2019 started broadcasting UFC pay-per-view events live . * EFC It also earned the rights for EFC events starting from March, 2019.

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