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29 October – MLB on Five is broadcast for the final time to co-inside with Channel 5 deciding to end its coverage of Major League Baseball due to the Global recession of 2008-09. 11–21 December – Five shows live coverage of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. 12 June – Five’s coverage of the NHL finishes.
The news followed speculation that ESPN was reconsidering its position in the UK. 28 July – Football on 5 ends after the channel stops showing live football following the transfer of the UEFA Europa League to ITV. The last game to be shown is a pre-season friendly. August – Match of the Day 2 moves to BBC One. 2013
Football on 5. Football on 5 is the principal football programme on Channel 5 in the UK. The show first ran from May 1997 until July 2012. The show returned in August 2015 under the name Football League Tonight. For the 2016–17 Football League season the Football on 5 name was revived with the highlights show now called Football on 5: The ...
2019. January – Just four months after going on air, Eleven Sports relinquishes most of its football rights, passing many of them onto Premier Sports. February – Amazon Prime takes over as the UK broadcaster of the tennis ATP World Tour. [100] 30 June – After 18 seasons on air, Chelsea TV closes as a linear channel.
1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. [2] 1984. 29 March – Screensport launches [3] and coverage of American Football is a significant part of its output throughout its time on air. 1985.
28 April – Five Life is renamed Fiver. 29 October – MLB on Five comes to an end as part of cost-cutting measures which sees the beginning of the end of the channel broadcasting live overnight coverage of American sport. 2009. 16 February – Five US is rebranded Five USA.
2024. Liverpool win the League Cup against Chelsea in extra time, making them the first and only club to win the competition 10 times. Manchester City claim a historic fourth consecutive Premier League title, becoming the only ever English side to achieve this feat.
1 June – ITV and the BBC both broadcast The Derby, as it was a "protected event" which could not be broadcast exclusively on either channel. However, the rest of the Epsom events, including The Oaks, are broadcast exclusively on ITV. 25 August – The BBC shows live coverage of a non-UK Olympic Games for the first time. 1961. No events. 1962 ...