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  2. Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom

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    Sports broadcasting contracts in the United Kingdom. Further information: List of sports television broadcast contracts. In the United Kingdom, sporting events are broadcast on several national television networks, as well as radio. Many of the sporting events are listed online or in different kind of apps.

  3. Timeline of rugby union on UK television - Wikipedia

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    BT Sport now shows this after the acquisition of ESPN by BT Sport. September – ESPN starts broadcasting live coverage of 43 matches per season from the English Premiership . [ 8 ] The agreement also provides highlight rights for use on ESPN digital media such as ESPNScrum.com. Sky Sports will continue to show 26 live games per season plus the other semi-final.

  4. British & Irish Lions - Wikipedia

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    The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national team, although they can pick uncapped players who are eligible for any of the four unions.

  5. Broadcasting of sports events - Wikipedia

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    Origin. The broadcasting of sports events (also known as a sportscast) is the live coverage of sports as a television program, on radio, and other broadcasting media. It usually involves one or more sports commentators describing events as they happen. Sportscaster's environment is usually in booth, sets, and radio and television studios.

  6. Rugby Lions - Wikipedia

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    The Rugby Lions RFC, nicknamed The Lions, is an English rugby union club based in Rugby, Warwickshire. The club plays its home matches at Webb Ellis Road. Its developmental squad is known as the Crusaders. The club also has a ladies team known as the Lionesses. It currently competes in Counties 3 Midlands East (South) at the ninth tier of the ...

  7. BBC Sport - Wikipedia

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    BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.

  8. 99 call - Wikipedia

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    99 call. In rugby union, the "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the British Lions during their 1974 tour to South Africa. [1] The tour was marred by on-pitch violence, which the match officials did little to control and the relative absence of cameras compared to the modern game made citing and punishment after the fact ...

  9. List of professional sports leagues by revenue - Wikipedia

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    Bundesliga) 3. Fußball-Liga (3. Liga) Croatian First Football League (1. HNL) ^ Number of teams in the season referenced in this table. Due to league expansion and contraction, does not necessarily match the number of current teams. ^ Cited revenue was $18.6 billion, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.9696 EUR used here for 2022 season.