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]
Network | ABC Television |
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Launched | 1956 |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
Sister network | ABC TV ABC iview |
Official website | ABC Sport |
Since 2021, ABC Sport is a section of the ABC News website (part of ABC Online).[2] As of 2023, ABC Sport has no sports rights.
Television
Past
Sport | Event | Broadcast partner(s) | Date | Reason/subsequent broadcasters |
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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 | Dropped: Seven |
American football | National Football League | 1980s–1990s | Dropped: Seven, ESPN | |
Super Bowl | 1980s–1990s | Dropped: Seven, ESPN | ||
Association football | A-League[3] | Fox Sports | 2013–2017(ABC Radio), 2019–2021 | Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports |
Matildas Internationals[3] | Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021) | 2008–2016, 2019–2021 | Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports | |
Socceroos Internationals[3] | Fox Sports, SBS (2019–2021) | 2014–2015, 2019–2021 | Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports | |
W-League[3] | Fox Sports | 2008–2016, 2019–2021 | Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports | |
FIFA World Cup | Seven Network (1974), SBS (1982) | 1974–1982 | Dropped: TBA | |
English Premier League | 1970s–1990s | Dropped: Optus Sport | ||
National Soccer League[4] | C7 Sport | 2001 | Replaced by the A-League | |
AFC Asian Cup[5] | Fox Sports | 2015 | Dropped: Network 10, Paramount+ Sports | |
FA Cup | 1970s–1990s | Dropped: Optus Sport | ||
Sydney FC v Liverpool FC Match | 2017 | Dropped: 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) | 1957–1987 | Dropped: Seven, Fox Footy |
NEAFL | 2007–2014 | Dropped: Seven | ||
NTFL | 2005–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
SANFL | 1988–2014 | Dropped: Seven | ||
TSL | 2009–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
VFL (formerly VFA) | 1987–2014 | Dropped: Seven Network | ||
WAFL | TVW7 (1963–1987) | 1987–2014 | Dropped: Seven | |
Baseball | Australian Baseball League | Network Ten (1990s–1996) | 1989–1999 | |
Claxton Shield | 1970s–1988 | |||
Basketball | FIBA Men's World Cup | 2014 | Dropped: TBA | |
FIBA Oceania Championship for Men | 2013 | Dropped: TBA | ||
FIBA Women's World Cup | 2014 | Dropped: TBA | ||
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women | 2013 | Dropped: TBA | ||
National Basketball Association | 1983–1991 | Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports | ||
Women's National Basketball Association | 1991–1999 | Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports | ||
National Basketball League | Fox Sports | 1979–2001, 2017–2018 | Dropped: ESPN, Kayo Sports | |
Women's National Basketball League | Fox Sports | 1981–2015, 2020–2022 | Dropped: 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, 1986 | Dropped: Seven (2022) |
Cricket | Sheffield Shield | 1970s–1990s | Dropped: Cricket Network, Fox Sports (final only) | |
Test cricket | Nine Network | 1960s–1979 | Dropped: Seven and Fox Sports | |
Women's Twenty20 International | 2012 | Dropped: Seven and Fox Sports | ||
Field hockey | Hockey World Cup | 2014 | Dropped: Fox Sports | |
Golf | Australian Ladies Masters | 2017 | ||
British Open | 1970s–1980s | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
PGA Tour | 2019 | |||
Women's Australian Open Golf | 2021 | Dropped: Fox Sports | ||
Lawn bowls | Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls | 1981–2011 | ||
Netball | Commonwealth Bank Trophy | C7 Sport (1997–2002) | 1997–2007 | |
INF Netball World Cup | 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007 | Dropped: Nine (2019) | ||
Netball Test Series | 1990s–2007 | Dropped: Nine | ||
Paralympic Games | Paralympic Games | 1970s–2013 | Dropped: Seven | |
Rugby league | NSWRL | Seven ATN7 1971–1982 0-10 Network 1973–1979 Network 10 1980–1991 Nine Network 1961–1972, 1983, 1992–1995 | 1961–1995 | Dropped: Nine & Fox Sports |
Australia national rugby league team | Nine 1957–1977, Seven ATN7 1978–1982, 0-10 Network 1979, Network 10 1980 | 1957–1982 | Dropped 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 leg | 1986, 1990 | ||
Queensland Cup | Fox Sports | 1996–2012 | Dropped: Nine & Fox Sports | |
Rugby union | Australia national rugby union team | 1957–1991 | Dropped Nine, Stan Sport | |
Rugby World Cup | 1987, 1991 | Dropped: Nine, Stan Sport (2023) | ||
British and Irish Lions in Australia | 1959, 1966, 1989 | Dropped: Nine, Stan Sport (2025) | ||
Shute Shield | 1996–2014 | Dropped: Stan Sport | ||
Tennis | Hopman Cup | 1995–2010 |
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, Olympics, Australian international cricket games and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.
Staff and commentators
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
- Seven Sport
- Nine's Wide World of Sports
- 10 Sport
- SBS Sport
- Fox Sports (Australia)
- Stan Sport
- List of Australian television series
- List of longest running Australian television series
References
- "Grandstand Summer of Cricket now on ABC SPORT". radioinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- "[Home page]". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- "ABC strikes deal with FFA to become free-to-air home of football in Australia". ABC News. 3 October 2019.
- "Evidence that Channel 7 intended to damage soccer (?)". Austadiums. 27 October 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- "Annual Report 2006–07" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2007.