{"id":13505,"date":"2026-02-17T13:24:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rrv.ch\/?p=13505"},"modified":"2026-09-19T19:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:37:35","slug":"bbc-sport-wikipedia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rrv.ch\/?p=13505","title":{"rendered":"BBC Sport Wikipedia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9;border: 1px solid #aaa;display: table;margin-bottom: 1em;padding: 1em;width: 350px;\">\n<p class=\"toctitle\" style=\"font-weight: 700;text-align: center;\">Content<\/p>\n<ul class=\"toc_list\">\n<li><a href=\"#toc-1\">Football<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-2\">St Johnstone v Falkirk &#8211; follow live updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#toc-3\">Watch WXV Global Series: England restore lead over Canada in close contest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The website features scores and analysis from a variety of sports including those not broadcast by the BBC. BBC Sport operates a sub-site of BBC Online which supplements the television and radio services of the department. 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 Reports every 15 minutes plus wicket flashes on England Test, ODI and T20 matches Test Match Special Live commentary on all England home Test, ODI and T20 matches until 2028 Commentaries on England overseas tours and World Cup matches<\/p>\n<p>While television coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games was held by Channel 4, the BBC retained the radio rights to the event and plans to broadcast events on radio stations BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra. Commentary on Wimbledon, US Open, French Open, Australian Open, ATP World Tour Finals, Queens Club Championships plus Davis Cup and selected ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events including the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Former commentators were Harry Carpenter and after his retirement, Barry Davies who described the action until the BBC lost the rights after the 2004 event.citation needed The BBC provided live coverage of all races from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2009 to 2011, but from 2012 to 2015 the BBC showed 10 races live each season and highlights of all the races including the ones shown live. BBC Sport had monopolised the sports commentary market on British radio since the BBC&#8217;s conception but since 2000, has lost coverage of some sporting events to competitors including Talksport.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow live text commentary and score updates from nine games in Saturday&#8217;s action in the Championship, including Millwall v West Ham.<\/li>\n<li>After acquiring the rights to the MotoGP World Championship in 2003 coverage of the World Superbikes was dropped.citation needed<\/li>\n<li>Watch coverage of the mile races, followed by the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s 5k at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"toc-0\">Athletics<\/h2>\n<p>BBC Sport currently holds the rights to broadcast the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the Queen&#8217;s Club Championships live on its television platforms. On 30 August 2020, the BBC broadcast the second England vs Pakistan Twenty20 International, its first live cricket broadcast for 21 years. Today At The Test, the BBC&#8217;s Test cricket highlights programme is presented by Isa Guha alongside commentators, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Alastair Cook and James Anderson. The BBC also broadcasts live coverage of the FA Cup and will do so until 2026. The BBC aired all its matches from the 2018 World Cup in 4K UHD and VR to a limited number of viewers subject to bandwidth. A near equal split of group stage and knockout stage games are shown, including a semi-final and the final is shown on both networks.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-1\">Football<\/h3>\n<p>Sonja McLaughlan and Lee McKenzie are the reporters.citation needed Martin Johnson, Sam Warburton, Jonathan Davies, John Barclay, Jamie Heaslip, Andy Nicol, Chris Paterson and Thomas Castaign\u00e8de are the main pundits and co-commentators. Coverage of these games is complemented by an interactive service on BBC Red Button and Radio commentary on all matches.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"toc-2\">St Johnstone v Falkirk &#8211; follow live updates<\/h3>\n<p>Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Dungannon Swifts vs Ballymena United in the Irish Premiership Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Linfield vs Crusaders in the Irish Premiership Follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from Hibernian vs Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership. Follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from St Mirren vs Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership. Follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from Dundee vs Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership. Follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from St Johnstone vs Falkirk in the Scottish Premiership.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-3\">Watch WXV Global Series: England restore lead over Canada in close contest<\/h2>\n<p>Although cricket is not covered on television, the sport is fully covered by the BBC on its radio platforms, primarily BBC Radio 5 Live, <a href=\"https:\/\/spin-rio-casino.uk\/\">Spin Rio<\/a> 5 Sports Extra but also on Local Radio and BBC Radio 4 Longwave. Former bowls presenters include David Icke and Dougie Donnelly.citation needed Following the success of the England national netball team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, the BBC&#8217;s coverage of the sport has increased.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Brighton &amp; Hove Albion vs Arsenal in the Premier League Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Newcastle United vs Hull City in the Premier League A key example is of the broadcasts of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships as matches on other courts may be displayed through the red button while a higher ranking match on a main court is taking place on the main TV service.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"toc-4\">England chasing 125 for series clean sweep and to go number one in the world<\/h2>\n<p>The new look gave more prominence to live sports, programmes and events as well as news on the individual teams. The BBC then lost the TV rights to the event to Channel 4 after they made a \u00a310 million bid.citation needed BBC have had live coverage of all Formula E races since the beginning of the 2018\u201319 Formula E season. The BBC gave up the rights to the British Touring Car Championship at the end of 2001, with the rights eventually being picked up by ITV.citation needed<\/p>\n<p>After a successful first season fronted by Suzi Perry, coverage was expanded with more live races and the contract was extended to the end of the 2013 season. After acquiring the rights to the MotoGP World Championship in 2003 coverage of the World Superbikes was dropped.citation needed Premium TV did not have a channel of its own, so sub-leased the rights first to the ITV Sport Channel, then British Eurosport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Football St Johnstone v Falkirk &#8211; follow live updates Watch WXV Global Series: England restore lead over Canada in close contest The website features scores and analysis from a variety of sports including those not broadcast by the BBC. 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