ABC Sport is the name given to the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owne ...

's sport programming broadcasts on

ABC Television ABC Television most commonly refers to: *ABC Television Network of the American Broadcasting Company, United States, or *ABC Television (Australian TV network), a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia ABC Television or ABC ...

and ABC Radio. From November 2020 the brand includes the former

ABC Radio Grandstand ABC Sport, formerly ABC Radio Grandstand, is a live radio sports focused commentary and talk-back program which runs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) local radio network across Australia and on one digital-only station. History Fr ...

. , ABC Sport is a section of the

ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American broadcast network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast '' ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include morning news-talk show '' Good Morning America'', '' ...

website (part of

ABC Online The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owne ...

Television

Past

Sports news programs

ABC News camera and operator at Canberra Capitals vs Logan Thunder - Australian Institute of Sport Training Hall

The program ''

Offsiders ''Offsiders'' is an Australian television sport program hosted by AFL commentator Kelli Underwood. The show airs live on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am on ABC TV and ABC News. History The show began airing in 2005 (alongside '' Insiders'', its ...

'' is first broadcast on ABC on Sunday mornings and reviews and debates the previous week's action.

has Grandstand TV hosted by Peter Wilkins on weeknights at 5:30 pm.

Radio

ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling ...

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 ...

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

, Olympics, Australian international cricket games and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.

Staff and commentators

Victorian Football League

Past

* Darrem Boyd (Commentator) * Peter Donegan (Commentator) * Peter Marcato (Commentator) * David Lithgow (Commentator) *

David Rhys-Jones David Rhys-Jones (born 16 June 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Rhys-Jones's reputation as a footballer is somewhat sullied by ...

(Commentator) *

Phil Cleary Philip Ronald Cleary (born 8 December 1952) is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election. Football playing career Cleary ...

(Expert Commentator/Boundary Commentator, 1991–2014) *

Gary Ayres Gary James Ayres (born 28 September 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently the senior coach for the Montrose Football Club in the Eastern F ...

Peta Searle Peta Searle is a former Australian rules football, Australian rules footballer and coach. Searle was senior coach of the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW) from 2020 to 2021. Searle was previously the first woman appoi ...

* Ed Lower * Gerald Fitzgerald * Andy Collins * Rob Waters (Commentators) * Ross Booth (Boundary Commentator)

References

External links

Official SiteCorporate SiteAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abc Sport 1956 establishments in Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation divisions Sports divisions of TV channels

Television

Past

Sports news programs

Radio

Staff and commentators

Victorian Football League

Past

See also

References

External links