This is a timeline of sports broadcasting on Channel 5.

1990s

* 1997 **31 March – On its first night on air, Channel 5 launches its overnight coverage of American sports when it broadcasts the first edition of ''Live & Dangerous''. The programme broadcasts on weekdays through the night and includes live coverage of American sport as well as highlights from American and other global sports events. The first programme features the opening day of the 1997 Major League Baseball season. **31 May – Even though Channel 5 had said that it hadn't been intending to show live sport at peak time, it buys the rights to one of England's qualifying matches for the 1998 World Cup – an away match against Poland. It also shows the first of two international games of England's rugby union tour of Argentina. **Autumn – '' Football on 5'' fully launches as football becomes a regular fixture of the channel's output following the purchases of rights to UEFA Cup games and away qualifying matches involving the home nations, showing the latter for the next decade. * 1998 ** March – ''

MLB on Five ''MLB on Five'' was a sports television programme on Channel 5 in the UK providing live coverage of Major League Baseball games, broadcast between 1997 and 2008. It was usually broadcast on Sunday (going into Monday morning) and Wednesday night ...

'' launches when Channel 5 decides to create a specific programme for its coverage of Major League Baseball. * 1999 ** Channel 5 replaces Channel 4 as the terrestrial broadcaster of the

NFL 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 major ...

and airs coverage for the next six seasons.

2000s

* 2000 ** Channel 5 begins showing live coverage of

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. It shows the event for the next three seasons. ** Channel 5 broadcasts weekly highlights of the English Premiership, and does so for just one season. * 2001 ** 30 May-10 June – Channel 5 broadcasts the

FIFA Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships ( AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...

. Channel 5 also shows the next two tournaments. * 2002 ** Channel 5 buys the rights to the Scottish League Cup and shows the tournament for the next two seasons. * 2003 ** No events. * 2004 ** June – Five’s regular coverage of the National Hockey League ends for two years when the primary broadcast rights move to

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. *2005 ** No events. * 2006 ** May – Five becomes the terrestrial home of highlights of England cricket's home matches. ** September – Five resumes its coverage of the National Hockey League. * 2007 **September – ***

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gains the rights to broadcast Serie A highlights and live games in the 2007–08 season. with live games shown weekly at 1:30pm UK time on Sundays. Coverage is shown under the name of ''Football Italiano''. ***The

returns to Five when it signs a deal to broadcast '' Monday Night Football'' and '' NBC Sunday Night Football''. ** Five’s decade-long coverage of showing away fixtures of UK nations' international football teams ends. * 2008 ** 27 June –

decides to end its coverage of Serie A after just a single season. ** 29 October – ''

'' is broadcast for the final time to co-inside with Channel 5 deciding to end its coverage of Major League Baseball due to the Global recession of 2008-09. ** 11–21 December – Five shows live coverage of the

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. * 2009 ** 12 June – Five’s coverage of the

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finishes. It also ends its coverage of the NBA at the same time. ** September – Five becomes the lead broadcaster of the UEFA Europa League meaning it can show the entire tournament, including the final, for the first time. Previously it had only been able to show the early rounds due to the BBC or ITV having the rights from the quarter-finals onwards. ** 9 September – Five signs a deal to broadcast highlights of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on terrestrial television in the UK.

2010s

*2010 ** Five ends its live overnight coverage of American sport, when it decides not to continue its coverage of American Football. This brings to an end its coverage of American sport which had been a mainstay of Channel 5's weeknight overnight programming since the channel’s launch. *2011 ** Channel 5 broadcasts the

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and

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for the first time. This is the channel's first coverage of athletics. *2012 ** 9 May – Channel 5’s fifteen years of showing Europe’s second tier football clubs competition ends when it shows live coverage of the

2012 UEFA Europa League Final The 2012 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, the 41st season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA (after the UEFA Champions League), and the 3rd season since it was renamed ...

. ** 28 July – '' Football on 5'' ends after the channel stops showing live football following the transfer of the rights to show the UEFA Europa League to ITV. The last game to be shown is a pre-season friendly. *2013 ** No events. *2014 **No events. *2015 ** Channel 5 expands its coverage of Mixed Martial Arts when it begins showing highlights to every BAMMA event. ** 8 August – Football returns to Channel 5 when it takes over the contract to broadcast highlights of the

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and the League Cup. It launches two new programmes under the revived '' Football on 5'' banner. They are called ''The Championship'' and ''The Goal Rush''. The programmes are broadcast from 9pm on Saturday evening. *2016 ** 4 September – Channel 5 acquires the UK broadcasting rights to

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from the 2016–17 season following Formula E's termination of its contract with

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. It shows all races from round three and then shows all of the following season. *2017 ** Coverage of MotoGP returns to Channel 5 although this time the coverage of restricted to highlights only. Channel 5 covers the event for the next two years. ** September – Channel 5 takes over from ITV as broadcaster of highlights of the Premiership Rugby . The deal also sees five matches per season broadcast live by the channel. This is the first time that the league has been shown live on terrestrial TV. The also includes highlights of the Premiership Rugby Cup. *2018 ** 6 May – ''

Football League Tonight ''Football League Tonight'' was a football highlights programme on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. The show covered the English Football League and its cup competitions; the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. It was replaced for the 2018–19 season ...

'' is broadcast for the final time, thereby ending Channel 5’s three-year deal to show highlights of the English Football League. *2019 ** 15 September – After 14 seasons, Channel 5 shows cricket highlights for the final time. The rights transfer to the BBC from 2020 onwards.

2020s

* 2020 ** 14 September – Channel 5, now part of the CBS Sports family, resumes its coverage of the

when it starts showing the weekly Monday night game plus a weekly highlights show produced by CBS Sports. *2021 ** No events. *2022 ** 2 March – Wasserman Boxing and Channel 5 announce a deal which will see Channel 5 air five fight nights Wasserman Boxing-promoted fight nights during 2022. This is later extended to cover 2023. *2023 ** 5 October - 19 November – Channel 5 is the highlights broadcaster of the

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.Channel 5 partners with Sky for Cricket World Cup highlights
/ref> It also shows live coverage of the final. * 2024 ** 8-12 May – Coverage of the World Seniors Snooker Championship moves to Channel 5.

References

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