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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

Broadcasting contracts for football (Television)
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 ITV/S4C/BBC 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
  • All England matches live and highlights of other games on ITV
  • Wales matches live on S4C
  • Highlights of Northern Ireland matches on BBC Northern Ireland
  • Highlights of Scotland matches on BBC Scotland
  • Highlights of Wales matches on BBC Wales until 2022
  • Selected non-European qualifiers available via FreeSports and YouTube.

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification: Live Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and European qualifiers and associated friendlies (except England) on ViaPlay UK

FIFA Women's World Cup BBC Next edition in 2023
UEFA European Championship TBD 2024 finals live on TBD.
UEFA Nations League Channel 4 All England matches live on Channel 4 (including associated friendlies).
  • Highlights of England matches on Channel 4.
  • Wales matches live on S4C. Highlights on S4C.
  • Highlights of Northern Ireland matches on BBC Northern Ireland.
  • Highlights of Scotland matches on BBC Scotland.
  • Highlights of Wales matches on BBC Wales.

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 ITV Next edition in 2023
Africa Cup of Nations BBC 10 matches including two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final live on BBC[4] and all games live on BBC iPlayer[5]
Copa América BBC Live in 2021[6]
CONCACAF Gold Cup FreeSports All 31 matches live
England England national football team matches Channel 4 Qualifiers, UEFA Nations League matches and friendlies live on Channel 4 until 2024[7]
England England under-21 national football team matches TBC
England England women's national football team matches ITV Live friendlies & qualifiers
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland national football team matches BBC All matches live on BBC with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Northern Ireland until 2022

All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland women's national football team matches BBC Northern Ireland All matches live until 2026 via BBC iPlayer with selected games on television
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland national football team matches Sky Sports All matches live until 2022
Scotland Scotland national football team matches BBC All matches live on BBC with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Scotland until 2022

All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28

Wales Wales national football team matches S4C/BBC All matches on BBC and S4C with highlights on BBC Wales

All UEFA and FIFA qualifiers live on Viaplay UK from 2024-28

FIFA Club World Cup Channel 4 in 2022 3 matches including one semi-final, third-place play-off and final from 2021 tournament live on Channel 4 & E4[8]
Europa UEFA Champions League 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.[9][10][11]
Europa UEFA Europa League
Europa UEFA Europa Conference League
Europa UEFA Youth League
Europa UEFA Super Cup BT Sport Live until 2023
Europa UEFA Women's Champions League DAZN Live until 2025
South America CONMEBOL Libertadores BBC Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Final live in 2021
CONCACAF Champions League YouTube All 30 matches live in 2021
AFC Champions League OneFootball All matches for free
England Premier League 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[12]
England 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
Quest Highlights until 2022
ITV Highlights from 2022 until 2024[13]
England EFL Cup ITV Highlights until 2024[13]
England National League BT Sport Live until 2024 including end of season play-offs, plus weekly highlights[14]
England Women's Super League Sky Sports Up to 44 live matches from 2021 until 2024[15]
BBC 22 live matches per season until 2024[15]
England FA Cup BBC 18 live matches per season including final to 2025[16]
ITV A minimum of 20 live matches per season including final to 2025[17]
England FA Women's Cup BBC Selected matches on BBC iplayer, Semi-Finals and Final Live on BBC TV
England FA Community Shield ITV Live coverage of men's match until 2025[17]
BBC Live coverage of women's match and highlights of men's match until 2025
England EFL Trophy ITV Highlights until 2024[13]
England FA Trophy & FA Vase ITV4 Final live
England FA Youth Cup ITV4 Final Live
Northern Ireland NIFL Premiership BBC 8 live matches on BBC Two Northern Ireland and 30 live matches on BBC iPlayer until 2025/2026 season with highlights show of all matches.
Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland Football League Cup BBC weekly highlights show on BBC NI [18]
Northern Ireland SuperCupNI BBC 16 live games available on BBC Sport
Scotland Scottish Professional Football League 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
Scotland Scottish Cup BBC 11 live matches including highlights and final until 2024
Scotland Scottish League Cup FreeSports 16 live matches per season with highlights until 2023-24
Scotland Scottish Challenge Cup BBC Five matches live
Scotland Scottish Junior Cup BBC Final live
Scotland Scottish Youth Cup FreeSports Live until 2021
Scotland Scottish Women's Premier League BBC 12 matches live on BBC Alba with weekly Sunday live match on BBC Sport Scotland website in 2020/2021[19][20]
Wales Welsh Premier League S4C One weekly live match plus highlights on Sgorio Mondays also via BBC iPlayer[21]
Wales Welsh Cup S4C One live game also on S4C from round three onwards plus highlights
Deutschland Bundesliga Sky Sports Exclusive Coverage 2024-25 season
Deutschland DFB Pokal FreeSports Coverage from 2021-22 until 2024-25 seasons
Deutschland DFL Supercup Sky Sports Exclusive Coverage from 2021-22 until 2024-25 seasons
Italien Serie A BT Sport Live & Highlights from 2021–22
Italien Serie B OneFootball Live & highlights for free from 2021–22
Italien Coppa Italia FreeSports Live & Highlights from 2021–22
Italien Supercoppa Italiana FreeSports Live from 2021–22
Frankreich Ligue 1 BT Sport Live until 2024
Frankreich Championnat National 1 YouTube Live
Niederlande Eredivisie MOLA Live & highlights for free from 2021–22
Belgien Belgian Pro League MOLA Live & highlights for free from 2021–22
Portugal Primeira Liga BT Sport More than two live matches per week.
Portugal Taça de Portugal FreeSports Final Live
Spanien La Liga FreeSports One match per week live on Free Sports, plus highlights of all remaining matches. ITV4 has one match per week live from 2022-2025 plus weekly highlights of all matches.
Spanien La Liga 2 LiveScore Selected games per week
Norwegen Eliteserien OneFootball All matches for free
Island Besta-deild karla Eleven Sports / Onefootball Selected matches live
Schweden Allsvenskan Livescore Selected matches live
Dänemark Superliga OneFootball All matches for free
Top Football OneFootball All matches for free
Kasachstan Professional Football League OneFootball All matches for free
Lettland Virsliga OneFootball All matches for free
Österreich Austrian Bundesliga OneFootball Selected matches available for free
Tschechische Republik Czech First League OneFootball Selected matches available for free
Schweiz Super League OneFootball All matches for free
Slowakei Fortuna Liga OneFootball All matches for free
Russland Russian Premier League YouTube All matches live anc highlights until 2021–22, subscription required for live.
Russland Russian Super Cup YouTube Live and highlights until 2021-22
China Chinese Super League FreeSports Live until 2021
Japan J League 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.
Südkorea K-League OneFootball One match per week
Vereinigte StaatenKanada Major League Soccer FreeSports Most of the matches live until 2022
Argentinien Primera Division OneFootball Live and highlight clips for free[22]
Argentinien Copa Argentina OneFootball Live and highlight clips for free[23]
Brasilien Brasileiro OneFootball Available via subscription
Brasilien Copa Intelbras do Brasil OneFootball Selected matches for free
Mexiko Liga MX OneFootball Selected matches for free (including the Liga MX Femenil)
Indien Indian Super League OneFootball Selected matches for free

RADIO

BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Live Premier League: Around 245 live matches per season on 5 live until 2025.
First pick Saturday 15:00, Saturday 17:30, Sunday 14:00, Sunday 16:30.
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: Friday 20:00, Saturday 12.30, 15:00 (2nd pick), Monday 20:00 and midweek games.
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, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League matches.
Live 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

Broadcasting contracts for 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 England Autumn Internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
England England women's national rugby union team internationals BBC Live
Scotland Scotland Autumn Internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
Wales Wales national rugby union team Autumn internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
Republic of Ireland Ireland national rugby union team Autumn internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
Frankreich France national rugby union team Autumn Internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
Italien Italy national rugby union team Autumn Internationals Amazon Prime Live in 2022
Neuseeland New Zealand national rugby union home Internationals Sky Sports Live until 2025
Australien Australia national rugby union home Internationals Sky Sports Live until 2025
Südafrika South Africa national rugby union home Internationals Sky Sports Live until 2025
Argentinien 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
Europa European Professional Club Rugby[24] 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
ItalienRepublic of IrelandSüdafrikaScotlandWales 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)
England Premiership Rugby BT Sport 69 live matches per season until 2023–24[25][26]
ITV 7 live matches per season including final and weekly highlights until 2024
England Premiership Rugby Sevens Series BT Sport Highlights of matches
England Premiership Rugby Cup BT Sport 11 matches live each season until 2023-24
England Premier 15's Women BBC Sport website One live match each week
BT Sport Selected live matches
Wales Principality Premiership S4C Live via online platforms most Thursdays
Scotland Super 6 FreeSports Live games on Friday evenings
BBC Scotland Sport website Live games on Saturday afternoons
Scotland Melrose Sevens BBC Live
Frankreich 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

Broadcasting contracts for cricket (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
England men's cricket team (Home Tests) Sky Sports All matches live until 2024[27]
BBC Daily highlights until 2024[28]
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)[29] 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)[30]
FreeSports Live coverage of Tests, ODI"s and T20Is, from Afghanistan and Zimbabwe until 2023 [31]
ICC Cricket World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2023[32]
ICC Women's World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2021[33]
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2021[33]
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2022[33]
ICC Under-19 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2022[33]
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[34]
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[35]
Eurosport Daily highlights and men's singles and women's singles finals live until 2021
US Open Amazon Prime Video Live until 2022[36]
French Open Eurosport Live until 2026[37]
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[38]
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[39]
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[40]
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[41]
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

Broadcasting contracts for golf (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Majors
The Open Championship Sky Sports Live until 2024[42]
BBC Daily highlights until 2024
The Masters Sky Sports Live from 2020[43]
BBC Daily highlights from 2020
US Open Sky Sports Live [44]
US PGA Championship Sky Sports Live coverage until 2024[45]
PGA Tour
US PGA Tour events Sky Sports 32 live PGA Tour events including FedEx Cup play-offs and Presidents Cup until 2024[46]
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

Broadcasting contracts for 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 [47][48]
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
Vereinigte Staaten Kanada IndyCar Series Sky Sports Live qualifying and races in 2020[49]
W Series Sky Sports All races live
Channel 4 Highlights of all races with British race live
Vereinigtes Königreich British Touring Car Championship ITV Live raceday on ITV4; Highlights on ITV until 2026; Qualifying live on http://www.itv.com/BTCC
Vereinigtes Königreich GB3 Championship / GB4 Championship ITV4 Highlights on ITV4
Deutschland Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BT Sport Qualifying and races live
Vereinigte Staaten NASCAR PremierSports Live
Goodwood Festival of Speed / Revival / Members Meeting Sky Sports, ITV & YouTube Festival on Sky Sports F1, highlights on ITV; Revival live and highlights on ITV; Members Meeting highlights on ITV; Live on Goodwood's YouTube
Historic Monaco Grand Prix Sky Sports All races live on Sky Sports F1 TV & YouTube
Channel 4 Highlights
MOTORCYCLE RACING
MotoGP BT Sport All sessions live until 2024[50]
ITV1/ITV4 Live coverage of British MotoGP & One other race and Highlights of all other races until 2024 [51]
Superbike World Championship Eurosport Live
Quest Highlights
Vereinigtes Königreich British Superbike Championship Eurosport Live qualifying and races until 2028[52]
Quest Highlights until 2028 with a selection of live races.
Isle of Man Isle of Man TT ITV Daily highlights on ITV
Northern Ireland North West 200 BBC Live on BBC Northern Ireland website with three television highlights shows until 2026
Northern Ireland Ulster Grand Prix BBC Highlights
Vereinigtes Königreich 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
Vereinigtes Königreich Wales Rally GB BT Sport Live
ITV Highlights on ITV4
S4C Highlights
Extreme E ITV Live until 2023
Broadcasting contracts for motorsport (radio)
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

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT

Commentary on major fights involving British boxers

Mixed martial arts

Television

Professional Wrestling

Television

[56] RAW, Smackdown & NXT UK highlights on 5ACTION

Multi-disciplines events

Television

Broadcasting contracts for multi-disciplines events (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Olympic Games BBC / Eurosport Live until 2024
Paralympic Games Channel 4 Live until 2024[57]
Commonwealth Games BBC Live in 2022[58]
World University Games Eurosport and The Olympic Channel Live
European Championships BBC Live
Invictus Games BBC Live[59]

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: Highlights on S4C in 2022
  • Great North Run: Live on BBC
  • Vitality London 10000: Live on BBC Red Button
  • 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

Rugby league

Television

Broadcasting contracts for 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[60]
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[61]
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

Broadcasting contracts for 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 [62]
Championship League FreeSports Live

Horse racing

Television

Broadcasting contracts for 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

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[63]

  • 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

Broadcasting contracts for 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[64]
Burghley Horse Trials BBC Live
World Equestrian Games BBC Live

Darts

Television

Broadcasting contracts for darts (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
PDC World Darts Championship Sky Sports Live until 2025[65]
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[66] 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

Cycling

Television

Broadcasting contracts for 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

Broadcasting contracts for 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

Triathlon

Television

Gymnastics

Television

Gridiron Football (American Football)

Television

  • National Football League
    • Channel 5 (Monday Night Football Live, plus weekly highlights show until 2022/23)[67]
    • Amazon Prime Video (Thursday and Saturday games live until 2022/23)[68]
    • Sky Sports (until 2024/25)[69]
    • BBC Sport (Weekly highlights show and Superbowl live)
  • NCAA College Football: Live on BT Sport and ESPN Player

Radio

Ice hockey

Television

Field hockey

Television

Basketball

Television

Baseball

Television

Softball

Television

Winter sports

Television

Sailing

Television

Gaelic games

Television

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

Netball

Television

Badminton

Television

Squash

Television

Bowls

Television

  • World Indoor Bowls Championships: Live on BBC Sport
  • Scottish International Indoor Open: Live on BBC Sport

Table tennis

Television

Australian rules football

Television

Futsal

Television

Archery

Television

Handball

Television

Volleyball

Television

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