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BBC Sport online relaunches with a focus on live coverage

The BBC is to relaunch its hugely successful BBC Sport website on Wednesday 1 February 2012 with a promise to ...

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ESPN announce free weekend over 3-6 February

ESPN will be available free to view for millions of sports fans over the weekend of 3-6 February offering viewers ...

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ITV extend England & FA Cup deal until 2014

ITV has agreed a new £90m two-year deal with The Football Association for the broadcast rights to the pick of ...

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ESPN free-to-view on Virgin Media in January

Virgin Media customers can enjoy a line-up of top quality sports action this January with free access to ESPN from ...

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ESPN to launch new weekly panel show ‘Off the Ball’

ESPN are introducing a new weekly studio discussion and comedy programme to the schedules in early January, Off The Ball. ...

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ESPN to debut new Sunday Sports schedule from 15 January

ESPN are introducing a new live Sunday sports and studio programming schedule running for nearly nine hours from 1:45pm until ...

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Georgie Thompson bids farewell to Sky Sports News

Georgie Thompson will bid farewell to Sky Sports News on Thursday 29 December when she presents her final shift between ...

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ESPN Classic’s Christmas programming line-up

ESPN Classic will broadcast a selection of special programming over the festive period including days devoted to the Best Ever ...

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Virgin Media sign deal to bring BBC Red Button content to TiVo

Virgin Media and the BBC have announced a new deal that will bring next-generation BBC TV services to the Virgin ...

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BBC Sport Centre opens at MediaCity Salford

The new BBC Sport Centre, the multi-platform home of sports news opened at the MediaCity base in Salford on Monday ...

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ESPN sign up Martin Keown as football analyst

ESPN has announced that former Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown is joining the broadcaster as a football analyst. Keown, ...

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John Barnes signs for ESPN as football analyst

ESPN announced today that John Barnes, the former Liverpool, Newcastle and England footballer, will join the broadcaster as a football ...

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Frank Warren launches new boxing channel

Boxing promoter Frank Warren has teamed up  with Boxing Channel Media to launch an independent, new boxing subscription channel called ...

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Sky Sports Free Weekend over 24/25 September

Sky Sports will offer non-subscribers the opportunity to view their channels for free over the weekend of Saturday 24 & ...

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Sports Tonight Live to launch on Freeview

Former Live TV boss Kelvin Mackenzie is returning to broadcasting with the launch of a new online sports channel on ...

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Sky Sports News unveil new look studio

Sky Sports News unveiled a brand new state of the art studio this morning, the first channel to go on-air ...

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Sky apologises for Haye-Klitschko booking problems

Sky has apologised to customers after technical problems meant that some boxing fans were unable to order the £14.95 Haye-Klitschko ...

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Kevin Keegan agrees new ESPN deal

ESPN has signed up Kevin Keegan in a new multi-year deal.  The new agreement will see Kevin act as lead ...

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Kirsty Gallacher back on Sky Sports

Kirsty Gallacher will make her return appearance on Sky Sports News today (04/05/11), and will present the channel’s new look ...

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BBC & ITV receive Bafta Sport award nominations

The BBC has received 3 nominations in the Sport category for the 2011 Phillips BAFTA Television Awards. The first nomination ...

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Sky Sports celebrates 20th birthday

Sky Sports celebrates 20 years of broadcasting on Wednesday, 20th April. Launching in 1991, Sky Sports is the jewel of ...

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Gary Neville signs for Sky Sports team

Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has signed up to join the Sky Sports team from the start ...

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ESPN offers free weekend

ESPN and ESPN America will be free for a key weekend in the sporting calendar as the sports media company ...

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ESPN Classic content goes on demand

Virgin Media and ESPN have announced the addition of ESPN Classic content to Virgin’s pioneering TV Choice on demand service ...

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Keys and Gray move to talkSPORT

Former Sky Sports football presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys have moved to national sports radio station talkSPORT. The pair’s ...

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Sky search to replace Keys / Gray

Jeff Stelling and Ben Shephard have emerged as the bookies favourites to replace Richard Keys as Sky Sports’s main football ...

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Keys and Gray to miss Monday match

BSkyB have stood down Andy Gray and Richard Keys from their Sky Sports roles for tonight’s Premier League football match ...

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Eurosport add more winter sports

Eurosport has acquired live broadcast rights to the 2011 and 2013 FIS Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships. Sportbusiness.com report ...

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BBC apologises to rugby fans

The BBC has today issued an apology after Welsh rugby fans missed the start of the nations clash with New ...

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STV to produce own Rangers coverage

STV have announced plans to produce their own coverage of the Rangers v Manchester United Champions League clash on Wednesday, ...

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Sky Sports offer free TV open day

Sky Sports are opening up all 4 of their premium sports channels for one day only from 06:00 on Sunday, ...

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Rosenthal to anchor Channel 5 soccer

Jim Rosenthal has been confirmed as the new face of Channel 5′s football coverage.  The veteran ITV broadcaster will take ...

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ESPN offer free weekend of sport

ESPN has confirmed plans to offer a free weekend of sport from 06:00 on Friday, September 10 until 06:00 on ...

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ITV avoid rap for World Cup gaffe

ITV has escaped censure from Ofcom, despite 823 complaints about the interruption to HD coverage of England’s opening World Cup ...

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SSN HD launches and leaves Freeview

Sky Sports News launched it’s new HD service at 6am on Monday, August 23 and became the first high definition ...

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Government defer ruling on FTA sports

The government has deferred a decision on sport’s listed events until after the digital switchover process in 2012. The previous ...

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Virgin Media launch Sky HD channels

Virgin Media have announced the addition of Sky Sports HD1 and Sky Sports HD2 to their lineup of high definition ...

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Sky Sports News HD announce launch

Sky have announced that the HD version of their Sports News channel will launch on August 23rd on the broadcasters ...

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Setanta collapsed with £550m debt

The British arm of Setanta Sports collapsed owing £550m to a number of creditors including the Football Association and the ...

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Sky Sports News becomes pay-only

BSkyB have announced they are to pull Sky Sports News from the Freeview platform, making the service available only to ...

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ESPN to launch Euro SportsCenter

American TV network ESPN is to launch a European version of their flagship sports show, SportsCenter on it’s digital TV ...

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Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships live on Channel 4

The Aviva Indoor UK Trials and Championships will take place at the EIS Sheffield on the weekend of 11-12 February 2012 with live coverage of the track finals on Channel 4 on Sunday 12 February.  The event returns to the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield for the eighth time for what ...

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UEFA Champions League last 16 live on Sky Sports & ITV1

The 2011/12 UEFA Champions League returns in February as the 1st Legs of the knockout stages get underway, with Arsenal and Chelsea the only British interest left in the competition.  Sky Sports will broadcast comprehensive coverage of six 1st Leg matches, including Chelsea away to Napoli on Tuesday 21 February. ITV1 will ...

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‘Men of Steel’ event to be broadcast live on Channel 5

Channel 5 and Hennessy Sports will unleash a new generation of boxers including Kid Galahad and Chris Eubank Jr before millions of fight fans when they both appear on the “Men of Steel” event at the Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham on Saturday 18 February.  Sheffield’s unbeaten hot prospect Kid Galahad will ...

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Scottish Cup 5th Round live on Sky Sports & BBC Scotland

BBC One Scotland and Sky Sports will broadcast live coverage of three ties from the William Hill Scottish Cup 5th Round over the weekend of  4/5 February.  Sky Sports will broadcast live from Tulloch Caledonian Stadium on Saturday 5 February as Inverness Caledonian Thistle take on  Celtic in a 12.45pm kick off. ...

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Sky Sports F1 to broadcast GP2 & GP3 series

Sky Sports have announced that the new Sky Sports F1 HD channel will feature live coverage of both the GP2 and GP3 series from its launch in March. Complementing the channel’s extensive coverage of every F1 session from every 2012 race, the inclusion of GP2 and GP3 provides fans a glimpse into ...

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Channel 5 extend cricket highlights deal until 2017

The England & Wales Cricket Board have announced the renewal of its broadcasting agreement with Channel 5 for highlights of England’s test and one-day cricket home matches from 2014-17. The broadcaster will continue to screen its highlights programme in early evening peak viewing time as part of the new four-year deal with ...

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Tony Bellew v Danny McIntosh live on Sky Sports

Matchroom Sport have joined forces with David Coldwell and Coldwell Boxing for Tony Bellew’s British light-Heavyweight title defence against Danny McIntosh on ‘The Big Bang’ card at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on April 14, live on Sky Sports. Bellew holds a 16-1 record as a pro and scooped both the British ...

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Stobart Super League 2012 live on Sky Sports

The Stobart Super League 2012 returns on Friday 3 February as Europe’s top Rugby League clubs begin the road to Old Trafford in the first of 27 captivating rounds with comprehensive live coverage on Sky Sports. Stobart Super League 2012 will take its reputation for innovation to new levels promising a wealth ...

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Super Bowl XLVI live on BBC Sport & Sky Sports

After 17 weeks of the 2011 NFL regular season and some exciting playoff games, 32 teams have been whittled down to 2 as the New England Patriots take on the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday February 5. Sky Sports HD1 and BBC One HD will broadcast live coverage ...

BBC Sport Website 5

BBC Sport online relaunches with a focus on live coverage

The BBC is to relaunch its hugely successful BBC Sport website on Wednesday 1 February 2012 with a promise to place live coverage at the heart of online output. The relaunch is the first major update of the site in almost a decade and reflects the changing needs of sports fans as ...

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FA Cup 5th Round TV matches announced

The Football Association has confirmed the two FA Cup 5th Round ties to be broadcast live on ITV1 and ESPN. ITV1 will broadcast two matches with the first at 5.15pm on Saturday 18 February featuring the winners of Middlesbrough v Sunderland against Arsenal. Arsene Wenger’s side fought back from a 2-0 half-time ...

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Sky Sports extend international & county cricket deal

Sky Sports has been awarded four more years of live international and county cricket under a new rights deal with the ECB. The England & Wales Cricket Board today announced a new agreement with Sky for coverage across TV, mobile and online. With the existing deal concluding at the end of 2013, ...

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Transfer Deadline Day on Sky Sports News & BBC Sport

Transfer Deadline Day on Tuesday 31 January promises to be an unmissable event for many football fans as clubs scramble to negotiate last minute deals to bring in the players they need for the rest of the season. Sky Sports News HD will broadcast comprehensive coverage of Transfer Deadline Day from 6am ...

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Craig Bellamy’s African Dream on ITV4

Liverpool and Wales striker Craig Bellamy will speak for the first time of his pioneering charity work in Sierra Leone in a new television documentary which airs on ITV4 on Tuesday 31 January at 9pm. The Craig Bellamy Foundation offers children in Sierra Leone the chance to achieve their true potential through sport and ...

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FA Cup 4th Round TV replays announced

The Football Association has announced the two FA Cup Fourth Round replay ties to be broadcast live on TV. ITV1 will broadcast the replay of the North-East derby between Middlesbrough and Sunderland on Wednesday 8 February with the game kicking off at 7.45pm. Having battled to a 1-1 draw in front of ...

Who should win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011 ?

  • Mark Cavendish (26%, 44 Votes)
  • Mo Farah (26%, 44 Votes)
  • Andy Murray (8%, 14 Votes)
  • Rory McIlroy (8%, 13 Votes)
  • Andrew Strauss (7%, 12 Votes)
  • Alastair Cook (7%, 12 Votes)
  • Darren Clarke (7%, 12 Votes)
  • Luke Donald (6%, 10 Votes)
  • Amir Khan (4%, 7 Votes)
  • Dai Greene (1%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 168

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