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Interaction Contents Help Association Football [edit] About Wikipedia 1 Association Football Community portal Television [edit] 1.1 Television Recent changes See also: English football on television 1.2 Radio Contact page 2 Rugby Union Broadcasting Contracts for Football (Television) 2.1 Television Tools Event Broadcaster Broadcast Details 2.2 Radio What links here 3 Cricket FIFA World BBC Sport[1] All 2018 and 2022 matches live on BBC Sport and Related changes 3.1 Television Upload file Cup Finals [1] ITV Sport ITV Sport 3.2 Radio Special pages FIFA 4 Tennis Permanent link 4.1 Radio Page information Confederations ITV Sport Live in 2017 Wikidata item Cup 5 Golf 5.1 Radio Cite this page European BBC Sport 6 Motor Sport Print/export Championship All Euro 2020 matches live on BBC Sport and ITV ITV Sport 6.1 Television Finals Create a book 6.2 Radio Download as PDF European Sky Sports World Cup 2018, Euro 2020 and World Cup 2022 7 Boxing Printable version Qualifiers ITV Sport qualifying matches live on Sky Sports and ITV 7.1 Television 7.2 Radio Languages UEFA Nations Sky Sports Live in 2018-19 and 2020–21 8 Mixed Martial Arts Add links League 8.1 Television Premier 9 Multi-disciplines events Copa América All 32 matches live in 2016 Sports 9.1 Television Africa Cup of 9.2 Radio Eurosport All matches live on Eurosport until 2019 10 Athletics Nations 10.1 Television CONCACAF N/A No UK broadcaster in 2017 10.1.1 Radio Gold Cup 11 Rugby League AFC Asian 11.1 Television Eurosport Live in 2015 Cup 11.2 Radio 12 Snooker No UK FIFA Club 12.1 Television broadcaster Live matches via Goal.com on Facebook until 2018[2] World Cup 13 Horse Racing in 2017 13.1 Television Live on BT Sport until 2018 with 12 live matches 13.2 Radio including final available free-to-air on BT Sport 14 Equestrianism UEFA BT Sport Showcase 14.1 Television Champions ***2018-2021: Live and highlights on BT Sport*** 15 Darts League [3][4] 15.1 Television 15.2 Radio ITV Sport Highlights on ITV until 2018 16 Rowing Live until 2018 with 14 live matches including final 16.1 Television UEFA Europa BT Sport available free-to-air on BT Sport Showcase 16.2 Radio League ***2018-2021: Live and highlights on BT Sport*** 17 Cycling ITV Sport Highlights until 2018 17.1 Television 17.2 Radio UEFA Super BT Sport Live until 2021 18 Swimming Cup 18.1 Television Sky Sports: 126 live games (packages A, C, D, E 18.2 Radio Sky Sports and G) until 2019 19 Triathlon Premier 19.1 Television BT Sport: 42 live games (packages B and F) until League BT Sport 20 Gymnastics 2019 20.1 Television BBC Sport Highlights 21 Gridiron Football FA Community BT Sport Live until 2024 21.1 Television 21.2 Radio Shield BBC Sport Highlights until 2024 22 Ice Hockey 16 matches per season including Final live until 22.1 Television 2021. Additional matches involving Welsh clubs on 23 Field Hockey BBC Sport BBC Wales / S4C 23.1 Television One live match per qualifying round on BBC Red Button and 24 Basketball FA Cup BBC Sport website 24.1 Television BT Sport: 25 live matches per season including final 25 Baseball 25.1 Television until 2018 BT Sport 26 Winter Sports ***2018-2021: 30 live matches per season including 26.1 Television final*** 27 Sailing Sky Sports 112 live matches per-season, plus live 27.1 Television play-off matches and final until 2019 28 Gaelic Games English ***2019-2024: 183 live matches per-season on Sky 28.1 Television Sky Sports Football Sports plus live play-off matches and final and a 28.2 Radio League further 80 matches across digital and interactive 29 Shinty platforms***[5][6][7][8] 29.1 Television 30 Netball Channel 5 Highlights until 2018 30.1 Television Sky Sports 15 live matches per season until 2024 31 Badminton EFL Cup Channel 5 Highlights until 2018 31.1 Television 32 Squash Sky Sports Over 150 live matches per season until 2018.[9] La Liga 32.1 Television S4C Highlights. 33 Bowls Copa del Rey Sky Sports Final only – Live until 2018. [9] 33.1 Television 34 Table Tennis Segunda FreeSports 1 match per week[10] 34.1 Television División 35 Australian Rules Football [11] Bundesliga BT Sport Live until 2021. 35.1 Television Serie A BT Sport[12] Live until 2018 36 Futsal 36.1 Television Coppa Italia Sky Sports Live 37 References Ligue 1 BT Sport[12] Live Coupe de la BT Sport Live Ligue Primeira Liga FreeSports Up to two live matches per week. [10] Belgian First FreeSports Up to three live matches per week. [10] Division A Eredivisie Sky Sports Live until 2018[13] Major League Sky Sports Live until 2019[14][15][16] Soccer Campeonato Brasileiro Série A BT Sport[17] Up to 100 live matches per season Campeonato Paulista A-League BT Sport[18] Up to five matches live per week. Superliga FreeSports[10] Up to two matches per week. Argentina FFA Cup BT Sport Live Sky Sports Live until 2019 EFL Trophy Channel 5 Highlights of final until 2018 National 30 live matches per season until 2018, including all BT Sport League 5 play-off matches plus weekly highlights FA Trophy BT Sport Final live FA Vase BT Sport Final live FA Youth Cup ITV Sport Four matches including Final live on ITV4 England ITV Sport All friendlies and qualifiers live on ITV until 2022 football team Sky Sports Nations League matches live until 2021. England under- 21 national BT Sport Home friendlies and qualifiers live until 2018. football team Sky Sports Qualifiers live Wales football BBC Sport Friendlies live team ITV Sport Highlights of qualifiers S4C Qualifiers live Scotland Sky Sports Qualifiers and home friendlies live until 2018. football team ITV Sport Highlights of qualifiers. Republic of Sky Sports Qualifiers live. Ireland Premier Home friendlies live. national Sports football team ITV Sport Highlights of qualifiers. Sky Sports Qualifiers live. Northern Premier Ireland football Home friendlies live until 2018[19] Sports team ITV Sport Highlights of qualifiers. Sky Sports 30 live matches per season until 2020 30 live matches per season plus play-offs live until Scottish BT Sport 2020[20] Professional 38 delayed matches on Saturday evenings and 6 Football BBC Alba live Scottish Championship or Scottish League One League matches BBC Scotland Highlights Sky Sports 9 live matches including Final until 2018 Scottish Cup BBC Scotland 5 live matches including Final until 2018 Scottish BT Sport 13 live matches each season until 2020 League Cup BBC Alba Scottish Premier Up to 21 live matches on BBC Alba, Premier Sports Challenge Cup Sports and S4C S4C Scottish Junior BBC Alba Final live Cup Scottish Youth Sky Sports Live until 2018 Cup Welsh Premier One weekly live match plus highlights on Sgorio on S4C League Mondays[21] One live game from round three onwards plus Welsh Cup S4C highlights Sky Sports Up to 5 live matches until 2022 NIFL BBC Northern Highlights on Final Score from Northern Ireland and Premiership Ireland Irish League Show BBC Northern Irish Cup Highlights plus Final live Ireland Northern Ireland Sky Sports Final live until 2022 Football League Cup BBC Northern Northern Ireland Ireland Milk Highlights plus Final live BBC Red Cup Button FA Women's BBC Sport Final Live Cup FA Women's BT Sport Live Super League BBC Sport Live matches on BBC Red Button and highlights FIFA Women's BBC Sport All matches live on BBC in 2019 World Cup UEFA Channel 4 All England and Scotland matches. one semi-final Women's Eurosport and final live on Channel 4 in 2017 Championship FIFA U-20 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup Live FIFA U-20 Eurosport Latter-stage matches involving the Home Nations shown live Women's on BBC Sport World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup UEFA European Sky Sports Live in 2017 Under-21 Championship Radio [edit] This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Radio Station Events 144 live Premier League commentaries per season (to 2019); FA Cup (until 2018), Carabao Cup BBC Radio 5 (until 2020), Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup plus score flash updates from EFL matches. Live and BBC Live commentaries on UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, International qualifiers Radio 5 Live and friendlies involving England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland plus 16 live FA Women's Sports Extra Super League games and FA Women's Cup Final.