ABC_Sport Knowpia

ABC Sport
Network	ABC Television
Launched	1956; 68 years ago
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 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]

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 edit

Past edit

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
American football	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
Baseball	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

Sports news programs edit

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 Sport Show.

Radio edit

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 edit

Victorian Football League edit

Past edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ "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.