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  2. Sports Report - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events

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    The Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed & Designated Events is a series of regulations issued originally by the Independent Television Commission (ITC) then by Ofcom when the latter assumed most of the ITC's responsibilities in 2003, which is designed to protect the availability of coverage of major sporting occasions on free-to-air terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.

  4. Timeline of BBC Sport - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984) - Wikipedia

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    Alex ScottMBE. Alexandra Virina Scott MBE (born 14 October 1984) is an English sports presenter, pundit, and former professional footballer who mostly played as a right-back for Arsenal in the FA WSL. She made 140 appearances for the England national team and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics .

  6. List of British football commentators - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. A number of football players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level such as Dale Rowlinson and Gaz Mallachan, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.

  7. Next Goal Wins (2023 film) - Wikipedia

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    Next Goal Wins is a 2023 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Iain Morris.It is based on the 2014 documentary of the same name by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison about Dutch-American coach Thomas Rongen's efforts to lead the American Samoa national football team, considered one of the weakest association football teams in the world, to ...

  8. Mark Chapman (broadcaster) - Wikipedia

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    Andrew Mark Chapman (nicknamed Chappers) (born 11 October 1973) is a British television and radio sports presenter. He is BBC Sports ' chief rugby league presenter, fronting BBC's coverage of the Rugby League World Cup and RFL Challenge Cup matches. [1] He also does significant football coverage, presenting Match of the Day 2 on BBC One and Sky ...

  9. James Alexander Gordon - Wikipedia

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    James Alexander Gordon. James Alexander Gordon (10 February 1936 – 18 August 2014) was a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for reading out football results on BBC radio. [1] Born in Edinburgh in 1936, [2] as a baby he was paralysed with polio and he spent a large part of his childhood in hospital. [3] He worked in music publishing before ...