

ITV UNVEILS FIFA WORLD CUP PRESENTING AND PUDITRY LINE-UP AHEAD OF 2026 TOURNAMENT
ITV Sport has today announced their full presenter and punditry line-up ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 with coverage across ITV1, ITV4, ITVX, STV and STV Player. ITV's coverage will be led by Mark Pougatch, Laura Woods and Semra Hunter, as they are joined by a star studded line-up of the very best football pundits, presenters, commentators and reporters. The full list of pundits bringing you all of the action live from ITV’s studios in Brooklyn, New York, includes; Roy Kea


BBC UNVEILS FIFA WORLD CUP PRESENTING AND PUNDITRY LINE-UP AHEAD OF 2026 TOURNAMENT
BBC's blockbuster schedule of live TV matches includes England’s group stage meeting with Ghana and England’s knockout games in the round of 32, round of 16 and semi-final, if they progress, along with Scotland’s opener and final group match against Haiti and Brazil respectively. Fans can also enjoy a packed schedule of heavyweight group fixtures on the BBC featuring Argentina, France, Brazil, Spain, Germany and more. As the competition heats up, there are fixtures from every


FOOTBALL FOCUS AXED BY BBC AFTER MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS ON AIR
Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has decided to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season First broadcast in 1974, Football Focus is a testament to the brilliant teams who have worked on it over the years and, of course, the audience. The BBC said: "The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage for decades, providing fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game ahead of the weekend’s fixtures. But changing audience


GRAND NATIONAL 2026: ITV COVERAGE PLANS, PROGRAMMING AND PRESENTERS
Ed Chamberlin presents coverage of the 4.00 Grand National from Aintree, the most prestigious race on the British calendar. Nick Rockett was ridden to victory by Patrick Mullins last year at a price of 33/1. With analysis from AP McCoy, Ruby Walsh and Mick Fitzgerald, reports by Matt Chapman, Rishi Persad, Alice Plunkett and Luke Harvey, betting news from Brian Gleeson, Social Stable thoughts with Oli Bell and Sam Quek, and commentary from Richard Hoiles. This year is part of


CLARE BALDING AND ADE ADEPITAN TO LEAD CHANNEL 4 COVERAGE OF THE BOAT RACE
The crews for the CHANEL J12 Boat Race 2026 were unveiled at Somerset House today, as Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club enter the final stretch of their preparations for the latest clash in their enduring rivalry. Packed with a mixture of Olympic, international and homegrown student rowing talent, the crews are just three weeks away from meeting on the iconic Championship Course, a 4.25-mile stretch of tidal Thames from Putney to Mortlake, on Satu


CHANNEL 4 UNVEILS WINTER PARALYMPICS COVERAGE PLANS AND PRESENTING LINE-UP
Channel 4 will proudly showcase an on-screen team of world-class presenters and para-athletes for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, reinforcing its long-standing commitment to inclusive representation. Broadcasting more than 60 hours of sport live from the Italian Dolomites across Channel 4 and Channel 4 Streaming, with every minute of action on Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube, Channel 4 continues to build on its pioneering achievements of bringing audiences accessib


DERMOT O'LEARY TO LEAD COVERAGE OF NFL SUPER BOWL ON CHANNEL 5
The NFL season concludes with the biggest game of the year - Super Bowl LX - live from Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks. The show will touchdown stateside to soak up the atmosphere in the lead-up to American Football’s most important game, before heading live to Levi’s Stadium for all the action. Hosts Dermot O’Leary and Sam Quek are joined by big name NFL stars who provide pitch side punditry and expert an


ITV UNVEILS SIX NATIONS PRESENTERS AND COMMENTARY LINE-UP AS SCHEDULE AND FIXTURES ARE REVEALED
Mark Pougatch and Jill Douglas lead ITV’s coverage of the Guinness Men’s 6 Nations Championship 2026 across ten live matches on ITV1 and ITVX, with ITV broadcasting all England matches for the tournament. ITV will broadcast the first match of the tournament, live on ITV1, ITVX, STV, STV Player and UTV, between the reigning champions France and Ireland on Thursday 5th February at the Stade De France. Produced by ITV Sport Production, ITV will kick off their live England matche


ITV AGREES FREE-TO-AIR RUGBY DEAL THROUGH TO 2029
ITV has agreed a new deal with Six Nations Rugby to air major rugby competitions free-to-air until 2029, with a minimum of 124 fixtures in the next four years. ITV and STV will be the exclusive free-to-air home of the Nations Championship for fans in the UK, for its first two editions, in 2026 and 2028. In what is set to be ITV’s biggest year in sport, ITV Sport will broadcast the new Nations Championship in 2026, Men’s Summer Nations Series, as teams prepare for Rugby World


BBC UNVEILS PRESENTING LINE-UP AND COVERAGE PLANS FOR 2026 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
From Friday 6 to Thursday 22 February 2026, the BBC is delivering more than 450 hours of live action from Milan-Cortina - bringing audiences unmissable drama from the world’s top winter sport athletes, and the biggest and best moments of snow and ice sport. Wherever audiences choose to follow, BBC Sport has the Winter Olympics Games covered with two streams of live daytime action from Italy, alongside the best clips, highlights and live text updates across the BBC Sport websi


JILL SCOTT AND MAISIE ADAM TO FRONT WOMEN'S FA CUP COVERAGE ON CHANNEL 4
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest, Saturday 13th December, kick-off 12.15pm on Channel 4. Four-time FA Cup winner Jill Scott MBE is teaming up with comedian and football fanatic Maisie Adam to present Channel 4’s coverage of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup. Coverage begins with the Third Round Proper this weekend on Saturday 13th December, when Channel 4 brings viewers Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest live from Hednesford Town. Channel 4 has terrestrial rights t


BBC AND ITV CONFIRM WORLD CUP MATCH SPLIT AHEAD OF 2026 TOURNAMENT
BBC Sport and ITV Sport today unveil their live match split for the FIFA World Cup 2026, confirming how UK audiences can watch every major moment of next summer’s global football spectacular, kicking off on 11 June 2026. The BBC and ITV will once again bring the entire World Cup tournament to everyone, everywhere, free-to-air sharing coverage of its biggest fixtures, from high-stakes group clashes to unmissable knockout drama with shared coverage of the final. On the BBC, aud


GARY LINEKER'S THE REST IS FOOTBALL COMES TO TV AS DAILY SHOW ON NETFLIX DURING WORLD CUP
Hit podcast The Rest Is Football, presented by Gary Lineker, is coming to Netflix as a daily visualised podcast show for TV during next year's FIFA World Cup. With over 7 million monthly streams, Lineker present the daily show live from New York each day and will feature analysis, interviews, insights and reporters on the ground soaking up the atmosphere. The show will be produced by Lineker's Goalhanger company. Gary Lineker commented: "We can’t wait to bring The Rest Is Foo


CHANNEL 4 SECURES WINTER 2026 PARALYMPIC GAMES
With 100 days to go, Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 has today confirmed Channel 4 as the official UK broadcast partner for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games. This marks Channel 4’s eighth consecutive Paralympic Games broadcast since London 2012, continuing its mission to bring Paralympic sport to mainstream audiences and champion disability representation across the UK media landscape. Channel 4 will provide extensive coverage of the Games across its linear and

























































