ABC Sport

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ABC Sport
Network ABC Television
Launched1956;69 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)Date
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, 1976
American football National Football League 1980s–1990s
Super Bowl 1980s–1990s
Association football A-League [3] Fox Sports 2013–2017 (ABC Radio), 2019–2021
Matildas Internationals [3] Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021)2008–2016, 2019–2021
Socceroos Internationals [3] Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021)2014–2015, 2019–2021
W-League [3] Fox Sports 2008–2016, 2019–2021
FIFA World Cup Seven Network (1974), SBS (1982)1974–1982
English Premier League 1970s–1990s
National Soccer League [4] C7 Sport 2001
AFC Asian Cup [5] Fox Sports 2015
FA Cup 1970s–1990s
Sydney FC v Liverpool FC Match2017
Australian rules Australian Football League Seven Network HSV7 (1957–1986), Nine Network GTV9 Melbourne (1957–1986), Network 10 TEN10 Sydney (1987), TVQ10 Brisbane (1987)1957–1987
North East Australian Football League 2007–2014
Northern Territory Football League 2005–2014
South Australian National Football League 1988–2014
Tasmanian State League 2009–2014
Victorian Football League 1987–2014
West Australian Football League TVW7 (1963–1987)1987–2014
Baseball Australian Baseball League Network Ten (1990s–1996)1989–1999
Claxton Shield 1970s–1988
Basketball FIBA Men's World Cup 2014
FIBA Women's World Cup 2014
FIBA Oceania Championship for Men 2013
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2013
National Basketball Association 1983–1991
Women's National Basketball Association 1991–1999
National Basketball League Fox Sports 1979–2001, 2017–2018
Women's National Basketball League Fox Sports 1981–2015, 2020–2022
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, 1986
Cricket Sheffield Shield 1970s–1990s
Test cricket Nine Network 1960s–1979
Women's Twenty20 International 2012
Field hockey Hockey World Cup 2014
Golf Australian Ladies Masters 2017
British Open 1970s–1980s
PGA Tour 2019
Women's Australian Open Golf 2021
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, 2007
Netball Test Series1990s–2007
Paralympic Games Paralympic Games1970s–2013
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 1961–1995
Australia national rugby league team Nine 1957–1977, Seven ATN7 1978–1982, 0-10 Network 1979, Network 10 19801957–1982
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 1996–2012
Rugby union Australia national rugby union team 1957–1991
Rugby World Cup 1987, 1991
British and Irish Lions in Australia1959, 1966, 1989
Shute Shield 1996–2014
Tennis Hopman Cup 1995–2010

Sports news programs

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ABC camera man filming a WNBL game

The program Offsiders is first broadcast on the ABC on Sunday mornings, that reviews and 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, National Basketball League, 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

References

  1. ↑ "Grandstand Summer of Cricket now on ABC SPORT". radioinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "[Home page]". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "ABC strikes deal with FFA to become free-to-air home of football in Australia". ABC News. 3 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Evidence that Channel 7 intended to damage soccer (?)". Austadiums. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Annual Report 2006–07" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
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