Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom

Further information: List of sports television broadcast contracts

In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio. Many of the sporting events are listed online or in different kind of apps. These apps are mainly designed for sport fans who want to have an easy way to find when a certain game or match is played, as well as when a race starts or which channel is broadcasting the Olympic Games etc.

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/soccer

Television

Main article: Football on British television
Broadcasting contracts for football (Television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
FIFA World Cup Finals BBC/ITV All matches live on BBC & ITV with final live on both broadcasters until 2030
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers ITV/S4C/BBC All UEFA matches live
  • All England matches live on ITV.
  • All Wales matches live on S4C and BBC.
  • All Scotland and Northern Ireland matches live on BBC.

other matches live on Prime Video

Amazon Prime
FIFA+ All CAF matches live
Premier Sports Argentina, Brazil, and Ecuador home matches only.
Fanatiz All CONMEBOL matches live (exc. ARG, BRA, and ECU home matches)
Youtube All CONCACAF matches live
OneFootball All AFC matches live from third, fourth, and fifth round
FIFA Women's World Cup BBC/ITV All matches live on BBC & ITV with final live on both broadcasters in 2027
FIFA Youth World Cups FIFA+ All men's and women's U-20 and U-17 matches live
ITV Selected FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup matches (including all England matches) live on ITV4 and ITVX in 2025
UEFA European Championship Finals BBC/ITV All matches live on BBC & ITV with final live on both broadcasters until Euro 2028[2]
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers ITV/S4C/BBC UEFA Euro 2028 qualification
  • All England matches live on ITV
  • All Wales matches on S4C
  • All Scotland and Northern Ireland games on BBC

other matches live on Prime Video

Prime Video
UEFA Nations League ITV/S4C/BBC Home Nations in UEFA Nations League until 2027
  • All England matches live on ITV including associated friendlies until 2027
  • All Wales matches live on S4C
  • All Scotland and Northern Ireland games on BBC

other matches live on Prime Video

Amazon Prime
UEFA Women's European Championship BBC/ITV All matches live on BBC & ITV in 2025 with final live on both broadcasters
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Channel 4 Selected matches (inc. all England matches) live in 2025
UEFA European Under-19 Championship Channel 4 (All England matches)
UEFA European Under-17 Championship BBC Live on BBC Player
Africa Cup of Nations Channel 4 All 52 matches live in 2025
Copa América Premier Sports All matches live for 2028
Finalissima ITV Final live
England mens national football team matches ITV All qualifiers, UEFA Nations League games and all friendlies live on ITV until 2027
England women's national football team matches ITV Live Nations League, all friendlies, all qualifiers until 2029
Northern Ireland national football team matches BBC All Qualifiers and Friendlies live until June 2026[3]
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 Amazon Prime Live until 2028
Scotland national football team matches BBC All Nations League, Qualifiers, and Friendlies live until June 2026[3]
Scotland women's national team matches BBC All Friendly and Nations League matches
Wales national football team matches BBC/S4C All matches live on S4C until 2028

(All Qualifiers and Friendlies live on BBC until June 2026)[3]

Wales women's national football team matches BBC Wales Live until 2027
FIFA Club World Cup Channel 5 23 of 63 matches (including all English representative teams matches) live in 2025
DAZN All 63 matches live in 2025
FIFA Intercontinental Cup FIFA+ All five matches live
UEFA Champions League TNT Sports / Prime Video/ BBC FTA coverage: Finals free to view on Discovery+ app
17 Champions League matches live on Amazon Prime on Tuesday nights with 533 UEFA matches live on TNT Sports
Champions League Wednesday night highlights on BBC Sport until 2031[4]
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
UEFA Super Cup TNT Sports / BBC Live on TNT Sports until 2026
UEFA Women's Champions League BBC 7 live matches per season until 2030[5]
Disney+ Live until 2030
UEFA Youth League TNT Sports All matches live
AFC Champions Leagues YouTube All ACL Elite, Two, and Women's matches live
CONMEBOL Libertadores BBC Final only, live
Amazon Prime Last five matches (four semi finals and a final) live in 2025
CONMEBOL Sudamericana Amazon Prime Last five matches (four semi finals and a final) live in 2025
Premier League Sky Sports Minimum of 215 matches live from 2025/26 until 2029:
  • Package B: Total matches = 50 (32 matches at Saturday 17:30; approx. 6-10 rescheduled matches but not at Sunday 14:00; all 10 matches as part of 3rd midweek round)
  • Package C: Total matches = 62-70 (32 matches at Sunday 14:00; 30-38 rescheduled matches at Sunday 14:00)
  • Package D: Total matches = 44 (32 matches at Sunday 16:30; up to 2 matches at match week 37; all 10 matches on final match week)
  • Package E: Total matches = 58 (32 matches at Monday/Friday 19:30-20:00; all 20 matches as part of 1st and 2nd midweek rounds; 6 additional matches)
TNT Sports 52 matches live until 2029
  • Package A: Total matches = 52 (32 matches at Saturday 12:30; all 20 matches as part of 4th and 5th midweek rounds)
BBC Highlights until 2029[6]
English Football League Sky Sports 2024/25 to 2028/29: 328 Championship matches, 248 League One matches, 248 League Two matches and all 15 Play-off matches live via Sky Sports or Sky Sports +
ITV Highlights until 2027; five live matches in 2024-25 season with 10 live matches in 2025-26 and 2026-27 season[7]
EFL Cup Sky Sports 2024-29: All 93 matches live on Sky Sports and Sky Sports +[8]
ITV Highlights until 2027; one live game from each leg of a two-legged semi-final and Final live in 2025; with 10 live matches including Final during the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons
National League DAZN Live until 2031 including end of season play-offs
Women's Super League Sky Sports Live until 2030
BBC 21 live matches until 2030
YouTube Selected matches live
Women's Super League 2 YouTube All matches live
FA Cup BBC 14 live matches per season including final from 2025 to 2029.
S4C Selected live matches involving Welsh clubs
TNT At least 40 matches per season including final from 2025 to 2029
Women's FA Cup Channel 4 Six live matches including final from 2025 to 2028
TNT 19 live matches from 2025 to 2028
Women's League Cup Sky Sports Last seven matches (four quarter finals, both semi finals, and a final) live in 2025-26
FA Community Shield (men's) TNT Live on TNT Sports until 2028
BBC Highlights only until 2028
EFL Trophy Sky Sports All matches live until 2029[9]
ITV Highlights of final until 2027[7]
FA Trophy and FA Vase TNT Final live
FA Youth Cup TNT 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
Sky Sports Four live matches per season until 2024/25
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.
Northern Ireland Football League Cup Sky Sports Final live
BBC Highlights on BBC NI[10]
NIFL Women's Premiership DAZN Five matches per-week live until 2027
NIFL Women's Premiership League Cup DAZN Live until 2027
IFA Women's Challenge Cup BBC Final live on BBC Sport Northern Ireland website
Scottish Professional Football League Sky Sports 60 live matches per season until 2028-29
BBC Highlights of Scottish Premiership matches on BBC One Scotland and BBC Scotland; 30 live SPFL Championship matches on BBC Scotland; Live Scottish League One and SPFL Challenge Cup matches on BBC ALBA until 2028–29; weekly highlights from Championship, League One and League Two on BBC Sport website
Premier Sports 22 live matches per season from 25/26 (20 games for 24/25)

(SPFL agree expanded Premier Sports deal)[11]

Scottish Cup BBC 8 live matches from Round 1 including final until 2029 plus highlights
Premier Sports 10 live matches from Round 4 including final until 2029 plus highlights
Scottish League Cup Premier Sports Live matches, with an additional 25 matches available via streaming, until 2030-31

(Premier Sports Cup Extension)[12]

Scottish Challenge Cup Premier Sports Four matches live, with option for more (Premier Sports Cup Extension)[12]
Scottish Junior Cup BBC Final live
Scottish Women's Premier League BBC At least five SWPL/League Cup matches live per season until 2028/29
Women's Scottish Cup BBC On BBC Alba and Final match
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup Sky Sports All Games on Sky Sports
League of Ireland LOITV Premier Division all games
League of Ireland First Division LOITV All Games
FAI Cup LOITV All Rounds live
President of Ireland's Cup LOITV Highlights of the Game and LIVE
League of Ireland Women's Premier Division LOITV All matches on live
FAI Women's Cup LOITV All Games
Cymru Premier S4C One weekly live match plus highlights on Sgorio[13]
Cymru North S4C One game on Monday to Friday all matches
Cymru South S4C Saturday and Sunday all games
Welsh Cup S4C One live game from round three onwards plus highlights
Welsh League Cup S4C Final live plus highlights of the aemi-finals
La Liga Premier Sports 340 games per season until 2027-28[14]
Disney+ One game each Saturday evening unitl 2027-28[14]
Copa del Rey Premier Sports Two or three games per round until 2027-28
Supercopa de España Premier Sports All three matches (both semi finals and a final) live until 2027-28
Liga F DAZN Live
Copa de la Reina DAZN Final live
Supercopa de España Femenina DAZN All matches
Ligue 1 Ligue1+ Live until 2028-29
ITV Highlights on ITV4 for 2024-25 and 2025-26 season[15]
Coupe de France DAZN Live until 2025-26
Trophée des Champions Ligue1+ From 2024 to 2028
Première Ligue DAZN Live
Coupe de France Féminine DAZN Final live
Trophée des Championnes DAZN Live from 2023 to 2027
Bundesliga BBC One game per round on Friday at 19:30 Live from 2025–26 on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Website[16]
Sky Sports One game per round on Saturday at 17:30 Live from 2025–26[17]
Amazon Prime All Sunday and mid-week games on a Pay-per-View basis
DFL Supercup Sky Sports Live from 2025–26
DFB-Pokal Premier Sports Live until 2025-26
Frauen-Bundesliga DAZN Live
DFB-Pokal Frauen DAZN Live
DFB-Supercup Frauen DAZN Live
Serie A TNT Two Live games per round until 2026-27
DAZN All games live until 2026-27
Coppa Italia Premier Sports Live until 2026-27
Supercoppa Italiana Premier Sports Live until 2026-27
Serie A Women DAZN Live
Coppa Italia Women DAZN Live
Supercoppa Women DAZN Live
Eredivisie Premier Sports Two matches per round live from 25/26 season
Triller TV Four matches per round live
Liga Portugal Triller TV Live on Triller TV+ until 2025-26
Argentine Primera División Premier Sports At least two games per round from round 22 of 2025 Season
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Premier Sports At least two games from round 20 of 2025 Season
Copa do Brasil Premier Sports Six matches (four semi finals and both finals) live in 2025
Major League Soccer Apple TV All matches live until 2032
National Women's Soccer League TNT Sports All games live
A-Leagues TNT All men's and women's matches live
J. League YouTube Two or four J1 matches per-week, including 13 league cup prime stage matches, and a super cup match.
K League K League TV All K1 and K2 matches live
Saudi Pro League YouTube Three matches per-week live until 2026-27
Saudi King's Cup YouTube Live until 2026-27
Saudi Super Cup YouTube All three (both semi finals and a final) matches live in 2026-27
Saudi Women's Premier League YouTube Live
Saudi Women's Cup YouTube Live
Saudi Women's Super Cup YouTube All three (both semi finals and a final) matches live

Radio

BBC Radio 5 Live / Talksport

Premier League: Live commentaries until 2029 [18]
Package Time Broadcaster
1 15:00 Saturday Pick 1 BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service (Sportsworld)
Pick 2 BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
2 12:30 Saturday Talksport
3 17:30 Saturday BBC Radio 5 Live
4 14:00 Sunday BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
5 16:30 Sunday BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service (Sportsworld)
6 20:00 Friday Talksport
20:00 Monday
  • All matches from two midweek match rounds live on BBC Radio 5 Live / BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sport website and app.
  • All Live commentaries on all rearranged midweek matches on Talksport.
  • All Boxing Day matches and one further midweek match round live via Talksport.
  • Live commentary of all England international matches.
  • Live commentary on selected Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international matches
  • Live commentary on selected UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League matches, involving British clubs
  • Live commentary on WSL [talkSPORT hold exclusive radio rights until 2028.]{16 WSL matches live each season.}
  • Live commentary on Women's FA Cup matches
  • Live commentary on all FIFA World Cup Finals matches until 2026
  • Live commentary on all UEFA European Championship Finals matches until 2028
  • Live commentary on FA Cup and EFL Cup matches and FA Community Shield
  • Live commentary of up to 150 live EFL Championship matches on Talksport / Talksport 2
  • Live commentary of up to 15 live EFL League One / Two matches on Talksport / Talksport 2
  • Live commentary of all EFL play-off matches on Talksport / Talksport 2
  • Live commentary of up to 10 live EFL Trophy matches including final on Talksport / Talksport 2
  • Live EFL reports and goal flashes on BBC Radio 5 Live
  • Live commentary on selected SPFL matches including all Old Firm derbies on BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC World Service

Main article: BBC World Service
  • Over 50 live Premier League commentaries per season via BBC Radio 5 Live
  • 11 live FA Cup matches via BBC Radio 5 Live including Final
  • Live commentary of EFL Cup Final via BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio Scotland

Main article: BBC Radio Scotland
  • Commentary on Scottish Premiership matches with split coverage on MW/DAB and FM frequencies
  • Commentary on Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup matches
  • Commentary on Scotland international matches

BBC Radio Wales

Main article: BBC Radio Wales
  • Live commentary on all Cardiff City matches on 103.9 FM / DAB
  • Live commentary on all Swansea City matches on 93.9 FM / DAB
  • Live commentary on all Newport County matches on 95.9 FM / DAB
  • Live commentary on all Wrexham matches on 95.4/91.1 FM / DAB
  • Commentary on Wales international matches until 2026

BBC Radio Ulster

Main article: 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

Main article: BBC Radio Foyle
  • Commentary on Derry City matches in the League of Ireland

BBC Local Radio

Main article: BBC Local Radio
  • Local Premier League, 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

Manx Radio

Commentary of all Isle of Man FC home matches on Manx Radio 1386 AM

Rugby league

Television

Broadcasting contracts for rugby league (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast Details
Super League Sky Sports All Super League matches live on Sky Sports and Sky Sports + until 2026
BBC 10 live matches per season on BBC TWO until 2026, including two play off matches. 5 matches live on BBC iPlayer. Highlights of Grand Final.
RFL Championship TBC Live in 2024
Challenge Cup BBC One live match from rounds one to four on BBC Sport website; two fifth round matches, three sixth round matches, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final live on BBC TV in 2025
Premier Sports One fifth round match, one sixth round match and two quarter-finals live until 2022/2023
World Club Challenge BBC Live until 2026
Rugby League World Cup BBC All 31 matches live in 2021[19]
Women's Rugby League World Cup BBC All matches live in 2021[19]
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

Ashes Series All matches live on BBC in 2025

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Sport Extra

Live Super League and Challenge Cup matches with reports on BBC Radio 5 Live; Super League Grand Final on 5 Live
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

  • Talksport 2

Commentaries on approx 80 Super League matches live per season with Grand Final on Talksport

  • Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network)

Reports from Super League Grand Final and Challenge Cup Final

Rugby union

Television

Broadcasting contracts for rugby union (Television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Rugby World Cup TBC All 48 matches live
World Rugby Under 20 Championship ITV Highlights on ITV4
S4C Wales matches live
Women's Rugby World Cup BBC All matches live in 2025
Six Nations Championship BBC Wales and Scotland home matches live until 2029 [20]
ITV England, France, Ireland and Italy home matches live until 2029
S4C All Wales matches live
Women's Six Nations Championship BBC / S4C All matches live until 2029 with matches across BBC Two, BBC Wales, S4C, BBC Scotland, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer
Six Nations Under 20s Championship BBC / S4C All matches until 2029 on BBC iPlayer with selected matches on BBC Red Button and S4C
WXV BBC Live
British and Irish Lions Sky Sports Live
The Rugby Championship Sky Sports Live until 2025
England Autumn Internationals TNT Sports Live until 2025
England women's national rugby union team internationals BBC Live
Scotland Autumn Internationals TNT Sports Live until 2025
Scotland women's national rugby union team TNT Sports Live until 2025
Wales national rugby union team TNT Sports Live until 2025
S4C Live until 2025
Wales national women's rugby union team S4C Until 2025
Ireland national rugby union team Autumn internationals TNT Sports Live until 2025
Ireland national women's team TNT Sports Live until 2025
France national rugby union team Autumn Internationals TNT Sports Live until 2025
France national women's rugby union team TNT Sports Live until 2024
Italy national rugby union team Autumn Internationals TNT Sports Live until 2025
Italy women's national rugby union team TNT Sports until 2025
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
Japan national rugby union team Sky Sports Live until 2025
European Professional Club Rugby[21] Premier Sports 63 European Rugby Champions Cup and 17 European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live until 2026-27
S4C One live match per round
United Rugby Championship Premier Sports All 151 matches live until 2028-29[22]
S4C Twenty live game per season (involving Welsh Clubs for 25/26 and 26/27 seasons.[23]
Premiership Rugby TNT Sports 3 to 4 live games per round on linear TV, with remaining round game(s) available via (Red Button), until 2030–31[24]
ITV Seven co-excluive games, live per season including the final, as well a hightlights until 2025-26.[25]
Premiership Rugby Cup TNT Sports Selected matches live each season until 2030-31[24]
Premiership Women's Rugby TNT Sports One live match each week plus semi-finals and the final
TNT Sports Selected live matches
Super Rygbi Cymru S4C Weekly Thursday night matches live via S4C Clic, YouTube and Facebook; Weekly highlights on S4C
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
Japan Rugby League One Premier Sports Live [26]
Major League Rugby Premier Sports Live
Rugby Bundesliga Premier Sports Live

Radio

BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

  • Live commentary of Six Nations Championship matches until 2029
  • Live commentary on Premiership Rugby
  • Live commentary on European Rugby Champions Cup
  • Live commentary of 2023 Rugby World Cup
  • Live commentary of all home nations autumn internationals in 2024 and 2025

Talksport and Talksport 2

  • Commentary on all Autumn International Series matches until 2024
  • Live commentary on Premiership Rugby
  • Reports from Six Nations Championship matches
  • Live commentary of British & Irish Lions 2025 Tour

BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru

  • All Wales Six Nations matches live; Autumn internationals live on BBC Radio Cymru

BBC Radio Ulster

  • Live commentary on all Ulster European Rugby Champions Cup matches and selected Ulster URC matches
  • Commentary on all Ireland Six Nations matches
  • Commentary on Ireland Autumn International matches

BBC Radio Scotland

  • Commentary on all Scotland Six Nations matches

Independent Radio News (for UK commercial radio network)

  • Reports from 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 2028[27]
BBC Daily highlights until 2028
England men's cricket team (Home ODIs and T20Is) Sky Sports All matches live until 2028
BBC Highlights of ODI and International until

2028

England women's cricket team Sky Sports All matches live until 2028
BBC Highlights of ODI and International T20 matches; 2 International T20 matches live per season until 2028
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
TNT Sports Live coverage of Tests, ODIs and T20Is, from Australia, West Indies (until 2026) and India (until 2028)
ICC Cricket World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2031[28]
Channel 5 Highlights and final live in 2023
ICC Women's World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2029[29]
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2030[29]
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2030[29]
ICC Under-19 World Cup Sky Sports Live until 2030[29]
Asia Cup TNT Sports Live in 2023
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 All 74 matches live on Sky Sports until 2027
Women's Premier League (IND) Sky Sports Live until 2027
Big Bash League (AUS) Sky Sports Live in 2024
Women's Big Bash League (AUS) Sky Sports Live in 2023
Super Smash (NZL) TNT Sports Live in 2022
Women's Super Smash (NZL) TNT Sports Live in 2022
Caribbean Premier League TNT Sports Live
Pakistan Super League Sky Sports Live until 2024
SA20 (RSA) Sky Sports Live
Bangladesh Premier League Premier Sports Live
Major League Cricket TNT Sports Live
  • In-play video highlights clips of ICC events on BBC Sport and Sky Sports websites
  • In-play video highlights clips of England international and The Hundred matches on BBC Sport website
  • 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 and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra:

  • Live Test Match Special commentary on all England home Test, ODI & T20 matches until 2028
  • Live commentary on all The Hundred matches on BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sport website until 2028
  • Live commentary on ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy & ICC World Twenty20 matches until 2027
  • Sports Extra commentary on Cricket Australia international matches via ABC Radio Grandstand, plus selected Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League matches
  • Sports Extra commentary on Indian Premier League matches in 2023
  • 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

  • Live reports from England home international cricket matches

Talksport 2

  • Live commentary on England Test, ODI and T20 tours in India, New Zealand and West Indies

Tennis

Television

Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Wimbledon BBC Live on BBC Sport until 2027[30]
TNT Sports Daily highlights and men's singles and women's singles finals live
US Open Sky Sports Live until 2027[31]
French Open TNT Sports Live until 2026[32]
Australian Open TNT Sports Live on TNT Sports until 2031
ATP Finals Sky Sports All matches live until 2028
ATP World Tour Series Sky Sports All Masters 1000s, all ATP 500s and 13 ATP 250s until 2028[33]
WTA Tour Sky Sports Live coverage of 51 tournaments per year until 2028
Queen's Club Championships BBC Live until 2027[34]
Eastbourne International BBC Live until 2027
Nottingham Open BBC Live until 2027
Birmingham Classic BBC Live in 2024
Davis Cup BBC Live in 2023
Laver Cup TNT Sports Live until 2030

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio 5 Sports Extra:
    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

Broadcasting contracts for golf (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Majors
The Open Championship Sky Sports Live until 2028[35]
BBC Daily highlights until 2027
The Masters Sky Sports Live in 2025
US Open Sky Sports Live in 2024 [36]
US PGA Championship Sky Sports Live coverage until 2026[37]
PGA Tour
US PGA Tour events Sky Sports 32 live PGA Tour events including FedEx Cup play-offs and Presidents Cup until 2024[38]
European Tour events Sky Sports 32 live events until 2024
LPGA Tour Sky Sports Live via Sky Sports Golf YouTube channel
British Women's Open Sky Sports / BBC Live on Sky Sports / Daily highlights on BBC
Other events
Ryder Cup Sky Sports Live until 2029
BBC Highlights until 2029
World Golf Championships events Sky Sports Live until 2029
BMW PGA Championship Sky Sports Live until at least 2029
BBC Highlights until 2029

Live featured groups coverage of all British DP Tour events via YouTube
Live coverage of LIV Golf events via YouTube

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Live / Radio 5 Sports Extra:

Live commentary on the US Open, US Masters and US PGA Championships on Sports Extra with final round on 5 Live
Live commentary of The Open Championship and Ryder Cup on 5 Live
Live commentary of Women's British Open on Sports Extra

  • Talksport 2:

Live commentary on The Open Championship via Open Golf Radio and Ryder Cup via Ryder Cup Radio
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 2029 with British Grand Prix, selected other races live on Sky Showcase; highlights of all qualifying and races on Sky Showcase
Channel 4 Live coverage of the British Grand Prix with highlights of all F1 races and qualifying sessions until 2026[39][40]
Formula1.com, YouTube & F1TV highlights of all F1 races, qualifying and practice sessions on F1, Sky Sports & Channel 4's YouTube channel
FIA Formula E World Championship TNT Sports [41]
ITV Live coverage of nine ePrixs including Monaco and London, highlights of all other races on ITV4; all races live on ITVX races[42]
World Endurance Championship TNT Sports Live; overnight Le Mans coverage on QUEST
FIA Formula 2 Championship
/ FIA Formula 3 Championship 		Sky Sports Live practice, qualifying and races
YouTube & F1TV highlights of all races, qualifying and practice sessions on F1, F2 & Sky Sports YouTube channel
IndyCar Series Sky Sports Live qualifying and races[43]
British Touring Car Championship ITV Live on ITV4; Highlights on ITV until 2026; Qualifying live on ITV website
NASCAR Premier Sports Live
Goodwood Festival of Speed ITV Live on ITV in 2023
Motorcycle racing
MotoGP TNT Sports All races and qualifying live[44]
ITV Live coverage of British Grand Prix and two other races in 2024; Highlights of all other races until 2024 on ITV4[45]
Superbike World Championship TNT Sports Live
ITV Highlights
British Superbike Championship TNT Sports Live qualifying and races until 2028[46]
Quest Highlights until 2028 with five live races per season.
Isle of Man TT TTplus and ITV4 Live stream and daily highlights respectively
North West 200 BBC Live on BBC Northern Ireland website with three television highlights shows until 2026
Ulster Grand Prix BBC Highlights
SGB Premiership TNT Sports Live until 2024; highlights on QUEST
Speedway Grand Prix TNT Sports Live in 2023; British Grand Prix live on S4C
Rallying and rallycross
World Rally Championship TNT Sports Live[47]
ITV 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

British Grand Prix race commentary via BBC 5 Live Formula 1 DAB

Formula1.com & F1TV BBC Radio 5 Live commentary of races, Qualifying and practice
Motorcycle racing
Isle of Man TT
Manx Grand Prix 		Manx Radio Commentary on all races from Manx Radio on 1386 AM and DAB in Douglas, Onchan and central valley area of the island.

Boxing

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Live and Talksport

Commentary on major fights involving British boxers

Mixed martial arts

Kickboxing

Professional Wrestling

Television

Multi-disciplines events

Television

Broadcasting contracts for multi-disciplines events (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Olympic Games BBC/TNT Sports Live until 2032
Special Olympics World Games Discovery+
Paralympic Games Channel 4 Live until 2026
Commonwealth Games TNT Sports Live in 2026[50]
European Games TNT Sports Live
World University Games TNT Sports Live
European Championships BBC Live in 2022
Invictus Games BBC Live[51]

Radio

  • Olympic Games:
  • Paralympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live
  • European Championships (multi-sport event): Live on BBC Radio 5 Live

Athletics

Television

  • British Athletics major events: Live on BBC until 2029
  • London Marathon: Live on BBC until 2030; Live on TNT Sports
  • Great North Run: Live on BBC
  • Great Manchester Run: Live on BBC
  • Big London Half: Live on BBC Red Button until 2026
  • Vitality London 10000: Live on BBC Red Button until 2030
  • Vitality Westminster Mile: Live on BBC Red Button until 2030
  • World Athletics Championships: Live on BBC until 2029; live on Eurosport in 2023
  • Diamond League: Live on BBC until 2030
  • World Athletics Continental Tour Gold: Live on Premier Sports to 2029
  • World Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on BBC until 2027
  • World Athletics Cross Country Championships: Live on BBC until 2025
  • World Athletics Road Running Championships: Live on BBC until 2025
  • World Athletics Relays: Live on BBC until 2025
  • European Athletics Championships: Live on BBC until 2026
  • European Athletics Indoor Championships: Live on BBC until 2027
  • European Cross Country Championships: Live on BBC until 2027
  • World Under 20 Athletics Championships: Live on BBC iPlayer in 2024
  • Paris Marathon: Live on TNT Sports
  • Boston Marathon: Live on TNT Sports
  • New York Marathon: Live on TNT Sports and BBC Red Button

World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver and Bronze meetings in Europe live via European Athletics YouTube channel
Manchester Marathon live on Manchester Marathon YouTube channel

Radio

  • BBC Radio 5 Live

Commentary from World Championships, European Athletics Championships, Diamond League and UK Athletics major events

Snooker

Television

Broadcasting contracts for snooker (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast detail
World Snooker Championship BBC Live until 2032
TNT Sports Live until 2026
UK Championship BBC Live until 2032
TNT Sports Live until 2026
Masters BBC Live until 2032
TNT Sports Live until 2026
British Open Channel 5
Players Championship
Tour Championship
Champion of Champions ITV Live until 2028
Welsh Open BBC Wales
TNT Sports Live on TNT Sports, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
English Open Live on TNT Sports, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
Northern Ireland Open Live on TNT Sports, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
Scottish Open Live on TNT Sports, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
World Snooker Tour 18 tournaments live on TNT Sports each season until 2026 with qualifiers on Discovery+
World Seniors Championship Channel 5 Afternoon sessions and final live on Channel 5; evening sessions live on 5ACTION in 2024

Horse racing

Television

Broadcasting contracts for horse racing (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast detail
Grand National ITV Live until 2026
Racing TV Live
Epsom Derby ITV Live until 2026
Racing TV Live
Cheltenham Festival ITV Live until 2026
Racing TV Live
Royal Ascot ITV Live until 2026
Sky Sports Racing Live
Glorious Goodwood ITV Live until 2026
Racing TV Live
British Champions Day ITV Live until 2026
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[52]

  • 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
London International Horse Show BBC Live
Badminton Horse Trials BBC Live[53]
Burghley Horse Trials BBC Live

Darts

Television

Broadcasting contracts for darts (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
PDC World Darts Championship Sky Sports Live until 2030[54]
Premier League Sky Sports Live until 2030
Grand Slam of Darts Sky Sports Live until 2030
World Matchplay Sky Sports Live until 2030
World Grand Prix Sky Sports Live until 2030
World Cup of Darts Sky Sports Live until 2030
UK Open ITV4 Live until 2028
European Championship ITV4 Live until 2028
Players Championship Finals ITV4 Live until 2028
The Masters ITV4 Live until 2028
World Series of Darts ITV4 Delayed coverage of all events; Finals live
PDC European Tour Premier Sports 13 events live until 2027
World Seniors Darts Championship TNT Sports and BBC Red Button Live in 2025
MODUS Super Series Pluto TV Live in 2025 on the dedicated Pluto TV Darts Channel
WDF World Darts Championship Blaze TV All matches live on YouTube until semi-finals and final live on Blaze in 2024.
ADC Global Championship Pluto TV Live in 2025 on the dedicated Pluto TV Darts Channel, including the final.

Radio

  • World Championship, World Matchplay and other major PDC tournaments: Live on Talksport and Talksport 2

Rowing

Television

Broadcasting contracts for rowing (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
World Rowing Championships BBC and TNT Sports Live
European Rowing Championships BBC and TNT Sports Live
Rowing World Cup BBC and TNT Sports Live
The Boat Race Channel 4 Live until 2030[55]

Cycling

Television

Broadcasting contracts for cycling (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast details
Road
Tour de France ITV Live until 2025
S4C Live until 2025
TNT Sports Live until 2030[56]
Giro d'Italia TNT Sports Live until 2025
S4C Live
DMAX Highlights
Vuelta a España TNT Sports Live until 2025
Quest Highlights
UCI World Championships TNT Sports Live
BBC Live
UCI World Tour TNT Sports Live coverage of 30 races
Tour de France Femmes TNT Sports Live
Paris-Nice TNT Sports Live
Critérium du Dauphiné TNT Sports Live until 2030
Tour of Britain ITV Live
Women's Tour of Britain ITV Highlights
TNT Sports Highlights

Swimming

Television

Broadcasting contracts for swimming (television)
Event Broadcaster Broadcast detail
World Championships BBC Live
TNT Sports Live
European Championships BBC Live
Eurosport Live
European Short Course Swimming Championships TNT Sports Live

Radio

Triathlon

Television

Gymnastics

Television

Gridiron Football (American Football)

Television

National Football League
Sky Sports: live until 2028[57]

Channel 5: Two games/week - the Sunday 6pm and 9.15pm games - during the regular season until 2028. Channel 5 will also show the London and Dublin matches, three play-off games and the Super Bowl.[58]

NCAA College Football
DAZN: Up to 25 games a week plus College GameDay live and on demand[59]

Sky Sports: Notre Dame home games live on Sky Sports NFL

Radio

  • Live commentary from over 90 matches per season and Super Bowl on talkSPORT and talkSPORT2, with exclusive Sunday Night Football, every European international game, selected playoff matches and Super Bowl, totalling over 30 live games each season until 2028.

Ice hockey

Television

Field hockey

Television

Basketball

Television

Baseball

Television

Winter sports

Television

Sailing

Television

Gaelic games

Television

Radio

Live coverage of all games in the Ulster Senior Football Championships

Shinty

Television

Netball

Television

Badminton

Television

Squash

Television

Bowls

Television

Table tennis

Television

Australian rules football

Television

Futsal

Television

Archery

Television

Volleyball

Television

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