ARST is a Paralympic archery classification. It is a standing class. This class includes Les Autres sportspeople . People from this class compete in the sport at the Paralympic Games . Some people in this class can use stools or have an assistant nock their arrows. Classification is handled by FITA – International Archery Federation .
68-518: A version of this classification first appeared in 1998 during the World Championships, when the sport's governing body decided to pilot a classification programme. At the time, there was a classification called W2, which was for all standing archers with disabilities. This is a Paralympic archery classification. In 2000, BBC Sport defined this classification as "Standing, Amputee, Les Autre and Cerebral Palsy standing athletes. Some athletes in
136-409: A chair/stool. 6.4.1. Practical Profile: lower limbs are functional for ambulation over longer distances." The Telegraph in 2011 described this classification as: "Athletes who can shoot from a standing position" The British Council defines this classification in 2012 as: "These athletes have a disability that affects their legs, but they are able to stand or sit in an ordinary chair with their feet on
204-591: A compound bow or a recurve bow. At the 2011 BWAA & WheelPower National Championships & 7th Invitational Event held at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium in England, the gold medal in the Recurve Bow Class Standing Men event was won my Murray Elliot of Great Britain, the silver by Francisco Dantas of Brazil, and the bronze by Kenny Allen of Great Britain. For the 2012 Summer Paralympics,
272-479: A high stool, but their feet must be touching the ground while shooting. LAF5 is a Les Autres sports classification . This is an ambulant class for people who have difficulty moving or severe balance problems. They may use crutches on a daily basis. They have reduced upper limb functionality. Medically, this class includes people with contracture/ankylosis in joints of one limb and limited function in another limb. It means they have limited function in two limbs but to
340-418: A high stool, but their feet must be touching the ground while shooting. It is an ambulant class for people with minimal issues with trunk and lower limb functionality. People in this class have impairments in one upper limb. Medically, this class includes people with arthritis and osteoporosis, or ankylosis of the knee. In practice, this means minimal disability. In terms of functional classification, this means
408-618: A lesser extent than LAF3. In terms of functional classification, this means the sportsperson is ambulatory with or without crutches and braces, has balance problems and reduced function in their throwing arm. LAF5 classified archers compete in ARST. People in this class can compete while sitting on a high stool, but their feet must be touching the ground while shooting. This is an ambulant class for people with normal upper limb functionality but who have balance issues or problems with their lower limbs. Medically, this class includes people with contracture of
476-662: A semi-final and the final is shown on both networks. The BBC aired all its matches from the 2018 World Cup in 4K UHD and VR to a limited number of viewers subject to bandwidth. The BBC shows highlights of the Premier League on Match of the Day which has been hosted by Gary Lineker since 1999. Match of the Day 2 and Match of the Day 2 Extra , are presented by Mark Chapman . Alex Scott hosts Football Focus every Saturday lunchtime before Jason Mohammad presents Final Score every Saturday afternoon. Pundits for Match of
544-648: Is broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra however coverage is also broadcast on BBC Radio 4 's longwave frequencies, BBC Local Radio and the BBC World Service . Highlights are also reported on the BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 news bulletins. Although cricket is not covered on television, the sport is fully covered by the BBC on its radio platforms, primarily BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra but also on Local Radio and BBC Radio 4 Longwave. This commentary
612-533: Is done by at least three people. One of them must have a medical background. On the national level, there only needs to be one classifier. Archery classification is done by medical professionals. In classifying an archer, the classifiers look for the range of movement and strength of the archer's arms, legs and back. BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC , providing national sports coverage for BBC television , radio and online . The BBC holds
680-477: Is led by the BBC's tennis correspondent, Russell Fuller , along with Gigi Salmon, David Law, Naomi Cavaday , Jonathan Overend , Iain Carter, Alison Mitchell and Sara Orchard. For other grand slam tournaments, Russell Fuller, David Law and Gigi Salmon are the commentators. For the select few ATP Tour Masters 1000 events that BBC Radio cover, Russell Fuller is usually the sole commentator. The BBC holds joint rights to
748-579: Is presented by Dan Walker alongside Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell . Both the live coverage and highlights use coverage and commentators from American TV. The BBC previously held the rights to live coverage, highlights (primarily broadcast on its web site) and live radio coverage of the NFL from 2007 to 2013 . Jake Humphrey presented their play-off highlights show for the first 2 years with Matt Roberts taking over duties in 2010. The studio pundits included Mike Carlson , Rod Woodson and Jerry Rice . Since 2012,
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#1733085147520816-672: Is repeated and expanded on the BBC Sports website and on the BBC Red Button , overlaid with live scorecards. While television coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games was held by Channel 4 , the BBC retained the radio rights to the event and plans to broadcast events on radio stations BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. BBC Radio 5 Live and its sister station BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra continue to cover Formula One World Championship as of 2023 season . Horse racing coverage on
884-612: Is the WTA AEGON International event from Eastbourne . Both events are primarily shown on BBC Two. The BBC holds rights to show daily TV highlights from the Australian Open. Coverage is presented by Sue Barker with commentary from Andrew Castle and John Lloyd. The BBC has exclusive free to air TV rights for 8 singles matches from the ATP World Tour Finals which includes the semi-final and the final. The BBC covered
952-594: The English team. Gabby Logan leads the BBC's rugby coverage. Martin Johnson , Sam Warburton , Jonathan Davies , John Barclay , Jamie Heaslip , Andy Nicol , Chris Paterson and Thomas Castaignède are the main pundits and co-commentators. The BBC's main commentator is Andrew Cotter . Sonja McLaughlan and Lee McKenzie are the reporters. The BBC shows live coverage of the Challenge Cup including both semi-finals and
1020-637: The European Athletics Championships , domestic British athletics and mass-participation events such as the London Marathon and the Great North Run . The BBC has the rights to show coverage of each Diamond League meeting on the red button, with the two British rounds and final two meetings live on BBC Two and selected meetings on BBC Three. Gabby Logan is the main host of the athletics coverage with, Michael Johnson and Denise Lewis
1088-524: The FA Cup and will do so until 2026. On 30 June 2017 it was announced that live cricket would be returning to BBC TV for the first time in 21 years. The BBC regained rights to highlights of all England's home Tests, ODIs and T20Is. They also have live broadcasts of two home T20 matches per season, plus 10 matches from The Hundred . Coverage also includes England Women for whom they will broadcast one home T20 and 8 matches from The Hundred. Today At The Test ,
1156-560: The Irish Derby , which had been included in Grandstand and later Sunday Grandstand for decades, was only shown on At the Races . The Grand National used to be one of the biggest attractions on Grandstand with audiences around or often in excess of 10 million for the race on a Saturday afternoon. Coverage of other events such as Royal Ascot and The Derby were also broadcast. The Derby
1224-830: The Masters , and the UK Championship are shown annually on BBC Two. The BBC also broadcasts the Welsh Open snooker tournament, which is available to watch on BBC Two Wales or via the BBC Red Button service. Snooker coverage is regularly hosted by Hazel Irvine , Jason Mohammad or Seema Jaswal . Pundits and commentators on the coverage include Steve Davis , John Parrott , Stephen Hendry , Ken Doherty , Alan McManus , John Virgo , Dennis Taylor and Joe Perry . The World Championships have featured guest commentators such as Judd Trump , Jack Lisowski , Mark Allen, Peter Ebdon and Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson. Rob Walker appears in
1292-576: The PGA Championship live. Until 2015, the BBC's coverage of The Open Championships was extensive with coverage broadcast live and uninterrupted on BBC Two between 9 am and 8 pm on Thursday and Friday and on BBC One on Saturday and Sunday. Since 2016, Sky Sports has exclusive UK rights to The Open with the BBC showing a two-hour highlights programme every night. The BBC also shows highlights of two other European Tour events held in Britain -
1360-618: The Six Nations championship in the UK with ITV Sport until 2025. The BBC will show all Scotland and Wales home matches live either on BBC One or BBC Two . Coverage of these games is complemented by an interactive service on BBC Red Button and Radio commentary on all matches. The BBC held the live rights to the Autumn Internationals for the Scottish and Welsh sides as well as highlights of
1428-588: The World Club Challenge , beating Channel 4 . It will show this coverage for the next three seasons. The BBC holds the exclusive terrestrial rights to show Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games and has shown live coverage of every Summer Olympics since 1960 . For the 2012 Olympics in London the BBC had three stations showing live coverage of the games. BBC One showed main coverage, BBC Three with special extended coverage and BBC Two aired when BBC One
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#17330851475201496-569: The World Indoor Bowls Championships . Currently this is presented by Persad with commentary by David Corkill and analysis from current players such as Greg Harlow and Andy Thompson . Former bowls presenters include David Icke and Dougie Donnelly. BBC Sport had monopolised the sports commentary market on British radio since the BBC's conception but since 2000, has lost coverage of some sporting events to competitors including TalkSPORT . The majority of BBC Sport's radio coverage
1564-458: The 1990s to 2004. BBC Sport also holds the rights to the Invictus Games which is presented by Clare Balding, Ade Adepitan, Johnathan Edwards. The BBC also has rights to highlights of Equestrianism from Badminton Horse Trials and Burghley Horse Trials . The coverage is hosted by Clare Balding and if she is unavailable Rishi Persad hosts with commentary by Mike Tucker. The BBC also shows
1632-400: The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup , 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup . These were hosted by Sonali Shah , Rishi Persad and Manish Bhasin . They also had highlights of the 2006–07 Ashes Series with Manish Bhasin. The BBC took the world feed for these tournaments which all broadcasters take including Sky Sports and this comprises commentators from broadcasters all over
1700-552: The 2012 London Olympics. Live coverage was shown from 9.00 am to 10.30 pm on BBC One with coverage switching to BBC Two during news bulletins (1.00 pm to 1.45 pm, 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm and 10.00 pm to 10.30 pm). BBC Three broadcast alternative coverage from 9.00 am to 10.00 pm. The BBC covers events such as the Commonwealth Games , the World Athletics Championships ,
1768-508: The BBC aired live weekly radio coverage of the NFL on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and air the Super Bowl on BBC TV and BBC Radio 5 Live in 2012 but Jake Humphrey stepped down and was replaced by Mark Chapman. For the 2012–13 season, the BBC broadcast Monday Night Football on the iPlayer and via BBC HD (commencing with the Giants at Redskins game on 4 December 2012; prior to this the broadcast
1836-743: The BBC announced that the NFL would return to its screens in an initial 2-year deal that includes the rights to show the NFL London Games live with at least one match being exclusively live. The BBC also show weekly highlights and magazine shows, which started in November 2015. The deal included live television, radio and online rights to screen the Super Bowl alongside Sky Sports. The London Games were presented by Nat Coombs , Mike Carlson and Osi Umenyiora with Ore Oduba as sideline reporter. The BBC highlights show
1904-900: The BBC broadcast all Centre Court matches from the 2018 Wimbledon Championships in 4K UHD via iPlayer. For the most recent tournament in 2021, the commentators included, Chris Bradnam, James Burridge, Andrew Castle , Matt Chilton , Andrew Cotter , Katherine Downes, Paul Hand , John Inverdale , David Law , Nick Lester, Dan Lobb , Alison Mitchell , Ronald McIntosh, Nick Mullins , Pete Odgers, Mark Petchey , Simon Reed, Sam Smith and Andy Stevenson. Co-commentators included, Tracy Austin, Marion Bartoli , Boris Becker, Pat Cash, Annabel Croft , Colin Fleming , Peter Fleming , Tim Henman, Anne Keothavong , John Lloyd , Miles Maclagan , John McEnroe, Martina Navratilova, Arvind Parmar , Louise Pleming , Chanda Rubin , Liz Smylie and Mel South . Lee McKenzie , Rishi Persad , John Inverdale and Simon Mundie were
1972-641: The BBC had declined in recent years and finished altogether at the end of 2012 when Channel 4 won the rights to the Grand National, Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby. The BBC had lost many tracks over the years such as the Cheltenham Festival and other Cheltenham meetings went to Channel 4 in 1995, meetings from Newbury moved to Channel 4 in 2002 and after 50 years Glorious Goodwood and other Goodwood meetings were lost to Channel 4 in 2007. Also, in 2007
2040-409: The BBC's test cricket highlights programme is presented by Isa Guha alongside commentators, Michael Vaughan , Phil Tufnell , Ebony Rainford-Brent , Mark Ramprakash and James Anderson . Jonathan Agnew and Alison Mitchell also contributed to commentary as well as, presenter, Isa Guha. Regularly, a guest co-commentator will join the team from the touring side. On 30 August 2020, the BBC broadcast
2108-661: The BMW PGA Championship and the Scottish Open . It also covers the Women's British Open . Eilidh Barbour is the lead presenter with commentary from, Andrew Cotter , Ken Brown , Paul Azinger , Maureen Madill and Wayne Grady . Rishi Persad is the reporter. The BBC also shows highlights of the Ryder Cup and has done so since 1997. The corporation had held the live rights from 1981 until 1993. The BBC Two programme Pot Black
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2176-555: The Boat Race from ITV Sport who pulled out of coverage after the 2009 event. A five-year contract was signed by BBC Sport to cover the event from 2010 after last covering the 2004 race. Clare Balding hosts this and commentary came from Andrew Cotter from 2010 to 2011, 2013–present and from Jonathan Legard in 2012. The race is also broadcast on BBC World News . Former presenters for this were Harry Carpenter who also commentated and Steve Rider while Barry Davies also commentated on this from
2244-905: The Day as well as co-commentators include Alan Shearer , Robbie Savage , Chris Sutton , Don Hutchison , Mark Lawrenson , Danny Murphy , Kevin Kilbane , Jermaine Jenas , Martin Keown , Stephen Warnock , Rio Ferdinand , Matthew Upson , Alex Scott , Faye White , Sue Smith , Lucy Ward , Chris Waddle , Cese Fabregas , Ian Wright and Tony Pulis while commentators include Guy Mowbray , Steve Wilson , Jonathan Pearce , Simon Brotherton , Steve Bower , Dave Woods , Vicki Sparks , Jacqui Oatley , Alistair Mann , Conor McNamara , Dan O'Hagan , Mark Tompkins, Martin Fisher, Gary Bloom, John Roder, Mark Scott, Chris Wise, Robyn Cowen , Tom Gayle, Steven Wyeth and Pien Muelensteen. The BBC also broadcasts live coverage of
2312-462: The Games despite best efforts otherwise, archery classification was scheduled for September 7 and September 8 at Sambodromo. ARST-C archers are allowed to have an assistant who can nock their bow for them. The assistant must be wearing the same uniform colour and number as the archer they are working with. Classification is handled by FITA – International Archery Federation . World Archery classification
2380-434: The Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of avoiding last minute changes in classes that would negatively impact athlete training preparations. All competitors needed to be internationally classified with their classification status confirmed prior to the Games, with exceptions to this policy being dealt with on a case-by-case basis. In case there was a need for classification or reclassification at
2448-418: The Games to the BBC in 2022 and 2024. The deal is intended to maintain the BBC's tradition of Olympic broadcasting, although the BBC's coverage will be reduced as a result; the BBC and Discovery have had a historic relationship in regards to co-production of factual and nature programming. The BBC showed the 2014 Commonwealth Games with more coverage than ever before. Coverage was similar to their coverage of
2516-516: The Red Button, or Online via the BBC Sport website. Highlights are also shown on the long-running Today at Wimbledon , presented by Clare Balding , who replaced John Inverdale in 2015. The same year, the programme was renamed "Wimbledon 2day", with a new lighthearted magazine format, but after only one year, the format was abandoned for 2016. Following the trial which commenced with 2018 World Cup ,
2584-485: The Royal British Legion and opened by King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. In 2001, following a £10 million refurbishment, it was again renamed as "Stoke Mandeville Stadium". The Paralympic mascot Mandeville is so named due to the legacy with the games. Facilities include a 400-metre outdoor running track, Cazenove Sports Hall, a 25m six-lane swimming pool, tennis courts and an indoor bowls arena. In addition
2652-754: The ST Women event, archers qualified from China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States. The World Archery Para Championships are the major international event for this classification. In 2011, it was held in Turin, Italy and served as a qualification competition for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Events for this classification included Individual Recurve Men Standing and Individual Recurve Women Standing, in addition to team events using either
2720-827: The Stoke Mandeville Games — the forerunner of the Paralympic Games — founded in 1948 by Ludwig Guttmann . He was a neurosurgeon at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital who recognised the value of exercise and competition in the rehabilitation of ex-members of the British armed forces. By 1961 Guttmann had founded the British Sports Association for the Disabled (now named English Federation of Disability Sport ), expanding
2788-1015: The TV rights with Sky Sports for the Netball World Cup in Liverpool. Following the success of the Vitality England Roses Squad at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, the BBC's coverage of the sport has increased. As well as all of this, the BBC broadcasts winter sports, including the Alpine Skiing World Cup , under its Ski Sunday banner; and briefly covers sports such as road and track cycling , sailing , badminton , table tennis , squash , equestrianism , gymnastics and other minority sports. Presenters for these sports include Jill Douglas and Phil Jones who often report for other areas of BBC Sport. BBC Sport regained coverage of
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2856-499: The concept of organising sport for men, women and children with disabilities and developing Stoke Mandeville Stadium into an international centre of disabled sport. The stadium was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 August 1969. When Sir Ludwig Guttmann died in 1980 the Stadium was renamed Ludwig Guttmann Sports Centre for the Disabled . In 1993 the Stadium hosted the first international ex-service wheelchair games, organised by
2924-404: The event originally between 2009 and 2011, followed by an extension for 2012 and 2013. This was extended again in 2013 through to 2015. It was extended again in 2016 for another 2 years before another deal was announced in 2017 and will run until 2020, with Sky Sports, showing one afternoon match per day including one semi-final and the final which are usually shown on BBC Two. BBC Radio covers
2992-630: The final, the Four Nations and the Rugby League World Cup . Coverage is hosted by Mark Chapman and Tanya Arnold with commentary from Dave Woods , Jonathan Davies and Brian Noble . The BBC's Super League Show shows weekly highlights of the Super League , Magic Weekend , Super 8's and the Grand Final . Also, for the first time, the BBC will show 12 Super League live, as well as
3060-537: The first Sports bulletins being broadcast from the new BBC Sport Centre on 5 March 2012. In 2017, BBC Sport launched a new on-air identity, becoming the first BBC property to implement the broadcaster's new corporate typeface. The BBC shares the rights to the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship with ITV . A near equal split of group stage and knockout stage games are shown, including
3128-523: The four Grand Slam tournaments - the Australian Open , French Open , Wimbledon and US Open - on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra . For most recent Wimbledon tournament in 2021, Gigi Salmon and Tony Livesey hosted full coverage on Radio 5 Live, with expert analysis from Marion Bartoli, Pat Cash , Laura Robson , Leon Smith , Chanda Rubin, Annabel Croft, Miles Maclagan, Mark Woodforde and Jeff Tarango . The team of commentators
3196-525: The ground." This classification has a subclassification: ARST-C. In 2010, World Archery defined this classification as: "Within ARST archers with severe disabilities of upper extremities may be allocated to a sport sub-class ARST-C and allowed to compete in facilitated rounds at national or developmental level competitions." One of the disability groups eligible to participate in this class is people defined as Les Autres. LAF4 classified athletes compete in ARST. People in this class can compete while sitting on
3264-401: The hip or knee, paresis of one arm, or kyphoscoliosis. In practice, this means they have limited function in at least one limb. In terms of functional classification, this means the sportsperson is ambulatory with good arm function. They have issues with balance or reduced function in their lower limbs. LAF6 classified athletes compete in ARST. People in this class can compete while sitting on
3332-514: The men's individual recurve qualifying score for the event set by FITA and the International Paralympic Committee was 1100+ FITA score and 720 Round Score of 550+. Only one man from the United States was able to qualify for the 2012 Paralympics at the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials. For the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the women's individual recurve qualifying score for the event set by FITA and the International Paralympic Committee
3400-535: The reporters. Regular tournament weather updates are provided by Carol Kirkwood . The BBC also broadcasts two traditional Grass warm up events in the fortnight before the Wimbledon Championships. First is the AEGON Championships from Queen's Club , which takes place two weeks before Wimbledon. The BBC has covered the tournament since 1979 and has a contract in place until 2024. The following week
3468-702: The rights to the British Touring Car Championship at the end of 2001, with the rights eventually being picked up by ITV. Stoke Mandeville Stadium Stoke Mandeville Stadium is the National Centre for Disability Sport in England. It is sited alongside Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire . Stoke Mandeville Stadium is owned by WheelPower , the national organisation for wheelchair sport. The stadium developed out of
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#17330851475203536-1328: The role of Master of Ceremonies at the major snooker tournaments televised by the BBC. In February 2016, it was announced that the BBC would cover the inaugural PDC Champions League of Darts . As a consequence the BBC would no longer show the BDO World Darts Championships, a tournament that the BBC had shown since its inception in 1978. Darts presenters on the BBC have included David Vine in 1978, Peter Purves from 1979 to 1984, Tony Gubba from 1985 to 1990, Eamonn Holmes from 1991 to 1993, Dougie Donnelly from 1994 to 1998, John Inverdale from 1999 to 2000, Ray Stubbs from 2001 to 2009, Colin Murray & Rob Walker from 2010 to 2016 and Jason Mohammad from 2016 to present. Bobby George has presented as well from 2000 to 2016. The current commentators are Vassos Alexander (2011–present), Dan Dawson (2016–present), Alan Warriner-Little (2016–present), Paul Nicholson (2016–present) and Mark Webster (2016–present). Former commentators are Sid Waddell 1978–1994, David Croft 2003–2012, John Part 1995–2007, Tony Green 1978–2010 and 2012–2016, Jim Proudfoot 2013–2016, Scott Mitchell 2014–2016 and John Rawling 2014–2016. On 9 September 2015,
3604-521: The second England vs Pakistan Twenty20 International, its first live cricket broadcast for 21 years. BBC Sport currently holds the rights to broadcast the Wimbledon Tennis Championships and the Queen's Club Championships live on its television platforms. The Wimbledon contract has been held by the BBC since 1927 and the current contract lasts until 2024 making it the longest such contract in
3672-443: The sportsperson is ambulatory with good upper limb functionality, and minimal trunk or lower limb functionality. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, this classification was known as ST. Events eligible for this classification included ST Men, ST Women, and team. In the ST Men event, archers qualified from China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, SpainThailand and Ukraine. In
3740-739: The standing group will sit on a high stool for support but will still have their feet touching the ground. " In 2008, BBC Sport defined this classification was "ARST (standing): athletes who have no disabilities in their arms but who have some disability in their legs. This group also includes amputees, les autres and cerebral palsy standing athletes " In 2012, the Australian Paralympic Education Programme defined this classification as "ARST - (standing): athletes who have full movement in their arms but who have some disability in their legs. This group also includes amputees, les autres and cerebral palsy standing athletes " In 2010, World Archery defined this classification as: "standing archers or those shooting from
3808-720: The studio pundits. Steve Cram and Andrew Cotter commentate on track events alongside, Colin Jackson and Paula Radcliffe , with Steve Backley commentating on field events alongside Toni Minichiello . Jeanette Kwakye and Radzi Chinyanganya are the main interviewers. The BBC no longer holds rights to live coverage of golf. Until 2019, live coverage of Saturday and Sunday's play in the US Masters , and highlights of Thursday and Friday's play were broadcast, with Sky Sports showing all four days of The Masters live. From 2020, Sky Sports have exclusive live coverage of all four rounds. Daily highlights aired on BBC TWO up to and including 2022. For 2017 , they also showed all four days of
3876-487: The television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day , Test Match Special , Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon . Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. Grandstand
3944-417: The world, examples of which are Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton and David Lloyd from Sky Sports as well as Mark Nicholas and Michael Vaughan from Channel 5 / Channel 9. However, 21 years after last showing live cricket, the BBC returned to live coverage of the sport in 2020. The BBC covered the World Rally Championship until 2001, when Channel 4 bought the rights. WRC is now shown on ITV4. The BBC gave up
4012-438: The world. The BBC produce over 900 hours of footage that is distributed to broadcasters in 159 countries. BBC Wimbledon coverage is presented by former British number one and 1976 French Open Champion Sue Barker alongside a whole host of former ex-professional players including John McEnroe , Martina Navratilova , Boris Becker , Billie Jean King , Tracy Austin and Tim Henman . Matches are broadcast live on BBC One, BBC Two,
4080-462: Was Peter O'Sullevan , who became one of the first ever TV sports commentators in the immediate post-war years and stayed with the BBC until 1997. Julian Wilson had presented the BBC's horse racing coverage from 1966 to 1997. Clare Balding took over presenting duties following Wilson's retirement. Prior to 1999, the BBC had shown live cricket coverage for many decades. Coverage had been fronted by Peter West and later by Tony Lewis . Richie Benaud
4148-418: Was 1000+ FITA score and 720 Round Score of 450+. Only one woman from the United States was able to qualify for the 2012 Paralympics at the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials. At the 2012 Paralympics, this classification will compete in the "Olympic round format at a 122cm target from a distance of 70m". For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at
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#17330851475204216-544: Was a commentator for the BBC for more than 30 years. In 1999, the BBC lost coverage of England home matches to Channel 4 and subsequently, one of the major criticisms of BBC Sport was that it did not show any live cricket and this was further enhanced when the BBC did not subsequently bid for the rights to show home Test matches . Due to this the popularity of cricket in UK (primarily England) has fallen sharply since cricket left terrestrial television in 2005 since being broadcast on Sky Sports . The BBC did broadcast highlights of
4284-450: Was arguably the starting point for the great popularity of snooker over the last 50 years. The sport always produces large viewing figures for the BBC; the 1985 World Snooker Championship final between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor attracted the largest-ever audience for a BBC Two programme, pulling in 18.5 million viewers at the climax of the match shortly after midnight on 29 April 1985. The World Snooker Championship ,
4352-456: Was broadcasting news bulletins. The BBC's current rights deal lasts through the 2020 Summer Olympics . Beginning at the 2018 Winter Olympics , the BBC entered into sub-licensing agreements with Discovery Communications , the pan-European rightsholder of the Olympics for 2018 through 2024. Discovery will sub-license exclusive pay television rights to the Games from the BBC in 2018 and 2021, and will then, in turn, sub-license terrestrial rights to
4420-498: Was included in the BBC's online presence for the first time. In May 2007, the BBC Trust approved plans for several BBC departments, including BBC Sport, to be moved to a new development in Salford . The new development at MediaCityUK marks a major decentralisation of BBC departments from London and a key investment in the north of England where BBC spending in the region had previously been low. The department moved into Quay House, MediaCityUK gradually in late 2011 and early 2012 with
4488-413: Was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four coloured rings. This practice continued throughout the next two decades. Upon the launch of the BBC News website in 1997, sport
4556-413: Was only available through the Red Button or online). Channel 4 then took over as the terrestrial home of NFL on British TV showing a Sunday Night game, the two London games and their first Super Bowl in 16 years in 2014 after last covering the Super Bowl in 1998. Absolute Radio took over the BBC Radio rights. The BBC currently holds no motorsport broadcasting rights In 2018, the BBC signed a deal to split
4624-453: Was won back after many years in 2001, when the BBC also gained rights to The Oaks , which had only ever previously been shown by ITV and Channel 4 (until 2001, the commercial broadcasters had always held the Epsom contract, but from 1960 to 1974, in 1977 and in 1979 the BBC had shown the Derby simultaneously with ITV, because it was a protected event which could not be exclusive to either channel). The most famous BBC TV racing broadcaster
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