Monthly archive: " March 2011"

Virgin London Marathon

31st London Marathon on the BBC

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The BBC will broadcast live coverage of the 31st Virgin London Marathon on Sunday, 17th April.  Sue Barker will present ...

US Masters

US Masters Golf 2011 on the BBC

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The BBC have released details of their broadcast coverage of The 2011 Masters on TV and in HD,  in a ...

IPL on ITV

ITV secures 4 year IPL deal

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ITV have agreed a new four-year deal with Nimbus Communications for the UK broadcast rights of the Indian Premier League ...

Grand National 2011

The Grand National on BBC One

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Clare Balding presents BBC One coverage of the world’s greatest steeplechase, The Grand National, live from Aintree on Saturday, 9th ...

157th Boat Race

BBC confirm Boat Race coverage

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The BBC have confirmed details of their coverage of the 157th Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge on Saturday 26th ...

Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup replay on Sky Sports

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The Scottish Cup quarter-final replay between St. Johnstone and Brechin City will be broadcast live on Sky Sports on Tuesday, ...

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ESPN enhance post match coverage

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ESPN is to enhance it’s connection to sports fans with the launch of ESPN Extra Time, a live extension of ...

British Swimming

British Swimming announce BBC deal

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British Swimming have announced a new broadcast deal with the BBC for the rights to swimming and aquatic sports coverage. ...

FA Cup Wembley

FA Cup semi-finals on ITV / ESPN

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The FA have announced the dates and the broadcasters for the E.ON FA Cup Semi-Finals at Wembley. The all Manchester ...

Sky Sports Boxing

Cleverly, DeGale Box Office double

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(Updated 19/05/2011) Sky Box Office will broadcast live coverage of Cleverly v Kuziemski and DeGale v Groves in a big night ...

England v Ghana

England v Ghana live on ITV1

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England take on 2010 World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana at Wembley on Tuesday 29th March, just three days after their Euro ...

Euro 2012 Qualifiers

March Euro 2012 qualifiers on TV

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The Euro 2012 qualification stage sees a number of fixtures at the end of March, several of which will be ...

British Touring Cars

British Touring Cars back on ITV

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The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship is set to return with the first round of the series taking place ...

Brian Magee

Bute v Magee live on Premier Sports

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Premier Sports are to broadcast coverage of Northern Ireland’s Brian Magee’s latest fight as the the reigning European super middleweight ...

The FA WSL

London derby opener for WSL

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The FA have confirmed that ESPN’s first live FA Women’s Super League match next month will be the London derby ...

Winter X Games

Winter X Games live on ESPN

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ESPN will bring UK viewers exclusive coverage of the second annual Winter X Games Europe live from the French resort ...

Indian Premier League

IPL broadcast rights up for grabs

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The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has invited bids for the upcoming series of the Indian Premier League with the tournament ...

Cheltenham Festival

C4 to broadcast Cheltenham in HD

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This years Cheltenham Festival will appear in high definition on Channel 4  for the first time.  Racecourse services provider RaceTech ...

Brazil v Scotland

ITV to screen Brazil v Scotland

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Scotland will take on Brazil in an international friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium on Sunday, 27th March with live coverage ...

CIS Cup Final

CIS Cup Final on BBC One Scotland

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BBC One (Scotland only) are to screen the CIS Cup Final live on Sunday, 20th March from 2.30pm as Celtic ...

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BBC F1 future uncertain ?

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The BBC may consider dropping Formula One coverage in order to save £60m on sports programming according to reports by ...

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Match Fishing to be screened by Sky

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International match fishing is set to return to TV screens this summer following the announcement of plans for the newly-resurrected ...

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New season of F1 live on BBC One

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The eagerly anticipated 2011 Formula 1 season commences in the early hours of Sunday, 27th March live on BBC One ...

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The 157th Boat Race on BBC One

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Clare Balding will present live coverage of the 157th Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge from the banks of London’s ...

PTC Snooker

PTC Snooker live on Eurosport

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The 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals will be held at The Helix in Dublin between 16-20 March, marking the ...

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Sony to serve up Wimbledon in 3D

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This year’s Wimbledon tennis championships are to be filmed in 3D and screened live for the first time in 3D ...

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Ricky Burns bout on Sky Sports

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WBO World super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns defends his title on Saturday, 12th March at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow against hard-hitting ...

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Amir Khan back on Sky Box Office

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Amir Khan, the WBA super-lightweight champion of the World will face European champion Paul McCloskey in his fourth defence of ...

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US Masters Golf 2011 on Sky Sports

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Sky Sports have released details of their broadcast coverage for the US Masters 2011 tournament which takes place between 7-10 ...

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Sky to screen Matthew Hatton fight

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Sky Sports are to screen Matthew Hatton’s bout against Saul Alvarez for the vacant WBC light-middleweight title in Anaheim on ...

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New season of MotoGP on BBC Two

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The new season of MotoGP commences on Sunday, 20th March live on BBC Two.  Matt Roberts will present live coverage ...