ABC Sport

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ABC Sport
Network ABC Television
Launched1956;68 years ago (1956)
Owner Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Headquarters Sydney, New South Wales
Sister network ABC TV
ABC Entertains
ABC iview
Official website ABC Sport

ABC Sport is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's sport programming broadcasts on ABC Television and ABC Radio. From November 2020 the brand includes the former ABC Radio Grandstand. [1]

Contents

Since 2021, ABC Sport is a section of the ABC News website (part of ABC Online). [2] As of 2023, ABC Sport has no television sports rights.

Television

Past

SportEventBroadcast partner(s)DateReason/subsequent broadcasters
Summer Olympics Melbourne 1956
Rome 1960
Tokyo 1964
Mexico 1968
Munich 1972
Montreal 1976
Seven (1956, 1972, 1976)
Ten (1968)
Nine (1956, 1972, 1976)
1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976Dropped: Seven
American football National Football League 1980s–1990sDropped: Seven, ESPN
Super Bowl 1980s–1990sDropped: Seven, ESPN
Association football A-League [3] Fox Sports 2013–2017(ABC Radio), 2019–2021Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports
Matildas Internationals [3] Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021)2008–2016, 2019–2021Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports
Socceroos Internationals [3] Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021)2014–2015, 2019–2021Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports
W-League [3] Fox Sports 2008–2016, 2019–2021Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports
FIFA World Cup Seven Network (1974), SBS (1982)1974–1982Dropped: TBA
English Premier League 1970s–1990sDropped: Optus Sport
National Soccer League [4] C7 Sport 2001Replaced by the A-League
AFC Asian Cup [5] Fox Sports 2015Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports
FA Cup 1970s–1990sDropped: Optus Sport
Sydney FC v Liverpool FC Match2017Dropped: TBA
Australian rules AFL (formerly VFL) Seven Network HSV7 (1957–1986), Nine Network GTV9 Melbourne (1957–1986), Network 10 TEN10 Sydney (1987), TVQ10 Brisbane (1987)1957–1987Dropped: Seven, Fox Footy
NEAFL 2007–2014Dropped: Seven
NTFL 2005–2014Dropped: Seven Network
SANFL 1988–2014Dropped: Seven
TSL 2009–2014Dropped: Seven Network
VFL (formerly VFA) 1987–2014Dropped: Seven
WAFL TVW7 (1963–1987)1987–2014Dropped: Seven Network
Baseball Australian Baseball League Network Ten (1990s–1996)1989–1999
Claxton Shield 1970s–1988
Basketball FIBA Men's World Cup 2014Dropped: TBA
FIBA Women's World Cup 2014Dropped: TBA
FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2013Dropped: TBA
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2013Dropped: TBA
National Basketball Association 1983–1991Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports
Women's National Basketball Association 1991–1999Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports
National Basketball League Fox Sports 1979–2001, 2017–2018Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports
Women's National Basketball League Fox Sports 1981–2015, 2020–2022Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports
Commonwealth Games Cardiff 1958, Perth 1962, Kingston 1966, Edinburgh 1970, Christchurch 1974, Edmonton 1978, Brisbane 1982, Edinburgh 1986 Nine (1982), Network Ten (1986)1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986Dropped: Seven (2022)
Cricket Sheffield Shield 1970s–1990sDropped: Cricket Network, Fox Sports (final only)
Test cricket Nine Network 1960s–1979Dropped: Seven and Fox Sports
Women's Twenty20 International 2012Dropped: Seven and Fox Sports
Field hockey Hockey World Cup 2014Dropped: Fox Sports
Golf Australian Ladies Masters 2017
British Open 1970s–1980sDropped: Fox Sports
PGA Tour 2019
Women's Australian Open Golf 2021Dropped: Fox Sports
Lawn bowls Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls1981–2011
Netball Commonwealth Bank Trophy C7 Sport (1997–2002)1997–2007
INF Netball World Cup 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007Dropped: Nine (2019)
Netball Test Series1990s–2007Dropped: Nine
Paralympic Games Paralympic Games1970s–2013Dropped: Seven
Rugby league NSWRL/ARL Premiership now National Rugby League Seven ATN7 1971–1982 0-10 Network 1973–1979 Network 10 1980–1991 Nine Network 1961–1972, 1983, 1992–1995 19611995 Dropped: Nine & Fox Sports
Australia national rugby league team Nine 1957–1977, Seven ATN7 1978–1982, 0-10 Network 1979, Network 10 19801957–1982Dropped Nine 1983–1989, 1994–present, Network 10 1990, Seven Network 1991–1993 Fox Sports 1998–present
1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, 1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France French leg Network 10 British leg1986, 1990
Queensland Cup Fox Sports 1996–2012Dropped: Nine & Fox Sports
Rugby union Australia national rugby union team 1957–1991Dropped Nine, Stan Sport
Rugby World Cup 1987, 1991Dropped: Nine, Stan Sport (2023)
British and Irish Lions in Australia1959, 1966, 1989Dropped: Nine, Stan Sport (2025)
Shute Shield 1996–2014Dropped: Stan Sport
Tennis Hopman Cup 1995–2010

Sports news programs

ABC camera man filming a WNBL game ABC News camera and operator at Canberra Capitals vs Logan Thunder - Australian Institute of Sport Training Hall.jpg
ABC camera man filming a WNBL game

The program Offsiders is first broadcast on the ABC on Sunday mornings, that reviews 8 debates the previous week's action. ABC News has Grandstand TV hosted by Peter Wilkins on weeknights at 5:30 pm[ citation needed ] and That Pacific Sports Show focusing on the latest news from the region.

Radio

ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including Australian Football League, National Rugby League, A-League, Super Rugby, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Australian international cricket games and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.

Staff and commentators

Australian Football League

ABC Sport's coverage of the AFL is the flagship sports programme in the southern states. Every game of the season is called by the ABC and is available live nationally on the ABC listen app via the AFL and AFL Extra channels. National radio coverage for games outside the home state is determined by the match with the highest appeal or if there is no clash with other games. ABC Local Radio stations and ABC Sport Digital on DAB+ in the NT, SA, VIC, TAS and WA carry the AFL whilst only local matches are on ABC Radio in the ACT, NSW and QLD, whereas non-local matches in are carried on ABC NewsRadio. The ABC Sport coverage uses "Something Big is Coming" by SATV Music as their 2024 theme song.

The ABC personnel involved in the coverage of the 2024 AFL season include:

Commentators

Experts

Boundary

Journalists

Victorian Football League

Past

  • Darrem Boyd (Commentator)
  • Peter Donegan (Commentator)
  • Peter Marcato (Commentator)
  • David Lithgow (Commentator)
  • David Rhys-Jones (Commentator)
  • Phil Cleary (Expert Commentator/Boundary Commentator, 1991–2014)
  • Gary Ayres
  • Peta Searle
  • Ed Lower
  • Gerald Fitzgerald
  • Andy Collins
  • Rob Waters (Commentators)
  • Ross Booth (Boundary Commentator)

Awards

Sports coverage and programs made by ABC Sport have been won and been nominated for several awards at the Logie Awards.

See also

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References

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  2. "[Home page]". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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