ABC Sport
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| Network | ABC Television |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1956 |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Sister network | ABC TV ABC iview |
| Official website | ABC Sport |
ABC Sport is the name given to the
ABC Radio. From November 2020 the brand includes the former ABC Radio Grandstand.[1]
Since 2021, ABC Sport is a section of the ABC News website (part of ABC Online).[2] As of 2023[update], ABC Sport has no sports rights.
Television
Past
| Sport | Event | Broadcast partner(s) | Date | Reason/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, 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 | ||
Liverpool FC Match
|
2017 | Dropped: TBA | ||
Australian rules
|
AFL (formerly VFL) | 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 | 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
|
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 | 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 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 |
Sports news programs
The program 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 Sport Show.
Radio
ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including
Ford Ranger One-Day Cup
games, amongst other major sporting events.
Staff and commentators
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
- 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.
- ^ a b c d "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.