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Timeline of other British sports channels. This is a timeline of sports channels in the UK other than Sky Sports, BT Sport and Premier Sports / FreeSports. The timeline also includes sports events which were shown on non-sports non-terrestrial channels. The timeline also includes sports coverage broadcast on streaming services.
1965. 17 October – Football highlights start to be shown on ITV in the London area, ATV launches Star Soccer, with coverage of the match between West Ham United and Sheffield Wednesday. 7 November - ABC begins regional coverage in the North and Midlands, with their programme World of Soccer. 1966.
Timeline of other British sports channels; R. Timeline of rugby league on UK television; ... This page was last edited on 12 February 2021, at 14:48 (UTC).
This channel is dedicated to coverage of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa and mixes live and recorded action of the current tour with Sky's coverage of previous tours. 27 August – BBC Northern Ireland secures a three-year deal with Ulster's United Rugby Championship (URC) to screen home matches, and will air six games over the 2021–22 season.
8 April – The first edition of Sportsview is broadcast. 16 June - 4 July – The FIFA World Cup is broadcast by the BBC for the first time with selected matches shown live. 30 December – The first BBC Sports Personality of the Year is awarded. The BBC broadcasts golf's Open Championship for the first time.
27 April – Sunday Cricket begins broadcasting a match each week from the new Sunday League. [8] 1972. A new one-day competition, the Benson & Hedges Cup, begins and the BBC provides live coverage of a match from each round. 1975. 7–21 June – The BBC shows extensive live coverage of the first Cricket World Cup.
Broadcasting contracts for rugby league (television) 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. 20 live streamed matches from Challenge Cup, League 1, Women's Super League and Wheelchair Rugby League via The Sportsman.
8 November – Channel 4 shows live sport for the first time when it broadcasts coverage of a match from Division One of the National Basketball League. It shows highlights of the first half of the game and live coverage of the second half Coverage of both sports is part of Channel 4's remit to showcase so-called minority sports which do not ...