Cycling Road Championship on TV
September 23, 2010 · 0 Comments
British Eurosport are to broadcast live coverage of the Cycling World Road Championship from Australia over the weekend of 2-3 October. BBC Sport will also screen highlights of the mens and womens elite races.
The women’s road race takes place on Saturday, October 2 and features a gruelling course 127.2km long which will provide a real test of the cyclists’ abilities as they power round the streets of Geelong. Great Britain’s team is spearheaded by Olympic champion Nicole Cooke and Emma Pooley. They are ably assisted by three more riders out of a squad of Lizzie Armitstead, Katie Colclough, Sharon Laws, Lucy Martin and Catherine Williamson.
The men’s road race takes place on Sunday, October 3 over a 262.7km course from Melbourne to Geelong. Great Britain’s team is only three strong, with David Millar and Jeremy Hunt in support of Mark Cavendish in his bid for glory.
Live coverage of the womens race commences at 07:35 on Saturday, October 2 and from 13:15 on Sunday, October 3 on Eurosport / HD.
BBC Sport will feature same day highlights from 14:15 on BBC One on the Saturday and from 13:00 on the Sunday on BBC Two. Jill Douglas presents the highlights shows with commentary from Hugh Porter and Chris Boardman.
Tags: BBC Sport, Chris Boardman, Eurosport, Jill Douglas
Premier League put UK broadcast rights out to tender
The Premier League have invited broadcasters to bid for domestic UK broadcast rights for the 2013/14-2015/16 football seasons. The Premier League say that 154 matches will be shown live on TV each season from 2013/14-2015/16 more than currently broadcast and more than 40% of all top-level matches. The extra 16 live games ...
1 comment on this story
BBC announce details of Euro 2012 coverage
The BBC have announced the details of their Euro 2012 coverage which will include 16 live games, including a potential England quarter final, both semi finals and the final. Coverage kicks off on Friday 8 June and will be fronted by Gary Lineker who will be joined by Harry Redknapp, Jurgen Klinsmann, ...
Sky Sports agree 4-year ICC deal
England’s men and women’s cricket teams will defend their ICC crowns exclusively live on Sky Sports under a new 4-year deal with ESPN STAR Sports. The agreement awards Sky Sports exclusive rights to the next two ICC World Twenty20 tournaments from Sri Lanka in September 2012 and South Asia in February 2014. ...
That Paralympic Show returns to Channel 4
With the London 2012 Paralympic games now just around the corner, Rick Edwards, Ade Adepitan MBE and Iwan Thomas MBE return with a fourth series of Channel 4’s Road to London 2012: That Paralympic Show. Starting on Saturday 5 May at 1.20pm, the first episode is dedicated to swimming, as Rick, Ade ...
2012 Badminton Horse Trials live on the BBC
UPDATE : HEAVY RAIN & FLOOD WARNING FORCE CANCELLATION OF 2012 BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS Hugh Thomas, event director for the horse trials, said: “The recent exceptional rainfall has left the ground at Badminton totally waterlogged and partially flooded. “Further rain is due this week, leaving no chance of the ground drying out. ...
British Eurosport to screen Great Britain v Sweden Fed Cup tie
British Eurosport will broadcast live coverage of the Fed Cup tie between Great Britain and Sweden over the weekend 21-22 April. Following their successful Euro/Africa Zone Group I wins over Portugal, Netherlands, Israel and Austria in Eilat, Israel in February, the GB Fed Cup team captained by Judy Murray will play Sweden ...