

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


SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR PRESENTERS CONFIRMED, AIR DATE ANNOUNCED
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards are back for 2025 – bigger, bolder and refreshed for a new era of sporting celebration. Alongside voting for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 award, for the first time in the show’s history, the Team of the Year award will also be decided via a live public vote on the night, handing fans across the UK the power to crown the team that inspired them most this year. It’s a new chapter that puts the audience at the heart of


CLASH OF THE COMICS: UK COMEDIAN WRESTLING EVENT TO AIR ON UKTV FOR FIRST TIME
Clash of the Comics, the wild, unpredictable award-winning live event that sees some of the biggest names in comedy wrestling against...


FORMULA E: ITV EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP FOR FURTHER TWO YEARS
ITV and Formula E have today announced a new free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland, extending their successful partnership...


CHANNEL 4 SECURES RIGHTS TO THE BOAT RACE FROM 2026
Channel 4 has today announced they have secured the broadcast rights to The Boat Race, in a multi-year agreement. At the historic...


ITV SIGN NEW DEAL TO KEEP HORSE RACING THROUGH TO 2030 WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED DAYS OF LIVE COVERAGE
ITV has agreed a new four-year deal to show exclusive, free-to-air coverage of UK horse racing from 2027 until the end of 2030. 117 days...



























































