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The transfer was completed on 1 July 2009, setting not only a new British transfer record, but also a new world record (either in pounds or euros). [4] In turn, that record was broken on 1 September 2013 when Real announced that their £85.3 million (€100 million) purchase of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur had been completed. [5]
Copa America 2021: Every match live on BBC Sport This is the first time that the tournament has been shown on free-to-air television. 2022. 9 January – 6 February – The BBC shares coverage of the African Cup of Nations with Sky Sports. The BBC shows two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final live.
The BAFANL ( BAFA National Leagues) is the primary American football domestic league competition in Great Britain. Originally formed in 1983, the league is run by the British American Football Association to coordinate contact football within England, Scotland and Wales. The top level is the Premier Division and the BritBowl is the annual final ...
Sports Report is one of the longest-running programmes on British radio, and is the world's longest-running sports radio programme. It started on 3 January 1948, and has always been broadcast from 17:00 on Saturday evenings during the football season, for most of its history featuring two readings of the classified football results, although the length of the programme has varied in more ...
Most international goals for an amateur national team Vivian Woodward England: 1906–1914 57 goals for the England national amateur football team. Highest goal-scoring goalkeeper of all time: Rogério Ceni Brazil: 1997–2015 Ceni scored 129 goals in 1236 games. [1] [33] Youngest international goalscorer Aung Kyaw Tun (men) Myanmar: 2000
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.
American football was introduced to the United Kingdom during the early part of the 20th century by American servicemen stationed in the country. The first recorded match took place on 23 November 1910 at Crystal Palace, London, where a team made up of the crew from USS Idaho defeated their counterparts from USS Vermont 19–0.
The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship, the Home Internationals and the British Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's history). Starting during the 1883–84 season, it ...