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|Africa Cup of Nations |
|Africa Cup of Nations |
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|10 matches including two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final live in 2022<ref name="AFCON22">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59666087 |title=Africa Cup of Nations: BBC and Sky to show games |work=BBC Sport |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> |
|10 matches including two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final live on BBC Sport in 2022<ref name="AFCON22">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59666087 |title=Africa Cup of Nations: BBC and Sky to show games |work=BBC Sport |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> and all games live on Sky Sports <ref>https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12489272/afcon-sky-sports-to-show-all-52-africa-cup-of-nations-tournament-matches-live</ref> |
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|Copa América |
|Copa América |
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|{{flagicon|England}} England national football team matches |
|{{flagicon|England}} England national football team matches |
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|ITV |
|ITV/Sky Sports |
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|Qualifiers and pre-tournament friendlies live on ITV until 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=ITV agree deal to show England games until 2022 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-26/itv-agree-deal-to-show-england-games-until-2022/ |website=www.itv.com/news |publisher=[[ITV News]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="England matches to be broadcast by ITV and Sky Sports">{{cite web |title=England matches to be broadcast by ITV and Sky Sports |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/jan/26/260117-england-uefa-broadcast-2018-2022-itv-sky |website=www.thefa.com |publisher=[[The Football Association]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref><br /> |
|Qualifiers and pre-tournament friendlies live on ITV until 2022<ref>{{cite web |title=ITV agree deal to show England games until 2022 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-26/itv-agree-deal-to-show-england-games-until-2022/ |website=www.itv.com/news |publisher=[[ITV News]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="England matches to be broadcast by ITV and Sky Sports">{{cite web |title=England matches to be broadcast by ITV and Sky Sports |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/jan/26/260117-england-uefa-broadcast-2018-2022-itv-sky |website=www.thefa.com |publisher=[[The Football Association]] |access-date=14 March 2019 |date=26 January 2017}}</ref><br /> Nations League & other selected friendlies on Sky Sports <ref>https://sport-onthebox.com/2017/01/26/sky-sports-itv-uefa-european-qualifiers-nations-league/</ref> |
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|{{Flagicon|ENG}} England under-21 national football team matches |
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} England under-21 national football team matches |
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|{{Flagicon|ENG}} England women's national football team matches |
|{{Flagicon|ENG}} England women's national football team matches |
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|ITV |
|ITV |
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|Live Coverage of all Friendlies & Qualifiers |
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|{{Flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland national football team matches |
|{{Flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland national football team matches |
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|{{Flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland women's national football team matches |
|{{Flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland women's national football team matches |
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|BBC Northern Ireland |
|BBC Northern Ireland |
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|All matches live until 2026 via BBC iPlayer |
|All matches live until 2026 via BBC iPlayer with selected games on television |
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|{{Flagicon|IRL}} Republic of Ireland national football team matches |
|{{Flagicon|IRL}} Republic of Ireland national football team matches |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} FA Women's Cup |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} FA Women's Cup |
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|BBC |
|BBC |
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|Semi-Finals and Final Live |
|Selected matches on BBC iplayer, Semi-Finals and Final Live on BBC TV |
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| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ENG}} FA Community Shield |
| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ENG}} FA Community Shield |
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} NIFL Premiership |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} NIFL Premiership |
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|BBC |
|BBC/Sky Sports |
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|8 live matches on BBC Two Northern Ireland and 30 live matches on BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season. |
|8 live matches on BBC Two Northern Ireland and 30 live matches on BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season. 4 matches live on Sky Sports <ref>https://www.sportindustry.biz/news/sky-extends-deal-ni-football-league#:~:text=The%20Northern%20Ireland%20Football%20League,as%20the%20League%20Cup%20final.</ref> |
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} Irish Cup |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Irish Cup |
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland Football League Cup |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Northern Ireland Football League Cup |
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|Sky Sports / BBC |
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|FreeSports |
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|Final live on Sky Sports until 2025, highlights on BBC NI <ref>https://www.sportindustry.biz/news/sky-extends-deal-ni-football-league#:~:text=The%20Northern%20Ireland%20Football%20League,as%20the%20League%20Cup%20final.</ref> |
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|Final live until 2022 |
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} SuperCupNI |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} SuperCupNI |
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Live commentary of all England international matches with commentary on selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches<br/> |
Live commentary of all England international matches with commentary on selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches<br/> |
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Live FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championship Finals<br/> |
Live FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championship Finals<br/> |
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Live commentary on FA Cup & EFL Cup matches |
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Live commentaries of selected matches in the UEFA Champions League<br/> |
Live commentaries of selected matches in the UEFA Champions League<br/> |
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Live commentary of WSL and Women's FA Cup matches |
Live commentary of WSL and Women's FA Cup matches |
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Live commentary of FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championships<br/> |
Live commentary of FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championships<br/> |
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Live commentary on selected UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches<br/> |
Live commentary on selected UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches<br/> |
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Live commentary on FA Cup & EFL Cup matches |
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Live EFL Coverage on talksport 2 |
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Live commentary of selected WSL matches |
Live commentary of selected WSL matches |
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| [[Women's Six Nations Championship]] |
| [[Women's Six Nations Championship]] |
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|BBC / S4C |
|BBC / S4C |
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| All matches live until 2025 with matches across BBC |
| All matches live until 2025 with matches across BBC Two, BBC Wales, S4C, BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer |
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| [[Six Nations Under 20s Championship]] |
| [[Six Nations Under 20s Championship]] |
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|BBC Northern Ireland |
|BBC Northern Ireland |
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|6 Ulster matches live on BBC Two Northern Ireland |
|6 Ulster regular season matches live on BBC Two Northern Ireland, deferred coverage of all other matches (should Ulster reach URC Final, BBC NI will broadcast live) |
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| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premiership Rugby]] |
| rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Premiership Rugby]] |
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BBC Radio Ulster |
BBC Radio Ulster |
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* Live commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and selected Ulster |
* Live commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and selected Ulster URC matches |
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* Commentary on Ireland national rugby union team including all Six Nations matches |
* Commentary on Ireland national rugby union team including all Six Nations matches |
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* Commentary on Ireland Autumn International matches |
* Commentary on Ireland Autumn International matches |
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* Commentary on Premiership Rugby matches on talkSPORT2 |
* Commentary on Premiership Rugby matches on talkSPORT2 |
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* Reports on Six Nations Championship matches |
* Reports on Six Nations Championship matches |
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* Commentary on all Home Autumn International |
* Commentary on all Home Autumn International Series until 2024 |
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Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network) |
Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network) |
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* Sports Extra commentary on Cricket Australia international matches via ABC Radio Grandstand, plus selected Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League matches until 2022 |
* Sports Extra commentary on Cricket Australia international matches via ABC Radio Grandstand, plus selected Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League matches until 2022 |
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* Sports Extra commentary on Indian Premier League matches until 2022 |
* Sports Extra commentary on Indian Premier League matches until 2022 |
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* Live commentary on selected England away series (Test, ODI & T20) |
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BBC Local Radio (including BBC Radio Wales): |
BBC Local Radio (including BBC Radio Wales): |
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talkSPORT and Times Radio |
talkSPORT and Times Radio |
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* Live reports from England home international cricket matches |
* Live reports from England home international cricket matches |
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talkSPORT 2 |
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* Live commentary on selected England away series (Test, ODI & T20) |
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==Tennis== |
==Tennis== |
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| FIA Formula E World Championship |
| FIA Formula E World Championship |
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| {{yes2}} Channel 4 |
| {{yes2}} Channel 4 |
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| Live on Channel 4, All4 and Channel 4 YouTube Channel |
| Live on Channel 4, All4 and Channel 4 Sport YouTube Channel |
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| rowspan=2| [[FIA World Endurance Championship|World Endurance Championship]] |
| rowspan=2| [[FIA World Endurance Championship|World Endurance Championship]] |
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| {{yes2}} ITV1/ITV4 |
| {{yes2}} ITV1/ITV4 |
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| Live |
| Live coverage of British MotoGP & One other race and Highlights of all other races until 2024 <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.autosport.com/motogp/news/motogp-french-gp-to-be-shown-live-on-itv4/6504719/amp/.html|title=French GP to be shown Live on ITV 4}}</ref> |
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| rowspan=2 |Superbike World Championship |
| rowspan=2 |Superbike World Championship |
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* [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]: Live on [[BT Sport]] and [[BT Sport Box Office]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.bt.com/ufc/ufc-239-to-be-shown-on-bt-sport-box-office-hd-S11364368141256|title=UFC 239: Jon Jones v Thiago Santos live on BT Sport Box Office|website=[[BT Sport]]|language=en|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> until 2021 |
* [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]]: Live on [[BT Sport]] and [[BT Sport Box Office]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sport.bt.com/ufc/ufc-239-to-be-shown-on-bt-sport-box-office-hd-S11364368141256|title=UFC 239: Jon Jones v Thiago Santos live on BT Sport Box Office|website=[[BT Sport]]|language=en|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref> until 2021 |
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* [[ONE Championship]]: Live events on YouTube and [[BoxNation]], delayed on FreeSports |
* [[ONE Championship]]: Live events on YouTube and [[BoxNation]], delayed on FreeSports |
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* [[Bellator MMA|Bellator]]: Live on [[BBC iPlayer]] |
* [[Bellator MMA|Bellator]]: Live on [[BBC iPlayer]] and selected events on BBC Three<ref>{{cite web |title=Bellator MMA: BBC iPlayer to show mixed martial arts shows in 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/mixed-martial-arts/56022194 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Cage Warriors]]: Live on [[UFC Fight Pass]] |
* [[Cage Warriors]]: Live on [[UFC Fight Pass]] |
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* [[International Mixed Martial Arts Federation]]: [[Premier Sports]] |
* [[International Mixed Martial Arts Federation]]: [[Premier Sports]] |
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===Radio=== |
===Radio=== |
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* PDC World Darts Championship: Reports on BBC Radio 5 Live |
* PDC World Darts Championship: Reports on BBC Radio 5 Live |
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* Premier League Darts and other major PDC tournaments: Live on talkSPORT 2 |
* Premier League Darts, World Darts Championship, World Matchplay and other major PDC tournaments: Live on talkSPORT 2 |
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==Rowing== |
==Rowing== |
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Revision as of 20:29, 28 March 2022
In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio.
Certain sporting events are protected by the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events and must be broadcast live and free-to-air on terrestrial television in the UK.
Presently, free-to-air means a TV channel which is free and covers 98% of the population.[1] According to Ofcom regulations, qualifying free-to-air channels are BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Association football
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| FIFA World Cup Finals | BBC/ITV | All matches live on BBC or ITV with final live on both broadcasters in 2022[2] |
| FIFA World Cup Qualifiers | Sky Sports/ITV/S4C/BBC | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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| FIFA Women's World Cup | BBC | Next edition in 2023 |
| UEFA European Championship | TBA | Next edition in 2024 |
| UEFA Nations League | Sky Sports / ITV / S4C / BBC | All matches live on Sky Sports (including associated friendlies).
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| UEFA Women's Championship | BBC | All matches live until 2022[4] |
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship | TBA | Next edition in 2023 |
| Africa Cup of Nations | BBC/Sky Sports | 10 matches including two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final live on BBC Sport in 2022[5] and all games live on Sky Sports [6] |
| Copa América | BBC | Live in 2021[7] |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | FreeSports | All 31 matches live |
 England national football team matches
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ITV/Sky Sports | Qualifiers and pre-tournament friendlies live on ITV until 2022[8][9] Nations League & other selected friendlies on Sky Sports [10] |
| England under-21 national football team matches
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TBC | |
| England women's national football team matches
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ITV | Live Coverage of all Friendlies & Qualifiers |
 Northern Ireland national football team matches
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BBC/Sky | All matches live on Sky Sports with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Northern Ireland until 2022 |
| Northern Ireland women's national football team matches
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BBC Northern Ireland | All matches live until 2026 via BBC iPlayer with selected games on television |
 Republic of Ireland national football team matches
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Sky Sports | All matches live until 2022 |
 Scotland national football team matches
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BBC/Sky | All matches live on Sky Sports with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Scotland until 2022 |
 Wales national football team matches
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Sky/S4C/BBC | All matches on Sky Sports and S4C with highlights on BBC Wales |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Channel 4 | 3 matches including one semi-final, third-place play-off and final from 2021 tournament live on Channel 4 & E4[11] |
 UEFA Champions League
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BT Sport | All matches live on BT Sport until 2024. Live Final on BT Sport YouTube Channel. Highlights of all matches free on YouTube channel. Some preliminary round matches televised by YouTube.[12][13][14] |
| UEFA Europa League
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| UEFA Europa Conference League
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| UEFA Youth League
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| UEFA Super Cup
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BT Sport | Live until 2023 |
| UEFA Women's Champions League
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DAZN | Live until 2025 |
 CONMEBOL Libertadores
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BBC | Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final live in 2021 |
| CONCACAF Champions League | YouTube | All 30 matches live in 2021 |
| Premier League
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Sky Sports | 128 matches live until 2025 |
| BT Sport | 52 matches live until 2025 | |
| Prime Video | 20 matches live until 2025 | |
| BBC | Highlights until 2025[15] | |
| English Football League
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Sky Sports | Live until 2024 with up to 183 games per season and 80 midweek Championship games via interactive service and iFollow |
| Quest | Highlights until 2022 | |
| ITV | Highlights from 2022 until 2024[16] | |
| EFL Cup
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Sky Sports | 15 live matches until 2024[17] |
| ITV | Highlights until 2024[16] | |
| National League
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BT Sport | Live until 2024 including end of season play-offs, plus weekly highlights[18] |
| Women's Super League
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Sky Sports | Up to 44 live matches from 2021 until 2024[19] |
| BBC | 22 live matches per season until 2024[19] | |
| FA Cup
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BBC | 18 live matches per season including final to 2025[20] |
| ITV | A minimum of 20 live matches per season including final to 2025[21] | |
| FA Women's Cup
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BBC | Selected matches on BBC iplayer, Semi-Finals and Final Live on BBC TV |
| FA Community Shield
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ITV | Live coverage of men's match until 2025[21] |
| BBC | Live coverage of women's match and highlights of men's match until 2025 | |
| EFL Trophy
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Quest | Highlights UNTIL 2022 |
| ITV | Highlights FROM 2022 until 2024[16] | |
| FA Trophy & FA Vase
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BT Sport | Finals live |
| FA Youth Cup
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| NIFL Premiership
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BBC/Sky Sports | 8 live matches on BBC Two Northern Ireland and 30 live matches on BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season. 4 matches live on Sky Sports [22] |
| Irish Cup
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BBC | Final live on BBC Northern Ireland and 1 live match from each round on BBC Sport NI website and BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season. |
| Northern Ireland Football League Cup
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Sky Sports / BBC | Final live on Sky Sports until 2025, highlights on BBC NI [23] |
| SuperCupNI
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BBC | 16 live games available on BBC Sport |
| Scottish Professional Football League
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BBC | Highlights of Scottish Premiership matches on BBC One Scotland and BBC Scotland; 27 live SPFL Championship on BBC Scotland; 38 delayed SPFL Premiership matches and six live Scottish Championship or Scottish League One matches on BBC ALBA until 2024–25 |
| Scottish Cup
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Premier Sports | 8 live matches including highlights and final until 2024 |
| BBC | 11 live matches including final until 2024 | |
| Scottish League Cup
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Premier Sports | 16 live matches per season with highlights until 2023-24 |
| Scottish Challenge Cup
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BBC | Five matches live |
| Scottish Junior Cup
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BBC | Final live |
| Scottish Youth Cup
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Free Sports | Live until 2021 |
| Scottish Women's Premier League
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BBC | 12 matches live on BBC Alba with weekly Sunday live match on BBC Sport Scotland website in 2020/2021[24][25] |
| Welsh Premier League
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S4C | One weekly live match plus highlights on Sgorio Mondays[26] |
| Welsh Cup
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S4C | One live game also on S4C from round three onwards plus highlights |
 Bundesliga
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Sky Sports | Exclusive Coverage 2024-25 season |
| DFB Pokal
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Premier Sports | Coverage from 2021-22 until 2024-25 seasons |
| DFL Supercup
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Sky Sports | Exclusive Coverage from 2021-22 until 2024-25 seasons |
 Serie A
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BT Sport | Live & Highlights from 2021–22 |
| Serie B
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MOLA | Live & highlights for free from 2021–22 |
| Coppa Italia
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Premier Sports | Live & Highlights from 2021–22 |
| Supercoppa Italiana
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Premier Sports | Live from 2021–22 |
 Ligue 1
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BT Sport | Live until 2024 |
| Championnat National 1
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YouTube | Live |
 Eredivisie
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MOLA | Live & highlights for free from 2021–22 |
 Belgian Pro League
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MOLA | Live & highlights for free from 2021–22 |
 Primeira Liga
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BT Sport | More than two live matches per week. |
| Taça de Portugal
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FreeSports | Final Live |
 La Liga
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Premier Sports / La Liga TV | All matches live or as live until 2021/22. |
| Free Sports | One match per week live on Free Sports, plus highlights of all remaining matches. | |
| La Liga 2
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LiveScore | Selected games per week. |
| Copa Del Rey
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BT Sport | Semi finals and final |
 Eliteserien
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OneFootball | All matches for free |
 Ekstraklasa
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OneFootball / Eleven Sports | All matches for free |
 Superliga
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OneFootball / Eleven Sports | All matches for free |
| Top Football | OneFootball | All matches for free |
 Profesional Football League
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OneFootball | All matches for free |
 Virsliga
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OneFootball | All matches for free |
 Austrian Bundesliga
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OneFootball | Selected matches available for free |
 Czech First League
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Onefootball / Eleven Sports | Selected matches available for free |
 Super League
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OneFootball / Eleven Sports | All matches for free |
 Fortuna Liga
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OneFootball / Eleven Sports | All matches for free |
 Russian Premier League
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YouTube | All matches live anc highlights until 2021–22, subscription required for live. |
| Russian Super Cup
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YouTube | Live and highlights until 2021-22 |
 Chinese Super League
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Free Sports | Live until 2021 |
 J League
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J1 League | No broadcaster for 2022 season |
| YouTube | Live coverage for up to two J2 matches per week and seven prime stage matches at the League Cup only, plus highlights of all three leagues and League Cup matches. | |
 K-League
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Onefootball | One match per week |
  Major League Soccer
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Free Sports | Most of the matches live until 2022 |
| Sky Sports | Selected matches that not aired by FreeSports live until 2022 | |
 Primera Division
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Fanatiz | Live |
| Copa Argentina
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Fanatiz | Live |
 Brasileirão
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Fanatiz | Live |
 Liga MX
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OneFootball | Selected matches for free (including the Liga MX Femenil) |
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live
Live Premier League: Around 245 live matches per season on 5 live until 2025.
1st-pick Saturday 3pm, Sunday 2:15pm, Sunday 4:30pm, Sunday 7:00pm, Monday 8:00pm and Friday 8:00pm plus selected midweek games.
Live commentary of all England international matches with commentary on selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches
Live FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championship Finals
Live commentary on FA Cup & EFL Cup matches
Live commentaries of selected matches in the UEFA Champions League
Live commentary of WSL and Women's FA Cup matches
- talkSPORT
Live Premier League: Saturday 12.30pm, Saturday 5:30pm and Sunday 12:00pm plus selected midweek games.
Live EFL commentary on talkSPORT2.
Live commentary of England international matches with commentary on selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches
Live commentary of FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championships
Live commentary on selected UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches
Live commentary on FA Cup & EFL Cup matches
Live EFL Coverage on talksport 2
Live commentary of selected WSL matches
- BBC World Service
Over 50 live Premier League commentaries per season via 5 Live from 15:00 Saturday and 16:30 Sunday matches
11 live FA Cup matches via 5 Live including Final
- BBC Radio Scotland
Commentary on Scottish Premiership games with split coverage on MW/DAB, FM and Radio Nan Gaidheal frequencies (restricted coverage of Rangers home games due to dispute between Rangers and the BBC)
Commentary on Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches
Commentary on Scotland international matches
- BBC Radio Wales
Commentary on Cardiff City (103.9 FM), Swansea City (93.9 FM), Newport County (95.9 FM) and Wrexham (95.4/91.1 FM) matches
Commentary on Wales international matches
- BBC Radio Ulster
Reports and commentary on Irish League football with some split coverage on BBC Radio Foyle Digital
Commentary on Northern Ireland international matches
- BBC Radio Foyle
Commentary on Derry City matches in the League of Ireland
- BBC Local Radio
Local Premiership, EFL and FA Cup commentaries via BBC Local Radio with some split frequency coverage
- Clyde 1
Preview, half-time and full-time reports from Scottish Premiership matches during weekend Superscoreboard programming
- Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network)
Reports and goalflashes from every Premier League match including live updates in networked IRN hourly news bulletins
Reports and goalflashes from selected FA Cup matches including semi-finals and final
Reports and goalflashes from EFL Cup Final
Reports and goalflashes from England home matches
Rugby union
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
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| Rugby World Cup | ITV | All 48 matches live until 2023 |
| S4C | Opening match, all Wales games and final live | |
| World Rugby Under 20 Championship | ITV | Live matches on ITV4 |
| S4C | Wales matches live | |
| Women's Rugby World Cup | ITV | Live |
| Six Nations Championship | BBC | Wales and Scotland home matches live until 2025 |
| ITV | England, France, Ireland and Italy home matches live until 2025 | |
| S4C | All Wales matches live | |
| Women's Six Nations Championship | BBC / S4C | All matches live until 2025 with matches across BBC Two, BBC Wales, S4C, BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer |
| Six Nations Under 20s Championship | BBC | Selected matches on BBC TWO Wales and S4C |
| British and Irish Lions | Sky Sports | Live |
| The Rugby Championship | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| England Autumn Internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| England women's national rugby union team internationals
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BBC | Live |
| Scotland Autumn Internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Wales national rugby union team Autumn internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Ireland national rugby union team Autumn internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| France national rugby union team Autumn Internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Italy national rugby union team Autumn Internationals
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Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
 New Zealand national rugby union home Internationals
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Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
 Australia national rugby union home Internationals
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Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
 South Africa national rugby union home Internationals
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Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| Argentina national rugby union home Internationals
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Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| European Professional Club Rugby[27]
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Channel 4 | 9 European Rugby Champions Cup matches live (including one quarter-final, one semi-final and the final); plus highlights of all other matches until 2022 |
| BT Sport | All matches until 2022 | |
| S4C | 9 European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live until 2022 | |
| United Rugby Championship
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Premier Sports | All 151 matches live until 2025 |
| S4C | 27 matches live English Language commentary via Red Button | |
| BBC Wales | 18 matches live on Friday nights with highlights of all games on Scrum V | |
| BBC Northern Ireland | 6 Ulster regular season matches live on BBC Two Northern Ireland, deferred coverage of all other matches (should Ulster reach URC Final, BBC NI will broadcast live) | |
| Premiership Rugby
|
BT Sport | 69 live matches per season until 2023–24[28][29] |
| ITV | 7 live matches per season including final and weekly highlights until 2024 | |
| Premiership Rugby Sevens Series
|
BT Sport | Highlights of matches |
| Premiership Rugby Cup
|
BT Sport | 11 matches live each season until 2023-24 |
| Premier 15's Women
|
BBC Sport website | One live match each week |
| BT Sport | Selected live matches | |
| Principality Premiership
|
S4C | Live |
| Super 6
|
FreeSports | 10 live Sunday afternoon matches |
| BBC Scotland Sport website | 10 live Friday evening matches | |
| Melrose Sevens
|
BBC | Live |
| Top 14
|
Premier Sports | Live until 2023 |
| S4C | Highlights | |
| Super Rugby | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| Currie Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| National Provincial Championship | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
Radio
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
- Live commentaries from Six Nations Championship matches until 2025
- Commentary on Premiership Rugby matches
- Commentary on European Rugby Champions Cup matches
- Live matches from 2023 Rugby World Cup
BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru
- All Wales international matches
BBC Radio Ulster
- Live commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and selected Ulster URC matches
- Commentary on Ireland national rugby union team including all Six Nations matches
- Commentary on Ireland Autumn International matches
BBC Radio Scotland
- Commentary on Scotland national rugby union team including all Six Nations matches
talkSPORT
- Commentary on Premiership Rugby matches on talkSPORT2
- Reports on Six Nations Championship matches
- Commentary on all Home Autumn International Series until 2024
Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network)
- Reports on Six Nations Championship matches
Cricket
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| England men's cricket team (Home Tests) | Sky Sports | All matches live until 2024[30] |
| BBC | Daily highlights until 2024[31] | |
| England men's cricket team (Home ODIs and T20Is) | Sky Sports | All matches live until 2024 |
| BBC | Highlights of ODI and International T20 matches; 2 International T20 matches live per season until 2024 | |
| England women's cricket team | Sky Sports | All matches live until 2024 |
| BBC | Highlights of ODI and International T20 matches; 2 International T20 matches live per season until 2024 | |
| One-day International and International Twenty20 Cricket in Ireland | YouTube | Home ODI's and T20I's live on Cricket Ireland YouTube channel |
| Overseas International cricket | Sky Sports | Live coverage of Tests, ODIs and T20Is, from India (until 2022)[32] South Africa and Pakistan until 2024 |
| BT Sport | Live coverage of Tests, ODIs and T20Is, from Australia, West Indies (until 2026) and New Zealand (until 2022)[33] | |
| FreeSports | Live coverage of Tests, ODI"s and T20Is, from Afghanistan and Zimbabwe until 2023 [34] | |
| ICC Cricket World Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2023[35] |
| ICC Women's World Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2021[36] |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2021[36] |
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2022[36] |
| ICC Under-19 World Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2022[36] |
| County Championship | Sky Sports | Selected matches live until 2024 |
| T20 Blast | Sky Sports | Live until 2024 |
| One-Day Cup | Sky Sports | Final live until 2024 |
| The Hundred | Sky Sports | Live coverage of all 34 men's games and 34 women's games on Sky Sports The Hundred, with selected games on Sky Sports Mix and all women's games on Sky Sports Cricket YouTube |
| BBC | 10 men's and 8 women's games live | |
| Indian Premier League | Sky Sports | Live in 2022[37] |
| Big Bash League (AUS) | Sky Sports | Live in 2022 |
| Women's Big Bash League (AUS) | Sky Sports | Live in 2022 |
| Super Smash (NZL) | BT Sport | Live in 2022 |
| Women's Super Smash (NZL) | BT Sport | Live in 2022 |
| Caribbean Premier League | BT Sport | Live |
| Pakistan Super League | Sky Sports | Live until 2024 |
| European Cricket League (T10) | FreeSports | Live |
- In-play video highlights clips of ICC events on BBC
- In-play video highlights clips of ECB home international and domestic events on BBC Sport website until 2024
- Clips also available for free on Sky Sports and England and Wales Cricket Board websites
- Live free streaming coverage of selected County matches via county cricket club websites and YouTube channels
Radio
BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Radio 4 LW:
- Live Test Match Special commentary on all England home Test, ODI & T20 matches until 2024
- Live commentary on all The Hundred matches on BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sport website until 2024
- ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy & ICC World Twenty20 live matches
- Sports Extra commentary on Cricket Australia international matches via ABC Radio Grandstand, plus selected Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League matches until 2022
- Sports Extra commentary on Indian Premier League matches until 2022
- Live commentary on selected England away series (Test, ODI & T20)
BBC Local Radio (including BBC Radio Wales):
- Commentary on all First Class county, List A and T20 Blast matches on BBC Sport website until 2024
- Selected matches on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
talkSPORT and Times Radio
- Live reports from England home international cricket matches
talkSPORT 2
- Live commentary on selected England away series (Test, ODI & T20)
Tennis
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | BBC | Live on BBC Sport until 2027[38] |
| Eurosport | Daily highlights and men's singles and women's singles finals live until 2021 | |
| US Open | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2022[39] |
| French Open | Eurosport | Live until 2026[40] |
| Australian Open | Eurosport/BBC | Live until 2031/Day Highlights on BBC |
| ATP Cup | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2022 |
| ATP Finals | Amazon Prime Video | All matches live until 2023 |
| ATP World Tour Series | Amazon Prime Video | All Masters 1000s, all ATP 500s and 13 ATP 250s until 2023[41] |
| ATP Challenger Tour Series | ATP website | Live on the ATP Challenger Tour website |
| WTA Tour | Amazon Prime Video | Live coverage of 51 tournaments per year until 2024[42] |
| ITF Men's Circuit | ITF website | Selected tournaments live on ITF website |
| ITF Women's Circuit | ITF website | Selected tournaments live on ITF website |
| Queen's Club Championships | BBC | Live until 2024[43] |
| Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 | |
| Eastbourne International | BBC | Live until 2024 (women's tournament) |
| Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 (women's tournament) | |
| Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 (men's tournament) | |
| Nottingham Open | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 |
| Birmingham Classic | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 |
| Davis Cup | Eurosport | Live coverage until 2021[44] |
| Federation Cup | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 |
| Laver Cup | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2023 |
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live: Commentary on all four Grand Slam tournaments plus selected other tournaments including the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells and the Queens Club Championships
- BBC World Service: Commentary on Wimbledon men's and women's singles finals
Golf
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| Majors | ||
| The Open Championship | Sky Sports | Live until 2024[45] |
| BBC | Daily highlights until 2024 | |
| The Masters | Sky Sports | Live from 2020[46] |
| BBC | Daily highlights from 2020 | |
| US Open | Sky Sports | Live [47] |
| US PGA Championship | Sky Sports | Live coverage until 2024[48] |
| PGA Tour | ||
| US PGA Tour events | Sky Sports | 32 live PGA Tour events including FedEx Cup play-offs and Presidents Cup until 2024[49] |
| European Tour events | Sky Sports | 32 live events until 2024 |
| LPGA Tour | Sky Sports | Up to seven events live |
| Other events | ||
| Ryder Cup | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| BBC | Highlights until 2025 | |
| World Golf Championships events | Sky Sports | Live until 2024 |
| BMW PGA Championship | Sky Sports | Live until 2024 |
| BBC | Highlights until 2024 | |
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live: Commentary on The Open Championship, US Open, US Masters, PGA Championships and Ryder Cup.
- talkSPORT2: Commentary on The Open Championship, Live commentary on US PGA Tour events from PGA Tour Radio.
Motorsport
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| MOTOR RACING | ||
| FIA Formula One World Championship | Sky Sports | All races live on Sky Sports F1 until 2024 with British Grand Prix and selected live races on Sky Sports Mix / Sky Showcase |
| Channel 4 | Live coverage of the British Grand Prix with highlights of all races and qualifying sessions until end of 2022 [50][51] | |
| FIA Formula E World Championship | Channel 4 | Live on Channel 4, All4 and Channel 4 Sport YouTube Channel |
| World Endurance Championship | Eurosport | Live |
| BT Sport | All races except Le Mans | |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship / FIA Formula 3 Championship | Sky Sports | Live practice, qualifying and races |
| IndyCar Series
|
Sky Sports | Live qualifying and races in 2020[52] |
| W Series | Channel 4 | Live in 2021[53] |
 British Touring Car Championship
|
ITV | Live raceday on ITV4; Highlights on ITV until 2026; Qualifying live on http://www.itv.com/BTCC |
| GB3 Championship / GB4 Championship
|
ITV4 | Highlights on ITV4 |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
|
BT Sport | All two-sessions qualifying and races live |
| NASCAR
|
PremierSports | Live |
| Goodwood Festival of Speed / Revival / Members Meeting | Sky Sports and ITV | Festival on Sky Sports F1, highlights on ITV; Revival live and highlights on ITV; Members Meeting highlights on ITV |
| MOTORCYCLE RACING | ||
| MotoGP | BT Sport | All sessions live until 2024[54] |
| ITV1/ITV4 | Live coverage of British MotoGP & One other race and Highlights of all other races until 2024 [55] | |
| Superbike World Championship | Eurosport | Live |
| Quest | Highlights | |
| British Superbike Championship
|
Eurosport | Live qualifying and races until 2028[56] |
| Quest | Highlights until 2028 with a selection of live races. | |
 Isle of Man TT
|
ITV | Daily highlights on ITV |
| North West 200
|
BBC | Live on BBC Northern Ireland website with three television highlights shows until 2026 |
| Ulster Grand Prix
|
BBC | Highlights |
| SGB Premiership
|
Eurosport | Live until 2024 |
| Speedway Grand Prix | BT Sport | Live until 2021 |
| Speedway of Nations | BT Sport | Live until 2021 |
| RALLYING AND RALLYCROSS | ||
| World Rally Championship | BT Sport | Live |
| ITV | Highlights | |
| Wales Rally GB
|
BT Sport | Live |
| ITV | Highlights on ITV4 | |
| S4C | Highlights | |
| Extreme E | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| Motor racing | ||
| Formula One | BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live | All sessions live on BBC Sounds until 2021 |
| Formula E | BBC Sounds | All sessions live |
Boxing
- Premier Boxing Champions: BoxNation and FITE TV (PPV)
- Matchroom Boxing: DAZN - 16 nights of boxing per year until 2025
- Golden Boy: DAZN
- Frank Warren: BT Sport and BT Sport Box Office
- Top Rank: Sky Sports until 2025
- Boxxer: Sky Sports until 2025
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT
Commentary on major fights involving British boxers
Mixed martial arts
Television
- Ultimate Fighting Championship: Live on BT Sport and BT Sport Box Office[57] until 2021
- ONE Championship: Live events on YouTube and BoxNation, delayed on FreeSports
- Bellator: Live on BBC iPlayer and selected events on BBC Three[58]
- Cage Warriors: Live on UFC Fight Pass
- International Mixed Martial Arts Federation: Premier Sports
- Ultimate Challenge MMA: Fight Network
Professional Wrestling
Television
- World Wrestling Entertainment: Live on BT Sport and BT Sport Box Office
[59] RAW, Smackdown & NXT UK highlights on 5ACTION
Multi-disciplines events
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | BBC / Eurosport | Live until 2024 |
| Paralympic Games | Channel 4 | Live until 2024[60] |
| Commonwealth Games | BBC | Live in 2022[61] |
| World University Games | Eurosport and The Olympic Channel | Live |
| European Championships | BBC | Live |
| Invictus Games | BBC | Live[62] |
Radio
- Olympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live (until 2024)
- Paralympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live
- European Championships (multi-sport event): Live on BBC Radio 5 Live
Athletics
Television
- UK Athletics major events: Live on BBC in 2022
- London Marathon: Live on BBC until 2021
- Great North Run: Live on BBC
- Great Manchester Run: Live on BBC
- Great Scottish Run: Live on BBC
- Cardiff Half Marathon: Live on BBC
- Great North Run: Live on BBC
- World Athletics Championships: Live on BBC until 2025
- Diamond League: Live on BBC until 2024
- World Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on BBC until 2027
- World Athletics Cross Country Championships: Live on BBC until 2023
- World Athletics Half Marathon Championships: Live on BBC Red Button in 2020
- World Athletics Relays: Live on BBC until 2023
- European Athletics Championships: Live on BBC and Eurosport
- European Team Championships: Live on BBC
- European Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on BBC
- European Cross Country Championships: Live on BBC
- European Athletics Junior Championships: Live on BBC
- World Junior Athletics Championships: Live on Eurosport
- New York Marathon: Live on Eurosport
- NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: BT Sport
- NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships: BT Sport
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live
Commentary from World Championships, European Athletics Championships, IPC Athletics World Championships, Diamond League and UK Athletics major events
Rugby league
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast Details |
|---|---|---|
| Super League | Sky Sports | 66 live games per season until 2023 |
| Channel 4 | 10 live matches including two play-off matches per season plus Grand Final highlights until 2023[63] | |
| BBC | Highlights until 2023 | |
| RFL Championship | Premier Sports | Live until 2022/2023 |
| Challenge Cup | BBC | One live match from rounds one to five on BBC Sport website; two sixth round matches, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and final live on BBC TV until 2024 |
| Premier Sports | One fifth round match, one sixth round match and two quarter-finals live until 2022/2023 | |
| World Club Challenge | Sky Sports | Live until 2024 |
| BBC | Highlights | |
| Rugby League World Cup | BBC | All 31 matches live in 2021[64] |
| National Rugby League | Sky Sports | Live |
| Rugby League State of Origin | Sky Sports | Live |
20 live streamed matches from Challenge Cup, League 1, Women’s Super League and Wheelchair Rugby League via The Sportsman
Radio
- Talksport
Super League commentaries throughout the season on Talksport 2.
- BBC Radio 5 Live Sport Extra
Over 170 live Super League commentaries per season and Challenge Cup commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra; reports on BBC Radio 5 Live Sport
- BBC Local Radio
Commentaries on Super League, Championship and Challenge Cup matches
- Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network)
Reports on Super League Grand Final and Challenge Cup Final
Snooker
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast detail | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Snooker Championships | BBC | Live until 2024 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2026 | ||
| UK Championship | BBC | Live until 2024 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2026 | ||
| The Masters | BBC | Live until 2024 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2026 | ||
| British Open | ITV | Live on ITV4 until 2022 | |
| World Grand Prix | |||
| Players Championship | |||
| Tour Championship | |||
| Champion of Champions | |||
| Welsh Open | BBC | Live until 2026 | |
| Eurosport | |||
| English Open | Eurosport | ||
| Northern Ireland Open | |||
| Scottish Open | |||
| Snooker Shoot Out | |||
| World Snooker Tour | Eurosport | 18 tournaments live on each season until 2026 | [65] |
| Championship League | FreeSports | Live |
Horse racing
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast detail |
|---|---|---|
| Grand National | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Racing TV | Live | |
| Epsom Derby | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Racing TV | Live | |
| Cheltenham Festival | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Racing TV | Live | |
| Royal Ascot | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Sky Sports Racing | Live | |
| Glorious Goodwood | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Racing TV | Live | |
| British Champions Day | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| Racing TV | Live | |
| Dubai World Cup | Sky Sports Racing | Live |
| Racing TV | Live |
- Sky Sports Racing
- Live coverage from 25 UK courses including Ascot, Chepstow, Chester, Doncaster and Lingfield.
- Over 200 fixtures from France (including Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Hong Kong, United States (including Breeders' Cup and Triple Crown), Australia (including Melbourne Cup) and South Africa.
- Racing TV
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live
Commentary on all major races with full coverage of The Cheltenham Festival, The Grand National, Royal Ascot and The Epsom Derby[66]
- BBC World Service
BBC Radio 5 Live commentary on The Grand National
- Talksport
Commentary on all major races at The Cheltenham Festival, The Grand National, Royal Ascot and The Epsom Derby, plus daily racing commentaries on Talksport 2.
Equestrianism
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast detail |
|---|---|---|
| Horse of the Year Show | BBC | Highlights |
| Royal International Horse Show | BBC | Live |
| Hickstead Derby | BBC | Highlights |
| Olympia Horse Show | BBC | Live |
| Global Champions Tour | BBC | Live coverage of the London event |
| Badminton Horse Trials | BBC | Live until 2020[67] |
| Burghley Horse Trials | BBC | Live |
| World Equestrian Games | BBC | Live |
Darts
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| PDC World Darts Championship | Sky Sports | Live until 2025[68] |
| Premier League | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| Grand Slam of Darts | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| World Matchplay | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| World Grand Prix | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| World Cup of Darts | Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| UK Open | ITV4 | Live until 2022 |
| European Championship | ITV4 | Live until 2022 |
| Players Championship Finals | ITV4 | Live until 2022 |
| The Masters | ITV4 | Live until 2022 |
| World Series of Darts | ITV4 | Delayed coverage of five events; finals live until 2022 |
| Champions League of Darts | BBC | Live until 2019 |
- BDO liquidated.[69]
Radio
- PDC World Darts Championship: Reports on BBC Radio 5 Live
- Premier League Darts, World Darts Championship, World Matchplay and other major PDC tournaments: Live on talkSPORT 2
Rowing
Television
- World Rowing Championships: Live on BBC and Eurosport
- European Rowing Championships: Live on BBC and Eurosport
- Rowing World Cup: Live on BBC and Eurosport
- The Boat Races: Live on BBC until 2025; Live on Eurosport and BBC World News/BBC America
- Henley Royal Regatta: Live on BT Sport
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra: Commentary on The Boat Race
Cycling
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| Road | ||
| Tour de France | ITV | Live until 2023 |
| S4C | Live until 2025 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2025 | |
| Giro d'Italia | Eurosport | Live until 2025 |
| S4C | Live | |
| Quest | Highlights | |
| Vuelta a España | Eurosport | Live until 2025 |
| ITV | Highlights in 2021 | |
| UCI Road World Championships | Eurosport | Live in 2021 |
| BBC | Live | |
| UCI World Tour | Eurosport | Live coverage of 30 races |
| La Course | Eurosport | Live |
| ITV | Live | |
| Paris-Nice | Eurosport | Live until 2023 |
| ITV | Highlights until 2023 | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | Eurosport | Live until 2023 |
| ITV | Highlights until 2023 | |
| Tour of Britain | ITV | Live |
| Women's Tour of Britain | ITV | Highlights |
| Eurosport | Highlights | |
| Tour de Yorkshire | Eurosport | Live |
| ITV | Live | |
| British National Road Race Championships | Eurosport | Live |
| ITV | Highlights | |
| Revolution | Eurosport | Live |
| Halfords Tour Series | ITV | Highlights |
| Track | ||
| World Track Championships | Eurosport | Live in 2021 |
| BBC | Live | |
| UCI Track Cycling World Cup | BBC | Live coverage of the UK event |
| European Track Championships | BBC | Live |
| Cyclo-cross | ||
| UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships | Eurosport | Live in 2021 |
Swimming
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast detail |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | BBC | Live |
| Eurosport | Live | |
| European Championships | BBC | Live |
| Eurosport | Live | |
| European Short Course Swimming Championships | Eurosport | Live |
| IPC Swimming World Championships | Channel 4 | Highlights in 2021 |
| IPC Swimming European Championships | Channel 4 | Highlights in 2021 |
| British Championships | BBC | Live |
| National Winter Championships | BBC | Live |
| National Diving Championships | BBC | Live |
Radio
- World Championships: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra
Triathlon
Television
- ITU World Series: Live on BBC; all UK rounds and highlights on BBC
- British Triathlon Super Series: Highlights on Channel 4, Sky Sports and Eurosport
Gymnastics
Television
- European Gymnastics Championship: Live on BBC and Eurosport
- World Gymnastics Championship: Live on BBC
- Gymnastics World Cup (UK): Live on BBC
- World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships: Live on FIG's YouTube channel
- Trampoline World Championships: Live on FIG's YouTube channel
- Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships: Live on FIG's YouTube channel
- Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships: Live on FIG's YouTube channel
- British Gymnastic Championships: Live on BBC in 2017
Gridiron Football (American Football)
Television
- National Football League
- NCAA College Football: Live on BT Sport and ESPN Player
Radio
- Live commentary on play-off games and Superbowl on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.
Ice hockey
Television
- National Hockey League: Live on FreeSports until 2021[73] with 3 games a week on BT Sport.
- Elite League Ice Hockey: Live on FreeSports until 2020
- Champions Hockey League: Live on FreeSports until 2023; live on Viaplay UK from 2023 to 2028
- IIHF World Championships: Live on Viaplay UK from 2024 to 2028
- Swedish Hockey League: Live on FreeSports until 2020
- Kontinental Hockey League: Live on FreeSports
- Spengler Cup: Semi-finals and Final live on FreeSports until 2021
Field hockey
Television
- Men's and Women's Pro Leagues: Live on BT Sport
- Men's and Women's EuroHockey Championships: Live on BBC and EuroHockey TV
- Euro Hockey League: Live on BT Sport[74] and EuroHockey TV
- EuroHockey Club Trophy: Live on EuroHockey TV
- EuroHockey Club Challenge: Live on EuroHockey TV
- EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship: Live on EuroHockey TV
- EuroHockey Junior Championship: Live on EuroHockey TV
- Men's England Hockey League: Semi-finals and finals live on YouTube.
- Women's England Hockey League: Semi-finals and finals live on YouTube.
Basketball
Television
- British Basketball League: 30 live matches per season on Sky Sports, including BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final and BBL Playoffs until 2022 and BBL Player
- Women's British Basketball League: WBBL Trophy, WBBL Cup and WBBL Play-Off Finals live on Sky Sports until 2022
- National Basketball League (England): Playoff and Cup finals live on NBL's YouTube channel
- National Basketball Association: Live on Sky Sports until the end of October 2022 and NBA League Pass
- Women's National Basketball Association: Live on Sky Sports until the end of October 2022 and WNBA League Pass
- NCAA College Basketball: Live on BT Sport and ESPN Player
- EuroLeague: FreeSports 1 game a week, all playoff games and final four games.
- EuroCup Basketball: Live on Eurosport Player???
- Basketball Champions League: Live on Eurosport Player and LiveBasketball.tv
- FIBA Europe Cup: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- Euroleague Women: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- EuroCup Women: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- Lega Basket Serie A: Live on Eurosport Player
- Basketball Super League: Live on Eurosport Player
- Greek Basket League: Live on Eurosport Player
- FIBA Basketball World Cup: Live on Eurosport
- FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA EuroBasket Women: TBD
- FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA U20 European Championship: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA U18 Women's European Championship: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA 3x3 World Cup: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- FIBA 3x3 World Tour: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- Wheelchair Basketball World Championship: Live on FIBA YouTube channel
- European Wheelchair Basketball Championship: Live on the Paralympic Games YouTube channel. During the 2019 women's championship, Great Britain's semi-final and the final were also shown on the BBC Sport website
- British Wheelchair Basketball National Leagues: Championship games, select Women's League games and Junior League final live on British Wheelchair Basketball YouTube channel
Baseball
Television
- Major League Baseball: Live on BT Sport and MLB.tv; 25 free live games every season on YouTube
- College Baseball: Regular season games live on ESPN Player. College World Series games also live on BT Sport
- Minor League Baseball: Live on MiLB.tv
- Australian Baseball League: Live on ABL's YouTube channel
- WBSC Premier12: TBC for 2023
- U-23 Baseball World Cup: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
- U-15 Baseball World Cup: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
- Women's Baseball World Cup: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
Softball
Television
- College Softball: Regular season games live on ESPN Player. Select Women's College World Series games also live on BT Sport
- Women's Softball World Championship: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
- Men's Softball World Championship: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
- Junior Men's Softball World Championship: Live on WBSC's YouTube channel
Winter sports
Television
- Winter Olympics: Live on Eurosport and BBC until 2022
- Winter Paralympics: Live on Channel 4 until 2022
- Alpine Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21;[75] highlights on FreeSports and highlights of selected European races on BBC Sport
- Cross-Country Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21
- Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21
- Nordic Combined World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21
- Ski Jumping World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21
- Snowboard World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020-21
- Alpine Skiing World Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2021 and BBC Sport
- Freestyle Skiing & Snowboard World Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2017
- Nordic Skiing World Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2021
- Bobsleigh World Championships: Live on BBC Sport
- Skeleton World Championships: Live on BBC Sport
- Bobsleigh World Cup: Live on BBC Sport
- Skeleton World Cup: Live on BBC Sport
- Luge World Championships: Live on Eurosport
- Luge World Cup: Live on Eurosport
- World Figure Skating Championships: Live on BBC Sport until 2023; live on Viaplay UK from 2024 to 2028
- European Figure Skating Championships: Live on Eurosport
Sailing
Television
- America's Cup: Live on Sky Sports; highlights on BBC Sport
- Sailing World Championships: Live on BBC Sport
Gaelic games
Television
- GAA: 20 live games on Sky Sports including All-Ireland football and hurling semi-finals and final until 2021; 26 GAA Championship games and 30 Allianz League games on Premier Sports until 2020; Live games involving Ulster teams in GAA Championship and Allianz League on BBC Northern Ireland
- Ulster Senior Football Championship: Live games on BBC Northern Ireland including Ulster Football Final until 2020
Radio
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 until 2017
Shinty
Television
- Live coverage of Premier Division matches plus Camanachd Cup Final, Macaulay Cup Final and Scotland v Ireland shinty–hurling international on BBC
Netball
Television
- Netball Superleague: Live on Sky Sports
- ANZ Premiership: Live on Sky Sports
- International Netball Super Series: Live on Sky Sports
- 2019 Netball World Cup: all matches live on Sky Sports; day four matches onwards live on BBC
Badminton
Television
- BWF World Tour: Live on BT Sport
- BWF World Championships: Live on BT Sport
- All England Badminton Championships: Live on BBC Sport website and BT Sport in 2021
Squash
Television
- World Squash Championships: Live on BT Sport[76][77]
- PSA World Series: Live on BT Sport and Eurosport Player
- British National Squash Championships: Live on BBC Sport website
Bowls
Television
- World Indoor Bowls Championships: Live on BBC Sport
- Scottish International Indoor Open: Live on BBC Sport
Table tennis
Television
- World Table Tennis Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2020[78]
- Table Tennis World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020
- ITTF World Tour (including Grand Finals): Live on Eurosport until 2020
- European Table Tennis Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2020
- Europe Top 16 Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2020
- World Championship of Ping Pong: Live on Sky Sports
- English National Championships: Live on BBC Sport
Australian rules football
Television
- Australian Football League: Live on BT Sport
- Victorian Football League: One live game per week on AFL Victoria's YouTube channel
- VFL Women's: One live game per week on AFL Victoria's YouTube channel
- North East Australian Football League: Live on NEAFL's YouTube channel
Futsal
Television
- FA National Futsal League: Live on BT Sport
- FIFA Futsal World Cup: TBA (2020)
- UEFA Futsal Champions League: Live on BT Sport (Final four only)
- UEFA Futsal Euro: TBA (2022)
- UEFA Women's Futsal Championship: Live on YouTube (Final four only)
- UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship: Live on BBC Sport
Archery
Television
- World Archery Championships: Live on World Archery's YouTube channel
- Archery World Cup: Live on World Archery's YouTube channel
Handball
Television
- EHF Champions League: Live on ehfTV
- EHF Cup: Live on ehfTV
- EHF Challenge Cup: Live on ehfTV
- Women's EHF Champions League: Live on ehfTV
- Women's EHF Cup: Live on ehfTV
- Women's EHF Challenge Cup: Live on ehfTV
- SEHA League: Live on ehfTV
- European Men's Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- European Women's Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- European Men's U-20 Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- European Women's U-19 Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- European Men's U-18 Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- European Women's U-17 Handball Championship: Live on ehfTV
- IHF World Men's Handball Championship: Live on Premier Sports
- IHF World Women's Handball Championship: Live on IHF's YouTube channel
- IHF Men's Junior World Championship: Live on IHF's YouTube channel
- IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship: Live on IHF's YouTube channel
Volleyball
Television
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- Men's European Volleyball Championship: Live on EuroVolley TV
- Women's European Volleyball Championship: Live on EuroVolley TV
- Men's European Volleyball League: Live on EuroVolley TV
- Women's European Volleyball League: Live on EuroVolley TV
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship: Live on VolleyballWorld.tv
- CEV Champions League: Live on EuroVolley TV
- CEV Women's Champions League: Live on EuroVolley TV
- CEV Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV
- Women's CEV Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV
- CEV Challenge Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV
- CEV Women's Challenge Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV
- College Volleyball: Live on ESPN Player. National Championship games live on BT Sport ESPN
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