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, providing national sports coverage for BBC
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. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''
Match of the Day ''Match of the Day'' (abbreviated to ''MOTD'') is a football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights, during the Premier League season. The show's current presenter is former England international striker Gary L ...
'', ''
Test Match Special ''Test Match Special'' (also known as ''TMS'') is a British sports radio programme, originally, as its name implies, dealing exclusively with Test cricket matches, but currently covering any professional cricket. It broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 LW ( ...
'', ''
Ski Sunday ''Ski Sunday'' is the BBC Sports weekly magazine-style television show covering winter sports, broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays in a late afternoon or an early evening time-slot. It began in 1978, and is currently presented by Ed Leigh ...
'', ''
Today at Wimbledon ''Today at Wimbledon'' is a BBC TV show, showing highlights and discussion from the day's play at the Wimbledon Championships currently hosted by Clare Balding. The show lasts for 60 minutes and is broadcast on BBC Two at 8:30 pm. Origins T ...
'' and previously ''
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''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the
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interactive television service.


History

The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''
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'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the
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, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four coloured rings. This practice continued throughout the next two decades. Upon the launch of the
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in 1997, sport was included in the BBC's online presence for the first time. In May 2007, the BBC Trust approved plans for several BBC departments, including BBC Sport, to be moved to a new development in
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marks a major decentralisation of BBC departments from London and a key investment in the north of England where BBC spending in the region had previously been low. The department moved into Quay House, MediaCityUK gradually in late 2011 and early 2012 with the first Sports bulletins being broadcast from the new BBC Sport Centre on 5 March 2012. In 2017, BBC Sport launched a new on-air identity, becoming the first BBC property to implement the broadcaster's new corporate typeface.


Summary of programming


Football

The BBC shares the rights to the
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 ha ...
and the
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 contes ...
with
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. A near equal split of group stage and knockout stage games are shown, including a semi-final and the final is shown on both networks. The BBC aired all its matches from the
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in 4K UHD and VR to a limited number of viewers subject to bandwidth. The BBC shows highlights of the Premier League on ''
Match of the Day ''Match of the Day'' (abbreviated to ''MOTD'') is a football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights, during the Premier League season. The show's current presenter is former England international striker Gary L ...
'' which has been hosted by
Gary Lineker Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He is regarded as having been one of the greatest English strikers. His media career began with the BBC, where he has p ...
since 1999. ''
Match of the Day 2 ''Match of the Day 2'' is a Premier League association football, football highlights programme. It is a companion show to Match of the Day, usually broadcast on BBC One on Sunday evenings, thus facilitating coverage of the respective week's PL m ...
'' and ''Match of the Day 2 Extra'', are presented by Mark Chapman. Alex Scott hosts ''
Football Focus ''Football Focus'' is a BBC television magazine programme launched in 1974 covering football, normally broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. From the 2009–10 season to the 2020–21 season Football Focus ...
'' every Saturday lunchtime before
Jason Mohammad Jason Mohammad (born 17 September 1973) is a Welsh radio and television presenter currently working for the BBC. He is the current host of ''Final Score'' on BBC One on Saturday afternoons. Personal life Mohammad was born and brought up in Car ...
presents ''
Final Score ''Final Score'' is a BBC Television football news and results programme produced by BBC Sport. The programme is broadcast on late Saturday afternoons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, usually on BBC One. BBC Northern Ireland opts away dur ...
'' every Saturday afternoon. Pundits for ''Match of the Day'' as well as co-commentators include
Alan Shearer Alan Shearer CBE DL (born 13 August 1970) is an English football pundit and retired football player and manager who played as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation and one of the greatest players in Premie ...
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Robbie Savage Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, now a association football, football pundit and director of football at club Macclesfield F.C., Macclesfie ...
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Chris Sutton Christopher Roy Sutton (born 10 March 1973) is an English former professional football player and manager. He later became a pundit and commentator for BT Sport, regularly working on their coverage of Scottish football. He is now also a pundit ...
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Don Hutchison Donald Hutchison (born 9 May 1971) is a former professional footballer. Hutchison is a football television pundit and commentator for Talksport and ESPN FC. As a player, Hutchison was a midfielder, who played in the Premier League for Liverpoo ...
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Mark Lawrenson Mark Thomas Lawrenson (born 2 June 1957) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Liverpool, among others, during the 1970s and 1980s. After a short career as a manager, he then became a radio, television and internet pu ...
, Danny Murphy,
Kevin Kilbane Kevin Daniel Kilbane (; born 1 February 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or full back. Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O' ...
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Jermaine Jenas Jermaine Anthony Jenas ( ; born 18 February 1983) is an English television presenter, football pundit and former professional footballer. He played as a central midfielder for English club sides Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Tottenham ...
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Martin Keown Martin Raymond Keown (; born 24 July 1966) is an English football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a defender from 1984 to 2005, notably in the Premier League for Arsenal, where he made over 400 appearances for the club a ...
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Stephen Warnock Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career at Liverpool, he went on to also represent Coventry City, Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Bolt ...
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Rio Ferdinand Rio Gavin Ferdinand (born 7 November 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, and is now a television pundit for BT Sport. He played 81 times for the England national team between 1997 and 2011, and was ...
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Matthew Upson Matthew James Upson (born 18 April 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Upson played for England at full international level including at the 2010 World Cup. Upson started his career with Bedfordshire ...
, Alex Scott,
Faye White Faye Deborah White, (born 2 February 1978) is an English former footballer who captained Arsenal Women in the FA Women's Super League and is the longest-serving female captain of England to date. Her Lionesses career spanned 15 years and five m ...
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Sue Smith Sue Smith may refer to: * Sue Smith (politician) (born 1951), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council *Sue Smith (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer *Sue Smith (trainer) (born 1948), British horse trainer *Sue Smith (writer) Sue Smi ...
, Lucy Ward,
Chris Waddle Christopher Roland Waddle (born 14 December 1960) is an English former professional football player and manager. He currently works as a commentator. Nicknamed "Magic Chris", football journalist Luke Ginnell wrote that Waddle was "widely ackn ...
, Cese Fabregas,
Ian Wright Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. He works as a pundit for BBC Sport and ITV Sport. Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal ...
and
Tony Pulis Anthony Richard Pulis (; born 16 January 1958) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer who last managed Sheffield Wednesday. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at age 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 – making him one ...
while commentators include
Guy Mowbray Guy Nicholas Mowbray (born 16 February 1972) is an English football commentator, who primarily appears on the BBC and BT Sport. While working for Eurosport at the 1998 World Cup, he became the youngest ever television commentator on a World Cup ...
, Steve Wilson, Jonathan Pearce,
Simon Brotherton Simon Charles Brotherton is a sports commentator for the BBC, appearing on Match of the Day and BBC Radio Five Live, as well as BT Sport television. Brotherton was still at school when he began his career with BBC Local Radio and developed furth ...
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Steve Bower Stephen Robert Bower is an English football commentator, one of the main voices for BBC TV's Match of the Day, culminating in being part of the commentary teams for the 2010, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cups. Bower commentated on New Zealand's ...
, Dave Woods,
Vicki Sparks Vicki Sparks is a British sports journalist and football commentator for BBC Sport and BT Sport. She has reported for ''Final Score'' and BBC Radio 5 Live. She also regularly covers women's football for the BBC. In March 2017, after a post-match ...
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Jacqui Oatley Jacqueline Anne Oatley (born 28 December 1974) is a leading English broadcaster. She is a football commentator for Sky Sports, calling Premier League and FA Women's Super League matches. She is a sports presenter on Quest TV channel, covering ...
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Alistair Mann Alistair Mann is a freelance football commentator and TV sports presenter. He was born in Salford and attended Manchester Grammar School. He trained as a journalist at the department of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central ...
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Conor McNamara Conor McNamara is an Irish sports commentator. He works for BBC Radio 5 Live, ''Match of the Day'', BBC, Amazon Prime Video and Sky Sports. McNamara was born in Limerick, in the Republic of Ireland, where he attended the Jesuit Rugby School †...
,
Dan O'Hagan Daniel O'Hagan is a freelance football commentator and TV presenter as well as covering the UEFA Champions League for SBS in Australia and BT Sport in England. Formerly he was the voice of the world feed for the French Football League. He is best ...
, Mark Tompkins, Martin Fisher, Gary Bloom, John Roder, Mark Scott, Chris Wise,
Robyn Cowen Robyn Cowen is a British journalist and football commentator. Cowen is best known as being the lead play by play commentator on BBC One during the England women's national football team matches during UEFA Women's Euro 2022, hosted and won by E ...
, Tom Gayle,
Steven Wyeth Steven Wyeth is a British football commentator for the BBC and TNT Sports amongst others. Early life Wyeth attended the University of Manchester and commented on Manchester United for Manchester Sports and for BBC Radio Manchester. Career Comme ...
and Pien Muelensteen. The BBC also broadcasts live coverage of the
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
and will do so until 2025.


Cricket

On 30 June 2017 it was announced that live cricket would be returning to BBC TV for the first time in 21 years. The BBC regained rights to highlights of all England's home Tests, ODIs and T20Is. They also have live broadcasts of two home T20 matches per season, plus 10 matches from The Hundred. Coverage also includes
England Women The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998, they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association ...
for whom they will broadcast one home T20 and 8 matches from The Hundred. ''Today At The Test'', the BBC's test cricket highlights programme is presented by
Isa Guha Isa Tara Guha (born 21 May 1985) is an English cricket commentator, television and radio cricket broadcaster, and a former England cricketer who played in the 2005 World Cup and the 2009 World Cup.Michael Vaughan Michael Paul Vaughan (born 29 October 1974) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He served as England captain for the test team from 2003 to 2008, the one-day international team from 2003 ...
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Phil Tufnell Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English international cricketer and current television and radio personality. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler (cricket), bowler, he played in 42 Test cricket, Test matches and ...
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Ebony Rainford-Brent Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent (born 31 December 1983) is an English former cricketer who is now a commentator and Director of Women's Cricket at Surrey. She was the first black woman to play for England. She was also ca ...
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Mark Ramprakash Mark Ravin Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969) is an English former cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he initially made his name playing for Middlesex, and was selected for England aged 21. A gifted, and one of the heaviest-scoring, English b ...
and
James Anderson James Anderson may refer to: Arts *James Anderson (American actor) (1921–1969), American actor *James Anderson (author) (1936–2007), British mystery writer *James Anderson (English actor) (born 1980), British actor * James Anderson (filmmaker) ...
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Jonathan Agnew Jonathan Philip Agnew, (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" †...
and
Alison Mitchell Alison Mitchell (born 17 January) is an English-Australian cricket commentator and sports broadcaster, working for the BBC, Australia's Channel 7 and the Australian Open among others. She was the first woman to become a regular commentator on the ...
also contributed to commentary as well as, presenter, Isa Guha. Regularly, a guest co-commentator will join the team from the touring side. On 30 August 2020, the BBC broadcast the second England vs Pakistan Twenty20 International, its first live cricket broadcast for 21 years.


Tennis

BBC Sport currently holds the rights to broadcast the
Wimbledon Tennis Championships The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
and the
Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) T ...
live on its television platforms. The Wimbledon contract has been held by the BBC since 1927 and the current contract lasts until 2024 making it the longest such contract in the world. The BBC produce over 900 hours of footage that is distributed to broadcasters in 159 countries. BBC Wimbledon coverage is presented by former British number one and 1976 French Open Champion
Sue Barker Sue or SUE may refer to: Music * Sue Records, an American record label * ''Sue'' (album), an album by Frazier Chorus * "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)", a song by David Bowie Places * Sue Islet (Queensland), one of the Torres Straits island ...
alongside a whole host of former ex-professional players including
John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...
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Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
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Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
,
Billie Jean King Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...
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Tracy Austin Tracy Ann Austin Holt (born December 12, 1962) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. She won three Grand Slam titles: the women's singles titles at the 1979 and 1981 US Opens, and the mixed doubles title at the 1980 Wimbledon ...
and
Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the ...
. Matches are broadcast live on BBC One, BBC Two, the Red Button, or Online via the BBC Sport website. Highlights are also shown on the long-running
Today at Wimbledon ''Today at Wimbledon'' is a BBC TV show, showing highlights and discussion from the day's play at the Wimbledon Championships currently hosted by Clare Balding. The show lasts for 60 minutes and is broadcast on BBC Two at 8:30 pm. Origins T ...
, presented by
Clare Balding Clare Victoria Balding (born 29 January 1971) is an English broadcaster, journalist, and author. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport, is the current president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) and formerly presented the ...
, who replaced
John Inverdale John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV. During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand National a ...
in 2015. The same year, the programme was renamed "Wimbledon 2day", with a new lighthearted magazine format, but after only one year, the format was abandoned for 2016. Following the trial which commenced with
2018 World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...
, the BBC broadcast all
Centre Court Centre Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (also known as the All England Club) and is the main court used in The Championships at Wimbledon, the third annual Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar. It is con ...
matches from the
2018 Wimbledon Championships The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and ...
in 4K UHD via iPlayer. For the most recent tournament in 2021, the commentators included, Chris Bradnam, James Burridge,
Andrew Castle Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was UK number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim ...
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Matt Chilton Matt Chilton is a sports journalist, commentator and presenter. He has worked for Eurosport since 1992, and for BBC Sport since the mid-nineties. Matt is a ski racing specialist and has been a contributor to Ski Sunday since 1996. He has been a r ...
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Andrew Cotter Andrew Douglas Millar Cotter (born 20 July 1973) is a Scottish sports presenter, sports broadcaster working primarily for the BBC, covering mainly golf and rugby union, but also tennis, Sport of athletics, athletics and The Boat Race. Personal ...
, Katherine Downes,
Paul Hand Paul Hand (born 3 July 1965) is a British sports broadcaster and former professional tennis player. Biography Tennis career Born in Berkshire, Hand played on the professional tour primarily as a doubles specialist, with a best ranking of 171 in ...
,
John Inverdale John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV. During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand National a ...
, David Law, Nick Lester,
Dan Lobb Daniel Jonathon Lobb (born 7 January 1972) is a British retired tennis player and television presenter, best known for co-presenting the ITV Breakfast programme '' Daybreak'' from 2010 until 2012. Since 2015, he co-presents ''Cowboy Builders'' ...
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Alison Mitchell Alison Mitchell (born 17 January) is an English-Australian cricket commentator and sports broadcaster, working for the BBC, Australia's Channel 7 and the Australian Open among others. She was the first woman to become a regular commentator on the ...
, Ronald McIntosh,
Nick Mullins Nick Mullins (born 31 January 1966) is a British journalist and sports commentator, primarily working on BT Sport's Premiership Rugby coverage. Early life Mullins began his career as a journalist with the ''Loughborough Trader'' and ''Loughboro ...
, Pete Odgers,
Mark Petchey Mark Rodney James Petchey (born 1 August 1970) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988. He now works as a tennis commentator and analyst for Amazon Prime, ITV, the BBC, the Tennis Channel and others. Personal ...
, Simon Reed,
Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they ...
and Andy Stevenson. Co-commentators included, Tracy Austin,
Marion Bartoli Marion Bartoli (; born 2 October 1984) is a French former professional tennis player. Bartoli won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She als ...
, Boris Becker, Pat Cash,
Annabel Croft Annabel Nicola Croft (born 12 July 1966) is a former professional British female tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain i ...
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Colin Fleming Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984) is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. As part of the Davis Cup team, he won eight successive doubles matches to help Great Britain into the World Group. He also won his ...
, Peter Fleming, Tim Henman,
Anne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a retired British tennis player. During her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved on 23 Februar ...
, John Lloyd,
Miles Maclagan Miles Maclagan (born 23 September 1974) is a Zambia born British tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He formerly coached British No.1s Laura Robson and Andy Murray. Maclagan partnered Tim Henman successfully in the Davis Cup a ...
, John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova,
Arvind Parmar Arvind Parmar (born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a former British professional tennis player whose career ran from 1997 to 2006. After retiring, he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy. and also coached another British junior, ...
,
Louise Pleming Louise Pleming (born 22 June 1967) is an Australian former professional tennis player who participated in both the ITF Circuit and the WTA Tour. Background Pleming was born in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. She began to play tennis for fun whe ...
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Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin (born February 18, 1976) is an American former top-10 professional tennis player. During her career, she reached the semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open, the quarterfinals of the French Open three times, and had wins over world- ...
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Liz Smylie Elizabeth Smylie (née Sayers, born 11 April 1963), sometimes known as Liz Smylie, is a retired Australian tennis player. During her career, she won four Grand Slam titles, one of them in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. She also wo ...
and
Mel South Melanie Jayne South (born 3 May 1986) is a former English tennis player. She won six singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 February 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 99. On 9 March 2009, she peaked at No. ...
.
Lee McKenzie Lee McKenzie (born 1 December 1977) is a journalist and presenter who is a reporter and deputy presenter for Channel 4's F1 coverage and also the main presenter of the W Series and Channel 4 Rugby. McKenzie also works on a variety of sports ...
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Rishi Persad Rishi Persad (born May 25, 1974) is an Indian, UK based sports television presenter. Early life Persad grew up in the 1980s on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean a keen cricket and horse racing fan. His parents were Indian, his mother w ...
, John Inverdale and Simon Mundie were the reporters. Regular tournament weather updates are provided by
Carol Kirkwood Carol Kirkwood (née MacKellaig) (born 29 May 1962) is a Scottish weather presenter, trained by the Met Office, and employed by the BBC, on '' BBC Breakfast''. In 2015, she participated in the 13th series of BBC One's '' Strictly Come Dancing' ...
. The BBC also broadcasts two traditional Grass warm up events in the fortnight before the Wimbledon Championships. First is the
AEGON Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...
from
Queen's Club The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England. The club hosts the annual Queen's Club Championships men's grass court lawn tennis tournament (currently known as the "cinch Championships" for sponsorship reas ...
, which takes place two weeks before Wimbledon. The BBC has covered the tournament since 1979 and has a contract in place until 2024. The following week is the WTA AEGON International event from
Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
. Both events are primarily shown on BBC Two. The BBC holds rights to show daily TV highlights from the Australian Open. Coverage is presented by Sue Barker with commentary from Andrew Castle and John Lloyd. The BBC has exclusive free to air TV rights for 8 singles matches from the ATP World Tour Finals which includes the semi final and the final. The BBC covered the event originally between 2009 and 2011, followed by an extension for 2012 and 2013. This was extended again in 2013 through to 2015. It was extended again in 2016 for another 2 years before another deal was announced in 2017 and will run until 2020, with Sky Sports, showing one afternoon match per day including one semi-final and the final which are usually shown on BBC Two. BBC Radio covers the four Grand Slam tournaments - the
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 Open. Th ...
, French Open, The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon and US Open (tennis), US Open - on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. For most recent Wimbledon tournament in 2021, Gigi Salmon and Tony Livesey hosted full coverage on Radio 5 Live, with expert analysis from Marion Bartoli, Pat Cash, Laura Robson, Leon Smith (tennis), Leon Smith, Chanda Rubin, Annabel Croft, Miles Maclagan, Mark Woodforde and Jeff Tarango. The team of commentators is led by the BBC's tennis correspondent, Russell Fuller, along with Gigi Salmon, David Law, Naomi Cavaday, Jonathan Overend, Iain Carter, Alison Mitchell and Sara Orchard. For other grand slam tournaments, Russell Fuller, David Law and Gigi Salmon are the commentators. For the select few ATP Tour Masters 1000 events that BBC Radio cover, Russell Fuller is usually the sole commentator.


Rugby union

The BBC holds joint rights to the Six Nations Championship, Six Nations championship in the UK with ITV Sport until 2025. The BBC will show all Scotland and Wales home matches live either on BBC One or BBC Two. Coverage of these games is complemented by an interactive service on
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and Radio commentary on all matches. The BBC held the live rights to the Autumn Internationals for the Scotland national rugby union team, Scottish and Wales national rugby union team, Welsh sides as well as highlights of the England national rugby union team, English team. Gabby Logan leads the BBC's rugby coverage. Martin Johnson (rugby union), Martin Johnson, Sam Warburton, Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962), Jonathan Davies, John Barclay (rugby union), John Barclay, Jamie Heaslip, Andy Nicol, Chris Paterson and Thomas Castaignede are the main pundits and co-commentators. The BBC's main commentators are Eddie Butler (rugby player), Eddie Butler and
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. Sonja McLaughlan and
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are the reporters.


Rugby league

The BBC shows live coverage of the Challenge Cup including both semi-finals and the final, the Rugby League Four Nations, Four Nations and the Rugby League World Cup. Coverage is hosted by Mark Chapman and Tanya Arnold with commentary from Dave Woods, Jonathan Davies (rugby player born 1962), Jonathan Davies and Brian Noble (rugby league), Brian Noble. The BBC's Super League Show shows weekly highlights of the Super League, Magic Weekend, Super League play-offs, Super 8's and the Super League Grand Final, Grand Final.


Olympics

The BBC holds the exclusive terrestrial rights to show Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games and has shown live coverage of every Summer Olympics since 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics in London the BBC had three stations showing live coverage of the games. BBC One showed main coverage, BBC Three with special extended coverage and BBC Two aired when BBC One was broadcasting news bulletins. The BBC's current rights deal lasts through the 2020 Summer Olympics. Beginning at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the BBC entered into sub-licensing agreements with Discovery Communications, the pan-European rightsholder of the Olympics for 2018 through 2024. Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay television rights to the Games from the BBC in 2018 and 2021, and will then, in turn, sub-license terrestrial rights to the Games to the BBC in 2022 and 2024. The deal is intended to maintain the BBC's tradition of Olympic broadcasting, although the BBC's coverage will be reduced as a result; the BBC and Discovery have had a historic relationship in regards to co-production of factual and nature programming.


Commonwealth Games

The BBC showed the 2014 Commonwealth Games with more coverage than ever before. Coverage was similar to their coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. Live coverage was shown from 9.00 am to 10.30 pm on BBC One with coverage switching to BBC Two during news bulletins (1.00 pm to 1.45 pm, 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm and 10.00 pm to 10.30 pm). BBC Three broadcast alternative coverage from 9.00 am to 10.00 pm.


Athletics

The BBC covers events such as the Commonwealth Games, the European Athletics Championships, domestic British athletics and mass-participation events such as the London Marathon and the Great North Run. The BBC have the rights to show coverage of each Diamond League meeting on the red button, with the two British rounds and final two meetings live on BBC Two and selected meetings on BBC Three. In July 2013, The BBC announced that they had extended their deal to broadcast British athletic events such as the British Championships/World or European Championship Trials and the upcoming Anniversary Games through to 2020. The BBC lost the rights to the 2011 and 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, World Championships to Channel 4. However, in November 2011 it was announced that the BBC has obtained the TV, radio and online rights to the 2015 and 2017 IAAF World Athletics events, It was also announced Channel 4 decided to hand the rights to the 2013 Championships to the BBC. This was down to Channel 4 saying they wanted to focus on Paralympic Sports. Gabby Logan is the main host of the athletics coverage with, Michael Johnson (sprinter), Michael Johnson and Denise Lewis the studio pundits. Steve Cram and
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commentate on track events alongside, Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe, with Steve Backley commentating on field events alongside Toni Minichiello. Jeanette Kwakye and Radzi Chinyanganya are the main interviewers. Jessica Ennis-Hill provided commentary and analysis across track and field events at the 2017 IAAF World Championships alongside the regular presenting team.


Golf

The BBC no longer holds rights to live coverage of golf. Until 2019, live coverage of Saturday and Sunday's play in the Masters Tournament, US Masters, and highlights of Thursday and Friday's play were broadcast, with Sky Sports showing all four days of The Masters live. From 2020, Sky Sports have exclusive live coverage of all four rounds, with daily highlights on BBC TWO. For 2017 PGA Championship, 2017, they also showed all four days of the PGA Championship live. Until 2015, the BBC's coverage of The Open Championships was extensive with coverage broadcast live and uninterrupted on BBC Two between 9 am and 8 pm on Thursday and Friday and on BBC One on Saturday and Sunday. Since 2016, Sky Sports has exclusive UK rights to The Open Championship, The Open with the BBC showing a two-hour highlights programme every night. The BBC also shows highlights of two other European Tour events held in Britain - the BMW PGA Championship and the Scottish Open (golf), Scottish Open. It also covers the Women's British Open. Eilidh Barbour is the lead presenter with commentary from,
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, Ken Brown (golfer), Ken Brown, Paul Azinger, Maureen Madill and Wayne Grady.
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is the reporter. The BBC also shows highlights of the Ryder Cup and has done so since 1997. The corporation had held the live rights from 1981 until 1993.


Snooker

The BBC Two programme ''Pot Black'' was arguably the starting point for the great popularity of snooker over the last 50 years. The sport always produces large viewing figures for the BBC; the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor attracted the largest-ever audience for a BBC Two programme, pulling in 18.5 million viewers at the climax of the match shortly after midnight on 29 April 1985. The World Snooker Championship, the Masters (snooker), Masters, and the UK Championship are shown annually on BBC Two. The BBC also broadcasts the Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open snooker tournament, which is available to watch on BBC Two Wales or via the
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service. Snooker coverage is regularly hosted by Hazel Irvine,
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or Seema Jaswal. Pundits and commentators on the coverage include Steve Davis, John Parrott, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Alan McManus, John Virgo, Dennis Taylor and Joe Perry (snooker player), Joe Perry. The World Championships have featured guest commentators such as Judd Trump, Jack Lisowski, Peter Ebdon and Shaun Murphy. Rob Walker (sports announcer), Rob Walker appears in the role of Master of Ceremonies at the major snooker tournaments televised by the BBC.


Darts

In February 2016, it was announced that the BBC would cover the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation, PDC Champions League of Darts. As a consequence the BBC would no longer show the British Darts Organisation, BDO World Darts Championships, a tournament that the BBC had shown since its inception in 1978. Darts presenters on the BBC have included David Vine in 1978, Peter Purves from 1979 to 1984, Tony Gubba from 1985 to 1990, Eamonn Holmes from 1991 to 1993, Dougie Donnelly from 1994 to 1998,
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from 1999 to 2000, Ray Stubbs from 2001 to 2009, Colin Murray & Rob Walker from 2010 to 2016 and
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from 2016 to present. Bobby George has presented as well from 2000 to 2016. The current commentators are Vassos Alexander (2011–present), Dan Dawson (2016–present), Alan Warriner-Little (2016–present), Paul Nicholson (darts player), Paul Nicholson (2016–present) and Mark Webster (darts player), Mark Webster (2016–present). Former commentators are Sid Waddell 1978–1994, David Croft (broadcaster), David Croft 2003–2012, John Part 1995–2007, Tony Green 1978–2010 and 2012–2016, Jim Proudfoot 2013–2016, Scott Mitchell (darts player), Scott Mitchell 2014–2016 and John Rawling 2014–2016.


American football

On 9 September 2015, the BBC announced that the National Football League, NFL would return to its screens in an initial 2-year deal that includes the rights to show the NFL International Series, NFL London Games live with at least one match being exclusively live. The BBC also show weekly highlights and magazine shows, which started in November 2015. The deal included live television, radio and online rights to screen the Super Bowl alongside Sky Sports. The London Games were presented by Nat Coombs, Mike Carlson and Osi Umenyiora with Ore Oduba as sideline reporter. The BBC highlights show is presented by Dan Walker (broadcaster), Dan Walker alongside Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell (American football), Jason Bell. Both the live coverage and highlights use coverage and commentators from American TV. The BBC previously held the rights to live coverage, highlights (primarily broadcast on its web site) and live radio coverage of the NFL from 2007 to 2013 . Jake Humphrey presented their play-off highlights show for the first 2 years with Matt Roberts taking over duties in 2010. The studio pundits included Mike Carlson, Rod Woodson and Jerry Rice. Since 2012, the BBC aired live weekly radio coverage of the NFL on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and air the Super Bowl on BBC TV and BBC Radio 5 Live in 2012 but Jake Humphrey stepped down and was replaced by Mark Chapman. For the 2012–13 season, the BBC broadcast Monday Night Football on the iPlayer and via BBC HD (commencing with the Giants at Redskins game on 4 December 2012; prior to this the broadcast was only available through the Red Button or online). Channel 4 then took over as the terrestrial home of NFL on British TV showing a Sunday Night game, the two London games and their first Super Bowl in 16 years in 2014 after last covering the Super Bowl in 1998. Absolute Radio took over the BBC Radio rights.


Motorsport


Netball

In 2018, the BBC signed a deal to split the TV rights with Sky Sports for the Netball World Cup in Liverpool. Following the success of the Vitality England Roses Squad at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the BBC's coverage of the sport has increased.


Other sports

As well as all of this, the BBC broadcasts winter sports, including the Alpine Skiing World Cup, under its ''
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'' banner; and briefly covers sports such as Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, sailing (sport), sailing, badminton, table tennis, Squash (sport), squash, equestrianism, gymnastics and other minority sports. Presenters for these sports include Jill Douglas and Phil Jones (journalist), Phil Jones who often report for other areas of BBC Sport. BBC Sport regained coverage of the Boat Race from ITV Sport who pulled out of coverage after the 2009 event. A five-year contract was signed by BBC Sport to cover the event from 2010 after last covering the 2004 race.
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hosts this and commentary came from Andrew Cotter from 2010 to 2011, 2013–present and from Jonathan Legard in 2012. The race is also broadcast on BBC World News. Former presenters for this were Harry Carpenter who also commentated and Steve Rider while Barry Davies also commentated on this from the 1990s to 2004. BBC Sport also holds the rights to the Invictus Games (multi-sport event), Invictus Games which is presented by Clare Balding, Ade Adepitan, Johnathan Edwards. The BBC also has rights to highlights of Equestrianism from Badminton Horse Trials and Burghley Horse Trials. The coverage is hosted by
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and if she is unavailable
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hosts with commentary by Mike Tucker. The BBC also shows the World Indoor Bowls Championships. Currently this is presented by Persad with commentary by David Corkill and analysis from current players such as Greg Harlow and Andy Thomson (bowls), Andy Thompson. Former bowls presenters include David Icke and Dougie Donnelly.


Worldwide rights

*North West 200: Live of practice, qualifying, races on BBC Sport Online *The Boat Race's: Live on BBC World News *IPC Athletics World Championships Live audio commentary on BBC World Service *Premier League: commentary on approximately 50 Premier League matches *
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: selected matches live on BBC World Service per season


Radio sports rights

BBC Sport had monopolised the sports commentary market on British radio since the BBC's conception but since 2000, has lost coverage of some sporting events to competitors including TalkSPORT. The majority of BBC Sport's radio coverage is broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra however coverage is also broadcast on BBC Radio 4's longwave frequencies, BBC Local Radio and the BBC World Service. Highlights are also reported on the BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 news bulletins. Although cricket is not covered on television, the sport is fully covered by the BBC on its radio platforms, primarily BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra but also on Local Radio and BBC Radio 4 Longwave. This commentary is repeated and expanded on the BBC Sports website and on the
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, overlaid with live scorecards. While television coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, London 2012 Paralympic Games was held by Channel 4, the BBC retained the radio rights to the event and plans to broadcast events on radio stations BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.


Previous coverage


Horse racing

Horse racing coverage on the BBC had declined in recent years and finished altogether at the end of 2012 when Channel 4 won the rights to the Grand National, Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby. The BBC had lost many tracks over the years such as the Cheltenham Festival and other Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham meetings went to Channel 4 in 1995, meetings from Newbury Racecourse, Newbury moved to Channel 4 in 2002 and after 50 years Glorious Goodwood and other Goodwood Racecourse, Goodwood meetings were lost to Channel 4 in 2007. Also, in 2007 the Irish Derby, which had been included in ''Grandstand'' and later ''Sunday Grandstand'' for decades, was only shown on ''At the Races''. The Grand National used to be one of the biggest attractions on ''Grandstand'' with audiences around or often in excess of 10 million for the race on a Saturday afternoon. Coverage of other events such as Royal Ascot and Epsom Derby, The Derby were also broadcast. The Derby was won back after many years in 2001, when the BBC also gained rights to Epsom Oaks, The Oaks, which had only ever previously been shown by
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and Channel 4 (until 2001, the commercial broadcasters had always held the Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom contract, but from 1960 to 1974, in 1977 and in 1979 the BBC had shown the Derby simultaneously with ITV, because it was a protected event which could not be exclusive to either channel). The most famous BBC TV racing broadcaster was Peter O'Sullevan, who became one of the first ever TV sports commentators in the immediate post-war years and stayed with the BBC until 1997. Julian Wilson (commentator), Julian Wilson had presented the BBC's horse racing coverage from 1966 to 1997.
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took over presenting duties following Wilson's retirement.


Cricket

Prior to 1999, the BBC had shown live cricket coverage for many decades. Coverage had been fronted by Peter West and later by Tony Lewis. Richie Benaud was a commentator for the BBC for more than 30 years. In 1999, the BBC lost coverage of England home matches to Channel 4 and subsequently, one of the major criticisms of BBC Sport was that it did not show any live cricket and this was further enhanced when the BBC did not subsequently bid for the rights to show home Test cricket, Test matches. Due to this the popularity of cricket in UK (primarily England) has fallen sharply since cricket left terrestrial television in 2005 since being broadcast on Sky Sports. The BBC did broadcast highlights of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. These were hosted by Sonali Shah,
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and Manish Bhasin. They also had highlights of the 2006–07 Ashes Series with Manish Bhasin. The BBC took the world feed for these tournaments which all broadcasters take including Sky Sports and this comprises commentators from broadcasters all over the world, examples of which are Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton and David Lloyd from Sky Sports as well as Mark Nicholas and Michael Vaughan from Channel 5 / Channel 9. However, 21 years after last showing live cricket, the BBC returned to live coverage of the sport in 2020.


Motorsport

The BBC covered the World Rally Championship until 2001, when Channel 4 bought the rights. WRC is now shown on ITV4. The BBC gave up the rights to the British Touring Car Championship at the end of 2001, with the rights eventually being picked up by ITV.


Formula E

BBC have had live coverage of all Formula E races since the beginning of the 2018–19 Formula E season. Commentary comes from the world feed with its lead F1 commentator Jack Nicholls and Dario Franchitti, with Nicki Shields acting as pit lane reporter. While the three races shown on BBC Two are presented by Jennie Gow. This is now on Channel 4


Formula One

The BBC covered Formula One from 1978 until 1996 and from 2009 to 2015. The BBC provided live coverage of all races from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2009 to 2011, but from 2012 to 2015 the BBC showed 10 races live each season and highlights of all the races including the ones shown live. The BBC always showed the British Grand Prix and the final race live. Coverage was presented by Jake Humphrey from 2009 to 2012 and Suzi Perry from 2013 to 2015, with David Coulthard, Eddie Jordan and Allan McNish providing analysis during the races.
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and Tom Clarkson acted as pitlane reporters. The main commentators were Jonathan Legard in 2009 and 2010, Martin Brundle in 2011 and Ben Edwards (commentator), Ben Edwards from 2012 to 2015. Brundle acted as co-commentator in 2009 and 2010 and David Coulthard from 2011 to 2015. James Allen, Allan McNish and Jack Nicholls provide radio coverage with Jennie Gow as pit reporter though they also appeared on BBC TV. McKenzie presented ''Inside F1'' for BBC News. Murray Walker contributed to coverage across the BBC for over sixty years and triple world champion and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has a blog on BBC's website.


Motorcycling

BBC Sport had coverage of the British and World Superbikes for a few years—often showing the World Championship version live. It lost the BSB rights to Premium TV at the end of 2001. Premium TV did not have a channel of its own, so sub-leased the rights first to the ITV Sport Channel, then British Eurosport. After acquiring the rights to the MotoGP World Championship in 2003 coverage of the World Superbikes was dropped. In 2003, the BBC won the rights to the MotoGP, MotoGP World Championship. After a successful first season fronted by Suzi Perry, coverage was expanded with more live races and the contract was extended to the end of the 2013 season. The BBC showed all Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP races, with all qualifying sessions live via the BBC Red Button. From the 2009 season, more coverage became available on qualifying and race days again through the use of the Red Button service. Jennie Gow replaced Perry for 2010, but from 2011 former pitlane reporter Matt Roberts became host, alongside the original and unchanged commentary team of Charlie Cox (racing), Charlie Cox and Steve Parrish. Azi Farni replaced Roberts as pitlane reporter. From 2013, Qualifying moved from BBC Red Button to BBC Two. In May 2013, it was announced that the rights to MotoGP coverage had been awarded to BT Sport, in a five-year deal starting in 2014. None of the BBC Team were recruited by BT Sport for the 2014 season. However BBC Sport still gives comprehensive coverage of the List of motorsport championships#Road racing, Irish Road Racing Championship, the North West 200, International North West 200 and the Ulster Grand Prix together with other Road Racing meetings within Ireland together with the Southern 100, Southern 100 Motorcycle Races on the Isle of Man. These programmes are produced by BBC Northern Ireland.


Paralympic Games

The BBC had shown coverage of the Paralympics since the 1980s with the amount of coverage increasing in the 2000s to include some live coverage of the 2008 Paralympic Games. The BBC then lost the TV rights to the event to Channel 4 after they made a £10 million bid.


Darts

The BBC covered the BDO World Championships from its inception in 1978 until 2016. In February 2016, it was announced that the BBC would cover the inaugural Professional Darts Corporation-sanctioned Champions League of Darts and as a consequence, its 38-year association with the British Darts Organisation came to an end. The BBC also covered the BDO Winmau World Masters from 2001 to 2010 but this coverage was lost to ESPN.


Tennis

The BBC broadcast the French Open for many decades until it lost the rights to the tournament to ITV in 2012. The BBC had only shown very limited coverage of the event, often only showing the finals and then sometimes only as highlights. The BBC has a joint deal with Eurosport to show all of Britain's Davis Cup matches for three years to 2017, with coverage predominately broadcast on BBC Two and the Red Button but after the International Tennis Federation, ITF launch the new Davis Cup format in 2019, the BBC lost the FTA rights to Eurosport. The BBC had held these rights since the late 1990s.


List of sporting rights held

''* Where live rights are jointly held, commercial broadcast partner is listed:''


Football


Television


Radio


American football


Television

*National Football League: Live coverage of Super Bowl, Live coverage of NFL International Series at Wembley Stadium in London and weekly highlights from the NFL Season (live and highlights on BBC Sport, also on Sky Sports and Channel 5)


Radio

* Super Bowl, AFC Championship game, NFC Championship game and Super Bowl: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Radio 5 Live


Rugby Union


Television

*Six Nations Championship: Live coverage and highlights on
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Sport, ITV Sport and S4C to 2025. Wales & Scotland live on BBC One. England, Ireland, France and Italy home matches live on
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. Wales Home matches live on S4C (Wales only) *Women's Six Nations Championship: Live coverage and highlights of all games on
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Sport and S4C to 2025. Wales only live on S4C (Wales only) *Six Nations Under 20s Championship: Live coverage and highlights of all games on
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Sport and S4C to 2025. Wales only live on S4C (Wales only) *Melrose Sevens: Live on BBC Scotland *St Patrick's Day Schools Cup Final: Live on BBC Northern Ireland * United Rugby Championship: Live Coverage of selected matches involving Welsh regions on BBC Wales & S4C and Ulster matches on BBC Northern Ireland * Premier 15 Women: Live coverage on BBC Iplayer


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra : Commentary on Six Nations Championship, Six Nations, Premiership Rugby, Gallagher Premiership and European Rugby Champions Cup matches *BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru : Commentary on all Wales national rugby union team, Wales international matches : Commentary on British and Irish Lions tests on BBC Radio Cymru *BBC Radio Ulster : Commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and Ulster Pro 14 matches.
Live commentary on all Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland Six Nations Championship, Six Nations matches *BBC Radio Scotland : Commentary on all Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland Six Nations Championship, Six Nations matches


Cricket


Television

* England Men & Women Test, ODI & T20 - Highlights of all games on BBC Two (to 2024) * England Men T20 International - Live coverage of 2 Men's T20 Internationals (to 2024) * England Women's T20 International - Live coverage of 2 Women's T20 Internationals (to 2024) * The Hundred - Live coverage of 10 Men's Matches & 8 Women's Matches from the Hundred (to 2024)


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave
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Live commentary on all England home Test, ODI and T20 matches until 2024
Commentaries on England overseas tours and World Cup matches *BBC Radio 5 Live Reports every 15 minutes plus wicket flashes on England Test, ODI and T20 matches *BBC Local Radio Commentary on all County Championship matches on BBC Online, BBC Sport website. Selected matches on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.


Tennis


Television

*The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon: Live coverage and highlights on BBC Sport until 2027 across all platforms and highlights on British Eurosport. *
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: Highlights on
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Sport *Live on Eurosport 1, British Eurosport) *
Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) T ...
: Live on
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Sport (also live on Amazon Prime) *Eastbourne International: Live on
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Sport; (Also live on Amazon Prime) *Fed Cup: Great Britain matches live on BBC Sport


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Commentary on The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, US Open (tennis), US Open, French Open,
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, ATP World Tour Finals, Queens Club Championships plus Davis Cup and selected ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events including the BNP Paribas Open, BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. *BBC World Service Commentary on The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon men's and women's singles finals


Golf


Television

*The Open Championship: Live on Sky Sports with highlights on
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Sport until 2024 *Masters Tournament, US Masters: Highlights from all 4 days on BBC Sport, Live on Sky Sports *Ryder Cup: Live on Sky Sports with highlights on BBC Sport until 2025 *BMW PGA Championship: Live on Sky Sports with highlights on BBC Sport *Scottish Open (golf), Scottish Open: Live on Sky Sports with highlights on BBC Sport *Wales Open: Live on Sky Sports; highlights on BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Wales *Irish Open (golf), Irish Open: Live on Sky Sports and RTÉ Sport; highlights on BBC Northern Ireland, BBC NI *Women's British Open: 2017–21: Live on Sky Sports; highlights on
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Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Commentary on The Open Championship, US Open, US Masters, PGA Championships and the Ryder Cup *BBC Radio Scotland Commentary on the Scottish Open on 810 MW *BBC Radio Ulster Commentary on the Irish Open when played in Northern Ireland


Ice hockey


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live National commentary on the National Hockey League, Elite Ice Hockey League, Champions Hockey League and the IIHF World Championships *BBC Local Radio, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster Local commentary on the Elite Ice Hockey League


Motorsport


Television

*North West 200: Live on BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Sport Online and
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* Other Road Racing Motorcycling events: Highlights on BBC *Goodwood Festival of Speed: Live on BBC Sport Online


Radio

* BBC Radio 5 Live : All Formula One races live, qualifying sessions and some practices on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra : Live commentary on British Moto GP * BBC Radio Ulster : Live commentary of the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix


Online

* All Formula One races live, qualifying sessions and practices not on BBC Radio 5 Live or BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra until 2021. * Live coverage of all Formula E races, qualifying sessions and practice on BBC iPlayer.


Boxing


Radio

* BBC Radio 5 Live Commentary on major fights involving British boxers


Multi-disciplines events


Television

*Olympic Games: Live on BBC Sport and Eurosport until 2024 *Commonwealth Games: Live on BBC Sport until 2022 *Youth Olympics: Highlights on
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*Invictus Games (multi-sport event), Invictus Games: Live on BBC Sport


Radio

*Olympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Radio 5 Live Olympics Extra (until 2020) *Paralympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra


Athletics


Television

*UK Athletics, UK Athletics major events: Live on BBC Sport until 2020 *London Marathon: Live until BBC Sport until 2018; live on Eurosport, British Eurosport *Great North Run: Live until BBC Sport until 2018 *Great Edinburgh Cross Country: Live on BBC Sport until 2018 *Great Manchester Run: Live on BBC Sport until 2018 *Great Scottish Run: Live on BBC Sport *Great City Games, Great Manchester City Games: Live on BBC Sport *Great North Run, Great North City Games: Live on BBC Sport *IAAF World Championships in Athletics: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport until 2017 *IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *IAAF World Cross Country Championships: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *IAAF Diamond League: Two UK meetings live until 2020 with highlights of 12 international meetings on
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Sport until 2017 *IAAF World Relays: Highlights on
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*European Athletics Championships: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport until 2014 *European Athletics Team Championships, European Team Championships: Live on BBC Sport *European Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *European Cross Country Championships: Live on BBC Sport


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live : Reports and commentary from IAAF World Championships in Athletics, IAAF World Championships, European Athletics Championships, IAAF Diamond League and UK Athletics, UK Athletics major events : Commentary on London Marathon


Rugby League


Television

*Super League: Live on Sky Sports & Channel 4 with highlights on BBC Sport *Challenge Cup:Live coverage of at least 1 game in every round on BBC Red Button; Live coverage of two sixth-round matches, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final live on BBC Sport until 2024 (shared with Premier Sports) *World Club Challenge: highlights on BBC Sport (Live on Sky Sports) *Rugby League World Cup: All matches live on BBC Sport in 2021 *Women's Rugby League World Cup: All matches live on BBC Sport in 2021 *Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup: All matches live on BBC Sport in 2021


Radio

*Super League: Over 70 live commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra; commentaries on BBC Local Radio *Challenge Cup: Commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra; also commentaries on BBC Local Radio


Snooker


Television

*World Snooker Championship: Live on BBC Sport until 2024 *UK Championship: Live on BBC Sport until 2024 *Masters (snooker), Masters: Live on BBC Sport until 2024 *Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open: Live on BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Wales and
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*World Seniors Snooker Championship: Live on the
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Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live :Reports on World Snooker Championship, UK Championship, and Masters events.


Horse racing


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live : Commentary on all major races with full coverage of Cheltenham Festival, The Grand National and Epsom Derby, The Derby until 2020 *BBC World Service : Commentary from BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live on The Grand National


Equestrianism


Television

*Olympia Horse Show: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *International Federation for Equestrian Sports, Global Champions Tour: Live coverage of London event on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *Badminton Horse Trials: Live on BBC Sport until 2016 *Burghley Horse Trials: Live on BBC Sport until 2016 *World Equestrian Games: Live on BBC Sport *European Show Jumping Championships: Live on BBC Sport


Darts


Television

* World Seniors Darts Championship: Live on BBC Iplayer in 2022


Rowing


Television

*World Rowing Championships: Live on
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Sport and Eurosport, British Eurosport *European Rowing Championships: Live on
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*Rowing World Cup: Live on
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Sport until 2021; Live on Eurosport, British Eurosport and BBC World News


Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Commentary on The Boat Race


Cycling


Television

*UCI Road World Championships: Live on
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Sport (UK event only) *UCI Women's Road World Cup: Highlights on
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Radio

*BBC Radio 5 Live Tour de France reports on BBC Radio 5 Live, Five Live; commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, Sports Extra and BBC Sport website
UCI Road World Championships and UCI Track Cycling World Championships, World Track Championships: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, Sports Extra


Swimming


Television

*FINA World Aquatics Championships, World Championships: Live on
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Gymnastics


Television

*European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, European Gymnastics Championship: Live on BBC Sport *World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World Gymnastics Championship: Live on BBC Sport *Artistic Gymnastics World Cup, Glasgow Grand Prix: Live on BBC Sport


Field hockey


Television

*EuroHockey Nations Championship, EuroHockey Championships: Live on
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Winter sports


Television

*Winter Olympics: Live on BBC Sport until 2022 *FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing World Cup: highlights of selected European races on
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coverage *Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing, Skeleton World Cup: Highlights of European races on
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*FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, Alpine Skiing World Championships: Live on Eurosport, British Eurosport and
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*FIBT World Championships, Bobsleigh World Championships: Live on
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*FIBT World Championships, Skeleton World Championships: Live on
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*World Figure Skating Championships: Live on Eurosport, British Eurosport and
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Sailing


Television

*America's Cup: highlights on
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until 2017 *Sailing World Championships: Live on
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GAA


Television

*BBC Northern Ireland: Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA live and deferred coverage of the Ulster Senior Football Championships


Radio

*BBC Radio Ulster: Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA live coverage of the Ulster Club and Ulster Senior Football Championships and games in the National League, qualifiers and All-Ireland Championship involving Ulster counties


Shinty


Television

*Live coverage of Premier Division (shinty), Premier Division matches plus Camanachd Cup Final, Macaulay Cup Final and Scotland v Ireland Composite rules shinty–hurling, shinty–hurling international on BBC Alba


Bowls


Television

*World Indoor Bowls Championships: Live on
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*World Bowls Events, Scottish International Indoor Open: Live on BBC Scotland


BBC Sport Online

BBC Sport operates a sub-site of BBC Online which supplements the television and radio services of the department. The website features scores and analysis from a variety of sports including those not broadcast by the BBC. The site also includes news stories related to teams or particular sports and live broadcast coverage of some sports. The website launched c. 2000 and was relaunched in 2003 to accommodate bigger screen sizes, with a sidebar to incorporate more sport and to parallel the relaunched
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. The current look was implemented in February 2012, featuring the bold colour scheme of the logo, the new horizontal navigation bar across the whole of the site and design characteristics being implemented across the BBC Online, BBC website. The new look gave more prominence to live sports, programmes and events as well as news on the individual teams. In January 2013, the BBC Sport app was launched on the iOS app store. An Android version was launched in February that year. An app for Smart TV's was released in 2012: the app will be retired in 2020, with most video content moved to the iPlayer Smart TV app.


Sports forum

Until 2011, the BBC Sport website hosted an online sports forum entitled 606 (radio show), 606, named after the original start-time of the radio programme – six minutes past six. It covered a large variety of topics which included cricket, association football, football, Rugby football, rugby (league and union), tennis, athletics (sport), athletics, motorsport and many more. Sporting teams usually had their own individual pages where members could post and comment on any news or topics relating to that team. Users accessed through an account system and could comment and rate their opinions. The forum was moderated by the BBC and any posts deemed to have broken the 'house rules' was not posted. As part of the reduction in BBC Online's budget of 25%, all non-essential services that did not focus around core products were closed. As all posts had to be post moderated and as conversations were increasingly being done through social media websites that BBC Sport were a part of, the site was closed on 31 May 2011.


Interactive services

BBC Sport also offers a service on the
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interactive television service. The service offers a sports multi-screen service covering sports news stories in addition to five streams that can broadcast sport through the red button. This is often used for uninterrupted coverage and scores over a commentary, or for an alternative sport event unable to be covered on the main BBC TV or radio services. A key example is of the broadcasts of the
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as matches on other courts may be displayed through the red button while a higher ranking match on a main court is taking place on the main TV service.


Awards

BBC Sport also award several awards in recognition of the sports community. The mainstay of this is the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, created in 1954 and awarded in a high-profile ceremony in December of each year. There are several other awards given around the same time that focus on different areas of the sports industry, for example youth performers and coaches and trainers. The awards also include the BBC Nations and Regions, who often present awards at local ceremonies for similar reasons; the winners of these local awards are therefore frequently put forward for the national awards themselves allowing all areas of the country to be represented at the national awards.


See also

*BBC News *Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom *Broadcasting of sports events


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bbc Sport BBC Sport, Organisations based in Salford Sports radio in the United Kingdom Sports television in the United Kingdom