Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom
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 and 2026[2] |
| FIFA World Cup Qualifiers | ViaPlay UK | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification and associated friendlies
|
| FIFA Women's World Cup | BBC | Next edition in 2023 |
| UEFA European Championship | BBC/ITV | Next edition in 2024 |
| UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Channel 4/Premier Sports | UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
|
| UEFA Nations League | Channel 4/Premier Sports | Home Nations on UEFA Nations League (2021–27)
2024–25 and 2026–27 UEFA Nations League: Live Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and European qualifiers and associated friendlies (except England) and finals live on ViaPlay UK |
| UEFA Women's Championship | BBC | All matches live until 2022[3] |
| UEFA European Under-21 Championship | TBC | 2023 coverage TBC |
| Africa Cup of Nations | TBC | 2024 coverage TBC[4][5] |
| Copa América | TBC | 2024 coverage TBC[6] |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | FreeSports | All 31 matches live |
 England national football team matches
|
Channel 4 | Qualifiers, UEFA Nations League matches and friendlies live on Channel 4 until 2024[7] |
| England under-21 national football team matches
|
BBC | Live on BBC Red Button and BBC THREE |
| England women's national football team matches
|
ITV | Live friendlies and qualifiers |
 Northern Ireland national football team matches
|
Premier Sports | All matches live on Premier Sports with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Northern Ireland until 2024
All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28 |
| Northern Ireland women's national football team matches
|
BBC Northern Ireland | All matches live until 2026 via BBC iPlayer with selected games on BBC NI Television |
 Republic of Ireland national football team matches
|
Premier Sports | All matches live until 2024 |
 Scotland national football team matches
|
Premier Sports | All matches live on Premier Sports with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Scotland until 2024
All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28 |
 Wales national football team matches
|
S4C/Premier Sports | All matches live on Premier Sports and S4C with highlights on BBC Wales
All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28 |
| Wales women's national football team matches
|
BBC Wales | Live until 2027 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | TBC | 2023 coverage TBC[8] |
 UEFA Champions League
|
BT Sport | All matches live on BT Sport until 2024 FTA coverage: highlights of all matches and final live on BT Sport YouTube channel with finals live on BT Sport YouTube Channel. Some preliminary round matches televised by YouTube.[9][10][11] |
| UEFA Europa League
| ||
| UEFA Europa Conference League
| ||
| UEFA Youth League
| ||
| UEFA Super Cup
|
BT Sport | Live until 2023 |
| UEFA Women's Champions League
|
DAZN | Live until 2025 |
| Premier League
|
Sky Sports | 128 matches live until 2025
|
| BT Sport | 52 matches live until 2025
| |
| Prime Video | 20 matches live until 2025 (Select midweek matches) | |
| BBC | Highlights until 2025[12] | |
| English Football League
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2024 with up to 183 Championship games per season and 80 midweek Championship games via interactive service and iFollow |
| ITV | Highlights until 2024[13] | |
| EFL Cup
|
Sky Sports | 15 matches live until 2024[14] |
| ITV | Highlights until 2024[13] | |
| National League
|
BT Sport | Live until 2024 including end of season play-offs, plus weekly highlights[15] |
| Women's Super League
|
Sky Sports | Up to 44 live matches from 2021 until 2024[16] |
| BBC | 22 live matches per season until 2024[16] | |
| FA Cup
|
BBC | 18 live matches per season including final to 2025[17] |
| ITV | 20 live matches per season including final to 2025[18] | |
| FA Women's Cup
|
BBC | 7 live matches including semi-finals and final |
| FA Women's League Cup
|
BBC | Final live |
| FA Community Shield
|
ITV | Live coverage of men's match until 2025[18] |
| BBC | Live coverage of women's match and highlights of men's match until 2025 | |
| EFL Trophy
|
ITV | Highlights until 2024[13] |
| FA Trophy and FA Vase
|
BT Sport | Final live |
| FA Youth Cup
|
BT Sport | Final live |
| NIFL Premiership
|
BBC | 8 live matches on BBC Two Northern Ireland and 30 live matches on BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season plus highlights of all matches. |
| Irish Cup
|
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
|
BBC | Weekly highlights show on BBC NI[19] |
| SuperCupNI
|
BBC | 16 live games available on BBC Sport |
| Scottish Professional Football League
|
Sky Sports | 48 live matches per season until 2024-25 (2024-25 until 2028-29: 60 live matches per season) |
| 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
|
BBC | 11 live matches including highlights and final until 2024 |
| Scottish League Cup
|
FreeSports | 16 live matches per season with highlights until 2023-24 |
| Scottish Challenge Cup
|
BBC | Five matches live |
| Scottish Junior Cup
|
BBC | Final live |
| Scottish Youth Cup
|
FreeSports | Live until 2021 |
| Scottish Women's Premier League
|
Sky Sports | At least five SWPL/League Cup matches live per season until 2028/29 |
| Welsh Premier League
|
S4C | One weekly live match plus highlights on Sgorio[20] |
| Welsh Cup
|
S4C | One live game also on S4C from round three onwards plus highlights |
 Bundesliga
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2024-25 |
| DFL Supercup
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2024-25 |
 Serie A
|
BT Sport/ OneFootball [21] | Live |
| Coppa Italia
|
FreeSports | Live |
| Supercoppa Italiana
|
FreeSports | Live |
 Ligue 1
|
BT Sport | Live until 2024 |
 Primeira Liga
|
BT Sport | Live |
 La Liga
|
Premier Sports / La Liga TV | Live on Premier Sports and La Liga TV; highlights on FreeSports |
| ITV | 10 live matches per season[22] | |
 Major League Soccer
|
Premier Sports/FreeSports and Sky Sports | Live until 2022 Live on Apple TV+ from 2023 |
 Canadian Premier League
|
BT Sport | Live |
RADIO
BBC Radio 5 Live
Premier League:
Around 245 live matches per season until 2025.
Package 1: First pick 15:00 Saturday matches.
Package 4: 17:30 Saturday night matches.
Package 5: 14:00 Sunday matches.
Package 6: 16:30 Sunday matches.
Package 7: 20:00 Friday night matches plus any displaced fixtures played midweek.
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 the FA Community Shield
Live commentary on FA Cup & EFL Cup matches
Live commentaries on the selected matches in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup
- UEFA Super Cup (British sides involved only)
- Selected group stage matches (British sides involved only in the UEFA Champions League)
- Selected knockout stage matches (British sides involved only in the UEFA Champions League)
- UEFA Champions League final
Live commentaries on the selected matches in the UEFA Europa and Europa Conference Leagues
- Selected group stage matches (British sides involved only)
- Selected knockout stage matches (British sides involved only)
- UEFA Europa and the Europa Conference League finals (British sides involved only)
Live commentary of WSL and Women's FA Cup matches
talkSPORT
Live Premier League
Package 2: Second pick 15:00 Saturday matches on talkSPORT2.
Package 3: 12:30 Saturday afternoon matches.
Package 7: 20:00 Monday night matches
Live FA Cup matches.
Live EFL, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy on talkSPORT2.
Live England international matches with selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches.
Live commentary of FIFA World Cup Finals and UEFA European Championships.
Live UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup matches.
- UEFA Super Cup
- Most of UEFA Champions League group stage matches
- Most of UEFA Champions League knockout stage matches
- UEFA Champions League final
Live UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League matches on talkSPORT2.
- Most of UEFA Europa and Europa Conference League group stage matches
- Most of UEFA Europa and Europa Conference League knockout stage matches
- UEFA Europa and Europa Conference League finals
Live WSL matches.
BBC World Service
Over 50 live Premier League commentaries per season via BBC Radio 5 Live from 15:00
Saturday and 16:30 Sunday matches
11 live FA Cup matches via BBC Radio 5 Live including Final
BBC Radio Scotland
Commentary on Scottish Premiership games with split coverage on MW/DAB, FM and Radio Nan Gaidheal frequencies
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 until 2026
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 and Championship play-off final
Reports and goalflashes from England home matches
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[23] | |
| 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[24] |
| 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
Live Super League commentaries on talkSPORT2
- BBC Radio 5 Live Sport Extra
Over 170 live Super League commentaries per season Challenge Cup commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra reports on BBC Radio 5 Live State of Origin via ABC Radio on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
- 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
Rugby union
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast details |
|---|---|---|
| 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
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| England women's national rugby union team internationals
|
BBC | Live |
| Scotland Autumn Internationals
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Wales national rugby union team Autumn internationals
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Ireland national rugby union team Autumn internationals
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| France national rugby union team Autumn Internationals
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
| Italy national rugby union team Autumn Internationals
|
Amazon Prime | Live in 2022 |
 New Zealand national rugby union home Internationals
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
 Australia national rugby union home Internationals
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
 South Africa national rugby union home Internationals
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
 Argentina national rugby union home Internationals
|
Sky Sports | Live until 2025 |
| Rugby Europe International Championships | Rugbyeurope.tv (registration required) | English commentary for most Men's and Women's fifteen and Sevens games |
| European Professional Club Rugby[25]
|
ITV Sport | 8 European Rugby Champions Cup matches live (including one quarter-final, one semi-final and the final); plus highlights of all other matches until 2024 [26] |
| BT Sport | All matches until 2024 | |
| S4C | 9 European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live until 2024 | |
| United Rugby Championship
|
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[27][28] |
| 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 via online platforms most Thursdays |
| Super 6
|
FreeSports | Live games on Friday evenings |
| BBC Scotland Sport website | Live games on Saturday afternoons | |
| Melrose Sevens
|
BBC | Live |
| Top 14
|
Premier Sports | Live until 2023 |
| 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[29] |
| BBC | Daily highlights until 2024[30] | |
| 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 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)[31] | |
| Utsav Gold | Live coverage of selected series from India [32][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 2022[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, BBC Radio 5 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, Radio 5 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 Sports Extra
talkSPORT and Times Radio
- Live reports from England home international cricket matches
talkSPORT 2
- Live commentary on Ireland and Netherlands home matches in 2022
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 in 2022 | |
| US Open | Amazon Prime Video | Live until 2022[39] |
| French Open | Eurosport | Live until 2026[40] |
| Australian Open | Eurosport/BBC | Live on Eurosport until 2031/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] |
| WTA Tour | Amazon Prime Video | Live coverage of 51 tournaments per year until 2024[42] |
| 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
- talkSPORT: Live reports from Wimbledon
- Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network): Hourly reports from Wimbledon including live updates in networked IRN hourly news bulletins
- LBC News: Twice-hourly live reports from Wimbledon
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 2029 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 F1 races and qualifying sessions until end of 2022; FTA highlights and live British Grand Prix until 2029 with broadcaster TBC [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 |
| 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 | Sky Sports | All races live |
| Channel 4 | Highlights of all races with British race live | |
 British Touring Car Championship
|
ITV | Live on ITV4; Highlights on ITV until 2026; Qualifying live on ITV website |
| NASCAR
|
PremierSports | Live |
| Goodwood Festival of Speed | Sky Sports and ITV | Live on Sky Sports F1, highlights on ITV |
| MOTORCYCLE RACING | ||
| MotoGP | BT Sport | All sessions live until 2024[53] |
| ITV1/ITV4 | Two live races including British MotoGP; Highlights of all other races until 2024 [54] | |
| Superbike World Championship | Eurosport | Live |
| ITV | Highlights | |
| British Superbike Championship
|
Eurosport | Live qualifying and races until 2028[55] |
| Quest | Highlights until 2028 with five live races per season. | |
 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 | Eurosport | Live in 2022 |
| 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 Radio 5 Live | Races live on BBC Radio 5 Live or Radio 5 Sports Extra; Qualifying and practice on Radio 5 Sports Extra or BBC Sport website |
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
- Dream Boxing: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
- Wasserman Boxing: Channel 5 - 5 nights of boxing in 2022[56]
Radio
- BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT
Commentary on major fights involving British boxers
Mixed martial arts
- Bellator: Live on BBC iPlayer and selected events on BBC Three[57]
- Bushido MMA: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
- Cage Warriors: Live on UFC Fight Pass
- International Mixed Martial Arts Federation: Premier Sports
- Ultimate Fighting Championship: Live on BT Sport and BT Sport Box Office[58] until 2021
- Ultimate Challenge MMA: Fight Network
- ONE Championship: Live events on YouTube and BoxNation, delayed on FreeSports
Kickboxing
- King of Kings: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
Professional Wrestling
Television
- World Wrestling Entertainment: Live on BT Sport and BT Sport Box Office
[59] RAW and Smackdown 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 in 2022 |
| 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 2026; Live on Eurosport
- Great North Run: Live on BBC
- Great Manchester Run: Live on BBC
- Great Scottish Run: Live on BBC
- Big London Half: Live on BBC Red Button until 2026
- Cardiff Half Marathon: Highlights on S4C in 2022
- Great North Run: Live on BBC
- Vitality London 10000: Live on BBC Red Button until 2026
- Vitality Westminster Mile: Live on BBC Red Button until 2026
- World Athletics Championships: Live on BBC until 2025
- Diamond League: Live on BBC until 2024
- World Athletics Continental Tour Gold: Live on Viaplay UK from 2023 to 2029
- World Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on BBC until 2027
- World Athletics Indoor Tour: Live on Viaplay UK in 2023
- 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
- Paris 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
Snooker
Television
| Event | Broadcaster | Broadcast detail | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Snooker Championships | BBC | Live until 2027 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2026 | ||
| UK Championship | BBC | Live until 2027 | |
| Eurosport | Live until 2026 | ||
| The Masters | BBC | Live until 2027 | |
| 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 | [63] |
| 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[64]
- 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[65] |
| 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[66] |
| 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 |
| 2022 WDF World Darts Championship | Eurosport and QUEST[67] | All sessions live on Eurosport; afternoon sessions and final live on QUEST |
Radio
- 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
- Super League Triathlon: Live on BBC 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
Gridiron Football (American Football)
Television
Sky Sports: Five regular season games each week plus play-offs and Superbowl live until 2024/25[68]
ITV Sport: Two London Games and Superbowl live plus weekly highlights until 2024/25[69]**
Channel 5: Monday Night Football live plus weekly highlights show until 2022/23[70]
Amazon Prime Video: Live Thursday and Saturday games until 2022/23[71]
- NCAA College Football: Live on BT Sport
Radio
- Live commentary on play-off games and Superbowl on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.
Ice hockey
Television
- National Hockey League: Live on viaplay uk until 2027
- Elite League Ice Hockey: Live on Premier Sports until 2024
- 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[72] 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 2023 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 and Euroleague TV
- EuroCup Basketball: Live on Euroleague TV
- Basketball Champions League: Live on 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:
- Basketball Super League:
- Greek Basket League:
- FIBA Basketball World Cup:
- 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;[73] 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[74][75]
- 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[76]
- 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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