Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom

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 by 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

Television

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 2026[2]
FIFA World Cup Qualifiers	ITV/S4C	2026 FIFA World Cup UEFA qualification and associated friendlies England matches on ITV Wales matches on S4C and Premier Sports Scotland matches on Premier Sports Northern Ireland matches on Premier Sports Other European qualifying matches on Premier Sports
	Premier Sports
FIFA Women's World Cup	BBC/ITV	All matches live on BBC or ITV with final live on both broadcasters in 2023[3]
UEFA European Championship Finals	BBC/ITV	All matches live on BBC or ITV with final live on both broadcasters until Euro 2028[4]
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	ITV/S4C	UEFA Euro 2028 qualification All England matches live on ITV All other matches including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland live on Premier Sports Wales matches live on S4C and Premier Sports. Highlights on BBC Wales. Highlights of Northern Ireland matches on BBC Northern Ireland. Highlights of Scotland matches on BBC Scotland.
UEFA Nations League	ITV/S4C/Premier Sports	Home Nations in UEFA Nations League until 2027 All England matches live on ITV including associated friendlies until 2027. All other matches including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland live on Premier Sports. Wales matches live on S4C and Premier Sports. Highlights of Northern Ireland matches on BBC Northern Ireland. Highlights of Scotland matches on BBC Scotland. Highlights of Wales matches on BBC Wales. 2024/25-2026/27 UEFA Nations League: Live Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and European qualifiers and associated friendlies (except England) and finals live on Premier Sports
UEFA Women's Championship		Next edition in 2025
UEFA European Under-21 Championship		Coverage TBC, Next edition in 2025
AFC Asian Cup		Next edition in 2027
Africa Cup of Nations	Sky Sports	All matches live in 2023[5]
	BBC	10 matches live including both semi-finals and final in 2023[6]
Copa América		Coverage TBC, Next edition in 2024
CONCACAF Gold Cup		Coverage TBC, Next edition in 2025
England national football team matches	ITV	Qualifiers, UEFA Nations League matches and friendlies live on ITV until 2027[7]
England women's national football team matches	ITV	Live friendlies and qualifiers until 2024/25
Northern Ireland national football team matches	Premier Sports	All matches live on Premier Sports until 2028 with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Northern Ireland until 2024
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 2028
Scotland national football team matches	Premier Sports	All matches live on Premier Sports until 2028 with highlights of Nations League and European Qualifiers on BBC Scotland until 2024
Wales national football team matches	S4C/Premier Sports	All matches live on Premier Sports and S4C with highlights on BBC Wales until 2028
Wales women's national football team matches	BBC Wales	Live until 2027
FIFA Club World Cup		Next edition in 2025
UEFA Champions League	TNT Sports	All matches live on TNT Sports until 2024 FTA coverage: highlights of all matches and final live on TNT Sports YouTube channel with finals live on TNT Sports YouTube Channel. Some preliminary round matches televised by YouTube. 2024/25-2026–27: 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..[8][9][10]
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
UEFA Youth League
UEFA Super Cup	TNT Sports	Live until 2023
UEFA Women's Champions League	DAZN	Live until 2025
	TNT Sports	One match per week
Copa Libertadores	BBC	Final live
Premier League	Sky Sports	215 matches live until 2029 PACKAGE B: 32 matches at Saturday 17:30 PACKAGE C: 24 matches at Sunday 14:00 and 8 matches at Saturday 19:45 PACKAGE D: 32 matches at 16:30 PACKAGE E: 24 matches at Monday 20:00 or Friday 19:30/20:00 and 8 matches at Sunday 14:00
	TNT Sports	52 matches live until 2029 PACKAGE A: 32 matches at Saturday 12:30 PACKAGE G: 15 matches from two midweek fixture programmes and five matches from split weekend
	Prime Video	20 matches live until 2025 PACKAGE F: 10 matches from one midweek fixture programme and 10 matches from Boxing Day fixture programme
	BBC	Highlights until 2029[11]
English Football League	Sky Sports	Live until 2024 with up to 183 Championship games per season, 15 EFL Cup matches live until 2024 and 80 midweek Championship games via interactive service and iFollow. 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 associated streaming service
	ITV	Highlights until 2024[12]
EFL Cup	Sky Sports	15 matches live until 2024. 2024-29: All 93 matches live[13]
	ITV	Highlights until 2024[12]
National League	TNT Sports	Live until 2024 including end of season play-offs, plus weekly highlights[14]
Women's Super League	Sky Sports	Up to 44 live matches until 2024[15]
	BBC	22 live matches per season until 2024[15]
FA Cup	BBC	18 live matches per season including final to 2025[16]
	ITV	20 live matches per season including final to 2025[17]
	S4C	Selected live matches involving Welsh clubs to 2025[16]
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 2024[17]
EFL Trophy	Sky Sports	Semi-finals and final live until 2024.[18]
	ITV	Highlights of final until 2024[12]
FA Trophy and FA Vase	TNT Sports	Final live
FA Youth Cup	TNT Sports	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[19]
SuperCupNI	BBC	16 live games available on BBC Sport NI
IFA Women's Challenge Cup	BBC	Final live on BBC Sport Northern Ireland website
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 final until 2024 plus highlights
	Premier Sports	8 live matches including final until 2024 plus highlights
Scottish League Cup	Premier Sports	16 live matches per season with highlights until 2023-24
Scottish Challenge Cup	BBC	Five matches live
Scottish Junior Cup	BBC	Final live
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 from round three onwards plus highlights
Welsh League Cup	S4C	Final live plus highlights of the Semi-finals
La Liga	Premier Sports	Live on Premier Sports
	ITV	10 live matches per season[21]
Copa del Rey	TNT Sports	Live until 2025
Supercopa de España	TNT Sports
Liga F	DAZN	Live
Ligue 1	TNT Sports	Live until 2024
Coupe de France	DAZN	Live until 2025-26
Trophée des Champions	TNT Sports	Live until 2024[22]
Bundesliga	Sky Sports	Live until 2024-25
DFL Supercup	Sky Sports	Live until 2024-25
DFB-Pokal	Premier Sports	Live
Serie A	TNT Sports	Live until 2024
Coppa Italia	Premier Sports	Live
Supercoppa Italiana	Premier Sports	Live
Major League Soccer	Apple TV	Live until 2032
Canadian Premier League	TNT Sports	Live
A-Leagues	TNT Sports	Live

Radio

BBC Radio 5 Live / Talksport

• Premier League: Live commentaries until 2024/25
  • Package 1: 1st Pick Saturday 15:00 matches on 5 Live.
  • Package 2: 2nd Pick Saturday 15:00 matches on Talksport.
  • Package 3: 12:30 Saturday matches on Talksport.
  • Package 4: Saturday 17:30 matches on 5 Live.
  • Package 5: Sunday 14:00 matches on 5 Live.
  • Package 6: Sunday 16:30 matches on 5 Live.
  • Package 7: 20:00 Friday matches on Talksport and 20:00 Monday matches on Talksport.
  • All matches from two midweek match rounds live on 5 Live/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 and 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 on EFL and EFL Trophy matches on Talksport; reports on BBC 5 Live

• Live commentary on selected SPFL matches including all Old Firm derbies on BBC 5 Live

BBC World Service

• Over 50 live Premier League commentaries per season via BBC Radio 5 Live
  • 15:00 Saturday and 16:30 Sunday matches
• 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

• 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

• Live commentary on all Cardiff City matches on 103.9 FM
• Live commentary on all Swansea City matches on 93.9 FM
• Live commentary on all Newport County matches on 95.9 FM
• Live commentary on all Wrexham matches on 95.4/91.1 FM

• 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

Broadcasting contracts for rugby league (television)

Event	Broadcaster	Broadcast Details
Super League	Sky Sports	All Super League matches live 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 2024
	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[23]
Women's Rugby League World Cup	BBC	All matches live in 2021[23]
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

• 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
	TBC	TBC
World Rugby Under 20 Championship	ITV	Highlights on ITV4
	S4C	Wales matches live
Women's Rugby World Cup	TBC	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 / S4C	All matches on BBC iPlayer with selected matches on BBC Red Button and S4C
WXV	ITV / S4C	England and Wales matches live on ITVX; Wales matches live on S4C
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
Wales national rugby union team Autumn internationals	TNT Sports	Live until 2025
Ireland national rugby union team Autumn internationals	TNT Sports	Live until 2025
France national rugby union team Autumn Internationals	TNT Sports	Live until 2025
Italy national rugby union team Autumn Internationals	TNT Sports	Live 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
European Professional Club Rugby[24]	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 [25]
	TNT Sports	All European Rugby Champions Cup matches live and selected European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live until 2024
	Premier Sports	Selected European Rugby Challenge Cup matches live until 2024[26]
	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	TNT Sports	69 live matches per season until 2023–24 with all 93 matches live in 2024-25[27][28]
	ITV	7 live matches per season including final and weekly highlights until 2024
Premiership Rugby Cup	TNT Sports	11 matches live each season until 2023-24
Premiership Women's Rugby	TNT Sports	One live match each week plus semi-finals and the final
	TNT Sports	Selected live matches
Indigo Premiership	S4C	Weekly Thursday night matches live via S4C Clic, YouTube and Facebook
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 commentary of Six Nations Championship matches until 2025
• Live commentary on Premiership Rugby
• Live commentary on European Rugby Champions Cup
• Live commentary of 2023 Rugby World Cup

Talksport and Talksport2

• Commentary on all Autumn International Series matches until 2024
• Live commentary on Premiership Rugby
• Reports from Six Nations Championship matches

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[29]
	BBC	Daily highlights until 2024[30]
England men's cricket team (Home ODIs and T20Is)	Sky Sports	All matches live until 2028
	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 2028
	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
	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[31]
	Channel 5	Highlights and final live in 2023
ICC Women's World Cup	Sky Sports	Live until 2029[32]
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	Sky Sports	Live until 2030[32]
ICC Women's T20 World Cup	Sky Sports	Live until 2030[32]
ICC Under-19 World Cup	Sky Sports	Live until 2030[32]
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
• 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
• 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[33]
	Eurosport	Daily highlights and men's singles and women's singles finals live
US Open	Sky Sports	Live until 2027[34]
French Open	Eurosport	Live until 2026[35]
Australian Open	Eurosport	Live on Eurosport until 2031
	DMAX	FTA highlights of men's and women's singles finals in 2023
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[36]
WTA Tour	Sky Sports	Live coverage of 51 tournaments per year until 2028
Queen's Club Championships	BBC	Live until 2024[37]
	Sky Sports	Live until 2028
Eastbourne International	BBC	Live until 2024 (women's tournament)
	Sky Sports	Live until 2028
Nottingham Open	Sky Sports	Live until 2028
Birmingham Classic	Sky Sports	Live until 2028
Davis Cup	BBC	Live in 2023
Laver Cup	Eurosport	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 2024[38]
	BBC	Daily highlights until 2024
The Masters	Sky Sports	Live in 2023
US Open	Sky Sports	Live [39]
US PGA Championship	Sky Sports	Live coverage until 2024[40]
PGA Tour
US PGA Tour events	Sky Sports	32 live PGA Tour events including FedEx Cup play-offs and Presidents Cup until 2024[41]
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 / 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

• Talksport2:

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 and selected other races live on Sky Showcase
	Channel 4	Live coverage of the British Grand Prix with highlights of all F1 races and qualifying sessions until 2026[42][43]
FIA Formula E World Championship	TNT Sports	[44]
World Endurance Championship	Eurosport	Live; overnight Le Mans coverage on QUEST
FIA Formula 2 Championship / FIA Formula 3 Championship	Sky Sports	Live practice, qualifying and races
IndyCar Series	Sky Sports	Live qualifying and races[45]
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 until 2024[46]
	ITV	Live coverage of British Grand Prix and two other races in 2024; Highlights of all other races until 2024 on ITV4[47]
Superbike World Championship	Eurosport	Live
	ITV	Highlights
British Superbike Championship	Eurosport	Live qualifying and races until 2028[48]
	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	Eurosport	Live until 2024
Speedway Grand Prix	Eurosport	Live in 2023; British Grand Prix live on S4C
Rallying and rallycross
World Rally Championship	TNT Sports	Live[49]
	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
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

• Matchroom Boxing: DAZN - 16 nights of boxing per year live until 2025
• Golden Boy: Live on DAZN
• Queensberry Promotions: Live on TNT Sports and TNT Sports Box Office
• Top Rank: Live on Sky Sports until 2025
• Boxxer: Live on Sky Sports until 2025
• Dream Boxing: Live on DAZN until October 2025
• Premier Boxing Champions: Live on Triller TV

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^[50]
• Ultimate Fighting Championship: Live on TNT Sports and TNT Sports Box Office^[51]
• One Championship: Sky Sports and Sky Sports Box Office (from 2024)

Kickboxing

• King of Kings: DAZN: October 2022 to October 2025, all fights

Professional Wrestling

Television

• World Wrestling Entertainment: Live on TNT Sports and TNT Sports Box Office
• All Elite Wrestling: ITV, ITV4

Multi-disciplines events

Television

Broadcasting contracts for multi-disciplines events (television)

Event	Broadcaster	Broadcast details
Olympic Games	BBC / Eurosport	Live until 2032
Paralympic Games	Channel 4	Live until 2024[52]
Commonwealth Games	BBC	Live in 2022[53]
World University Games	Eurosport	Live
European Championships	BBC	Live in 2022
Invictus Games	BBC	Live[54]

Radio

• Olympic Games: Live on BBC Radio 5 Live (until 2032)
• 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 in 2024
• London Marathon: Live on BBC until 2026; Live on Eurosport
• 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 2026
• Vitality Westminster Mile: Live on BBC Red Button until 2026
• World Athletics Championships: Live on BBC until 2025; live on Eurosport in 2023
• Diamond League: Live on BBC until 2024
• 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 2023
• World Athletics Road Running Championships: Live on BBC Red Button in 2023
• 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
• World Junior Athletics Championships: Live on Eurosport
• Paris Marathon: Live on Eurosport
• Boston Marathon: Live on Eurosport
• New York Marathon: Live on Eurosport 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 2027
	Eurosport	Live until 2026
UK Championship	BBC	Live until 2027
	Eurosport	Live until 2026
Masters	BBC	Live until 2027
	Eurosport	Live until 2026
British Open	ITV	Live on ITV4 until 2024
British Open
Players Championship
Tour Championship
Champion of Champions
Welsh Open	BBC	Live until 2026
	Eurosport
English Open	Eurosport	Live on Eurosport, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
Northern Ireland Open		Live on Eurosport, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
Scottish Open		Live on Eurosport, afternoon sessions, semi-finals and final live on DMAX
World Snooker Tour		18 tournaments live on Eurosport each season until 2026
World Seniors Championship	BBC Red Button	Live

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

• 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
  • Live coverage from 35 UK courses including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom, Goodwood, Haydock, Kempton, Newbury, Newmarket, Sandown and York.
  • Irish racing.

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^[55]

• 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[56]
Burghley Horse Trials	BBC	Live

Darts

Television

Broadcasting contracts for darts (television)

Event	Broadcaster	Broadcast details
PDC World Darts Championship	Sky Sports	Live until 2025[57]
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
European Championship	ITV4	Live
Players Championship Finals	ITV4	Live
The Masters	ITV4	Live
World Series of Darts	ITV4	Delayed coverage of all events; Finals live
PDC European Tour	Premier Sports	13 events live until 2027
WDF World Darts Championship	YouTube and Ayozat TV	All matches live on YouTube with final three days on Ayozat TV

Radio

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

Rowing

Television

Broadcasting contracts for rowing (television)

Event	Broadcaster	Broadcast details
World Rowing Championships	BBC and Eurosport	Live
European Rowing Championships	BBC and Eurosport	Live
Rowing World Cup	BBC and Eurosport	Live
The Boat Race	BBC and Eurosport	Live until 2025

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
	DMAX	Highlights
Vuelta a España	Eurosport	Live until 2025
	DMAX	Highlights
UCI World Championships	Eurosport	Live
	BBC	Live
UCI World Tour	Eurosport	Live coverage of 30 races
Tour de France Femmes	Eurosport	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

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

Radio

• World Championships: Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 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

National Football League
Sky Sports: Five regular season games each week plus play-offs and Super Bowl live until 2024/25^[58]
ITV Sport: Two London Games and Super Bowl live plus weekly highlights until 2024/25^[59]

NCAA College Football
Three games a week and all Bowl games plus College Gameday live on Sky Sports until 2024/25^[60]

Radio

• Live commentary on one Sunday night match per week and Super Bowl on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.
• Live commentary from over 40 matches per season and Super Bowl on Talksport 2

Ice hockey

Television

• National Hockey League: Live on Premier Sports until 2027
• IIHF World Championships: Live on Premier Sports from 2024 to 2028
• Kontinental Hockey League: Live on Premier Sports

Field hockey

Television

• Men's and Women's Pro Leagues: Live on TNT Sports
• Men's and Women's EuroHockey Championships: Live on BBC and EuroHockey TV
• Euro Hockey League: Live on TNT Sports^[61] and 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: one live match per week of the season on Sky Sports, including BBL Trophy Final,and BBL Playoffs until 2024. all other games live on YouTube
• Women's British Basketball League: WBBL Trophy and WBBL Play-Off Finals live on Sky Sports until 2024
• National Basketball Association: Live on TNT Sports with more than 250 games shown each season^[62]
• Women's National Basketball Association: Live on TNT Sports with at least 16 regular season games and select games from the WNBA Playoffs and WNBA Finals.^[63]
• College Basketball Three games a week plus March Madness live on Sky Sports until 2024
  ^[64]
• EuroLeague:Euroleague TV
• EuroCup Basketball: London Lions games on TNT Sports; all games on Euroleague TV
• National Basketball League: YouTube

Baseball

Television

• Major League Baseball: Live on TNT Sports; MLB London Series live on BBC until 2026^[65]

Winter sports

Television

• Winter Olympics: Live on Eurosport and BBC until 2030
• Winter Paralympics: Live on Channel 4 until 2022
• Alpine Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26;^[66] highlights on Premier Sports and highlights of selected European races on BBC Sport
• Cross-Country Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26
• Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26
• Nordic Combined World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26
• Ski Jumping World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26
• Snowboard World Cup: Live on Eurosport until 2025-26
• Alpine Skiing World Championships: Live on BBC Red Button; Live on Eurosport until 2025
• Nordic Skiing World Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2025
• World Figure Skating Championships: Live on BBC Sport until 2024; live on Premier Sports from 2024 to 2028
• European Figure Skating Championships: Live on Eurosport

Sailing

Television

• America's Cup: Live on Sky Sports

Gaelic games

Television

• GAA: All Ireland football and hurling semi-finals and final live on BBC Northern Ireland, with one All-Ireland Final live on BBC TWO network television until 2027^[67]
• Ulster Senior Football Championship: Eight live games on BBC Northern Ireland including Ulster Football Final until 2027
• Allianz National Football League: 10 live games via BBC iPlayer until 2027

Radio

• BBC Radio Ulster

Live coverage of all games in the Ulster Senior Football Championships

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
• Netball World Cup: Live on Sky Sports and BBC

Badminton

Television

• BWF World Tour: Live on TNT Sports
• BWF World Championships: Live on TNT Sports
• All England Badminton Championships: Live on BBC Red Button and TNT Sports in 2023

Squash

Television

• World Squash Championships: Live on TNT Sports^[68][69]
• PSA World Series: Live on TNT Sports

Bowls

Television

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

Table tennis

Television

• World Table Tennis Championships: Live on Eurosport until 2020^[70]
• 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

Australian rules football

Television

• Australian Football League: Live on TNT Sports

Futsal

Television

• FA National Futsal League: Live on TNT Sports
• FIFA Futsal World Cup: FIFA+ (2024)
• UEFA Futsal Champions League: Live on YouTube (Final four only)

Archery

Television

• World Archery Championships: Live on World Archery's YouTube channel
• Archery World Cup: Live on World Archery's YouTube channel

Volleyball

Television

• CEV Challenge Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV
• CEV Women's Challenge Cup: Live on EuroVolley TV

References