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This article refers to the sports broadcasting contracts in Australia. For a list of other country's broadcasting rights, see Sports television broadcast contracts.

Certain sporting events are protected by Australia's Anti-siphoning laws which means free-to-air television broadcasters have the chance to bid on protected events before pay television.


Video Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia



Athletics

  • IAAF World Championships in Athletics: TBA (2019)
  • IAAF Diamond League: Eurosport (-2015)
  • CrossFit Games: ESPN (WatchESPN)
  • Australian Athletics Tour: No announcement about 2015 onwards.

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Australian rules football

  • Australian Football League:
    • Seven Network: (2017-2022) 3-4 matches per round live nationally. Friday night (1 match), Saturday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (3.20pm eastern time zone slot match). Further 11 games on public holidays / eve. Between 5-6 Thursday night games. Local teams replace broadcast into local markets every week of the season in SA, WA, QLD & NSW. 3 games each season in SA & WA featuring a local team broadcast on delayed basis.
      • Finals Series: Every match live nationally including the Grand Final.
    • Fox Footy: (2017-2022) Every match per round, live nationally.
      • Finals Series: Every match live nationally except the Grand Final.
  • Australian Football League: Pre-season NAB Challenge
    • Fox Footy: (2017-2022)
      • Exclusive broadcast of all NAB Challenge matches.
  • AFL Women's:
    • Fox Footy: Every Match Live except the Grand Final
    • Seven Network: One Saturday Night Game Live and Grand Final Exclusively Live
  • Brownlow Medal:
    • Seven Network: (2017-2022) Exclusive coverage.
  • AFLX: Seven Network

State Leagues

  • Victorian Football League: Seven Network (2017-TBA)
    • 1 live game each Saturday or Sunday afternoon, most finals and Grand Final live.
  • South Australian National Football League: Seven Network (2017-2020)
  • West Australian Football League: Seven Network (2015-2017)
  • North East Australian Football League: NITV and Fox Footy
  • Queensland Australian Football League: Fox Footy

Others

  • E. J. Whitten Legends Game: Seven Network (2016-2020)

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Baseball

  • Major League Baseball: ESPN
    • Postseason - ESPN (Live & delayed rights)
    • World Series: ESPN
  • College baseball: ESPN
  • Little League World Series: ESPN
  • World Baseball Classic: ESPN
  • Women's Baseball World Cup: ESPN
  • World Cup of Softball: ESPN
  • Australian Baseball League: Abl.tv, YouTube

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Basketball

  • National Basketball League:
    • Fox Sports (2015/16-2019/20) All matches live including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
    • SBS (2016/17-2019/20) 2 matches live every Saturday night and Sunday Afternoon including Semifinal, and Grand Final.
    • ABC (2017/18) 1 match replay every Friday night.
  • Women's National Basketball League:
    • Fox Sports (2017/18-2019/20) One match live including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
    • WNBL.com.au (via YouTube)
  • National Basketball Association: ESPN (2016/17-2024/25) Up to 188 regular-season games including five Boxing Day games back-to-back; up to 53 playoff games including the entirety of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals and every game of the NBA Finals; NBA All-Star, including the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge, State Farm All-Star Saturday Night and the NBA All-Star Game; and 20 NBA Summer League games.
  • Women's National Basketball Association: ESPN (2016-2025)

International

  • Australian Boomers matches: Fox Sports
  • Australian Opals matches: Fox Sports
  • FIBA Asia Cup: Fox Sports
  • FIBA Asia Women's Cup: Fox Sports
  • FIBA EuroBasket: Eurosport
  • FIBA Basketball World Cup: TBA (2019)
  • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: Fox Sports (2018)

Other

  • NCAA:
    • ESPN (until 2023/24)
    • Fox Sports: 21 Pac-12 games annually.
  • NBA Summer League: ESPN
  • NBA G League: ESPN
  • The Basketball Tournament: ESPN
  • Euroleague Basketball: Eurosport

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Combat Sports

  • Boxing: Fox Sports, ESPN, Eurosport, beIN Sports, Main Event
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship: Fox Sports (Fight Night), Main Event (PPV)
  • BRACE: Australasia's Mixed Martial Arts Event: UFC.TV (PPV)
  • Bellator MMA: Spike

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Cricket

International

  • Test Cricket in Australia: TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
  • One-day International Cricket in Australia: TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
  • Twenty20 International Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (2013/14-2017/18), TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
  • Overseas Test cricket :
    • Fox Sports covers most international series, all that involve Australia, except the 2019 Ashes in England
    • Nine Network covering The Ashes in England (2019)
  • Overseas One-day International Cricket:
    • Fox Sports covers most games, all that involve Australia.
    • Nine Network covering the Australian cricket team in England against England (2019)
  • Cricket World Cup: TBA (2019)
  • ICC World Twenty20: TBA (2020)
  • ICC Women's World Twenty20: TBA
  • ICC Champions Trophy: Fox Sports (2017)

Domestic/Club

  • Sheffield Shield: Cricket Australia TV
  • Matador BBQs One-Day Cup: Cricket Australia TV
  • Big Bash League: TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
  • Women's Big Bash League: TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
  • Indian Premier League: TBA (2018)
  • Hong Kong T20 Blitz: ESPN
  • Regional Super50: ESPN (WatchESPN)
  • Caribbean Premier League: Fox Sports

Exhibition/Other

  • Allan Border Medal: 9Gem
  • ICC Awards: Fox Sports

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Cycling

  • Australian National Road Race Championships - SBS (Live)
  • Tour Down Under - Nine Network (Every stage live)
  • Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Seven Network (Men's and women's race live)
  • Herald Sun Tour - SBS (Highlights of prologue and first three stages, Stage 4 live)
  • Paris-Nice - SBS (Every stage live)
  • Milan-San Remo - Eurosport (Live)
  • Tour of Flanders - SBS (Live)
  • Paris-Roubaix - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
  • Amstel Gold Race - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
  • Liège-Bastogne-Liège - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
  • Eschborn-Frankfurt - Rund um den Finanzplatz - SBS (Live)
  • Giro d'Italia - Eurosport (Every stage live)
  • Tour of California - SBS (Every stage live)
  • Critérium du Dauphiné - SBS (Every stage live)
  • Tour de France - SBS (until 2023)
  • Vuelta a España - SBS (Every stage live), Eurosport (Every stage live)
  • Giro di Lombardia - Eurosport (Live)
  • UCI Road World Championships - SBS (Men's time trial and road race live)
  • Cape Epic - SBS
  • UCI Mountain Bike World Championships - SBS
  • Australian National Track Championships - SBS

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eSports

  • FACEIT X Games Rocket League Invitational: ESPN (WatchESPN)
  • EVO Street Fighter V World Championship: ESPN
  • Injustice 2: ESPN
  • Madden Club Championship: ESPN

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Extreme Sports

  • X Games: ESPN

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Field Hockey

  • Hockey World Cup: TBA (2018)
  • Hockey World League: TBA (2019)
  • Australia Kookaburras matches: Fox Sports
  • Australia Hockeyroos matches: Fox Sports

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Gaelic Games

  • International Rules Series in Australia: Seven Network (VIC, SA), 7mate (NSW, QLD, WA)
  • International Rules Series in the Republic of Ireland: 7mate

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Golf

  • Australian Masters: TBA (2017-2018)
  • Australian Open: Seven Network
  • Australian PGA Championship: Seven Network
  • U.S. Masters: Nine Network (2017-2021)
  • U.S. Open: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
  • British Open: TBA (2018)
  • U.S. PGA Championship: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
  • U.S. LPGA Championship: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
  • PGA Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018), ABC (Highlight)
  • World Golf Championships: Fox Sports
  • Ryder Cup: Fox Sports (2014, 2016, 2018)
  • Presidents Cup: Fox Sports
  • European Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
  • EurAsia Cup: Fox Sports (2016, 2018)
  • OneAsia Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
  • Women's Australian Open: ABC

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Gridiron football

  • National Football League:
    • ESPN: (until 2020/21) Up to three live games per week including Thursday, Sunday and Monday Night Football, NFL RedZone, and all playoffs.
    • Seven Network / 7mate: (2014/15-2018/19) Three live games per week includes Sunday Night Football and all playoffs.
  • Pro Bowl: Seven Network (2015-2019), ESPN (until 2021)
  • Super Bowl: Seven Network (2015-2019) ESPN (until 2021)
  • NCAA:
    • ESPN Australia
    • Fox Sports: 13 Pac-12 games annually.
  • Canadian Football League: ESPN

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Horse-racing

  • Kentucky Derby: ESPN
  • Preakness Stakes: ESPN
  • Belmont Stakes: ESPN
  • Melbourne Cup: Seven Network
  • Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival: Seven Network
  • Royal Ascot: Seven Network (2014-unknown)
  • All metropolitan, country and international race meetings: Sky Racing
  • All Victorians race meetings: Racing.com

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Ice Hockey

  • World Cup of Hockey: ESPN
  • National Hockey League: Fox Sports
  • Australian Ice Hockey League: Fox Sports (Highlights)

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Ironman(Surf lifesaving)

  • Australian Club Championship: Seven Network
  • Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Nine Network (2014-2019)
  • Coolangatta Gold
  • Summer of Surf Series (Fox Sports)
  • Ocean Thunder(Professional Surfboat Series)

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Lacrosse

  • National Lacrosse League: ESPN

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Motorsports

  • Virgin Australia Supercars Championship:
    • Network Ten (2015-2020) Seven events live plus highlight packages of all remaining race weekends.
    • Fox Sports (2015-2020) All practice, qualifying, top ten shootout and races live.
  • FIA Formula One:
    • Network Ten (2015-2019) Live coverage of the Australian GP plus highlights of all other races.
    • Fox Sports (2015-2019) All practice, qualifying, and races live.
  • Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP):
    • Network Ten (2017-2018) Main races live. Live coverage of Moto3, Moto2, qualifying and the race held at Phillip Island.
    • Fox Sports (2017-2018) Main races live including Moto2 & Moto3 categories and all practice, and qualifying practices.
  • NASCAR:
    • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Fox Sports
    • NASCAR Xfinity Series: Fox Sports
    • NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fox Sports
  • IndyCar Series: ESPN
  • Indy Lights: ESPN (WatchESPN)
  • AMA Motocross Championship: ESPN
  • AMA Supercross Championship: ESPN
  • FIA World Rally Championship: Fox Sports, Nine Network
  • Australian Rally Championship: Nine Network (Highlights)
  • Australian Superbike Championship: 7mate (Highlights)
  • Superbike World Championship: Fox Sports (2017-2019), SBS (Highights)
  • FIA Formula E Championship: Fox Sports
  • FIA World Endurance Championship: Fox Sports, Eurosport (2017-2020)
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans: Fox Sports, Eurosport (2017-2020)
  • Bathurst 12 Hour: Seven Network / 7mate



Multi-discipline events

  • Commonwealth Games: Seven Network (2018)
  • Summer Olympics: Seven Network (2016, 2020), TBA (2024)
  • Winter Olympics: Seven Network (2018), TBA (2022)
  • Paralympic Games: Seven Network (2016, 2020), TBA (2024)
  • European Games: TBA (2019)
  • Pacific Games: TBA (2019)



Netball

  • Suncorp Super Netball:
    • Nine Network (2017-2021): Two games live per round in prime-time and the other two games delayed.
  • INF Netball World Cup: Nine Network (2019)
  • Constellation Cup:
    • Nine Network (2017-2021)
  • SANZEA Netball Quad Series:
    • Nine Network (2017-2021)
  • Fast5 Netball World Series
    • Nine Network (2016-2020)



Poker

  • World Series of Poker: ESPN



Rugby league

  • National Rugby League:
    • Nine Network (2018-2022) Three games per round. Thursday night (1 match), Friday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (1 match). 1 additional game per round on Saturday night for the last 5 rounds of the season.
      • Finals series: Every game of the finals series including the Grand Final.
    • Fox League (2017-2022) Every game per round, live nationally.
      • Finals Series: Every game live nationally except the Grand Final, which airs replay coverage.
  • National Youth Competition:
    • Nine Network: (Grand Final Only)
    • Fox League:
  • State of Origin:
    • Nine Network (2018-2022):
    • Fox League: Replay coverage.
  • Queensland Cup: Nine Network
  • New South Wales Cup: Fox League
  • Super League: Fox League
  • Challenge Cup: Fox League
  • Rugby League World Cup: TBA (2021)
  • Four Nations: Nine Network, Fox League
  • Other Tests: Nine Network, Fox League



Rugby union

  • Rugby World Cup: TBA (2019)
  • The Rugby Championship:
    • Network Ten (2016-2020): Wallabies games
    • Fox Sports (2016-2020): Every game
  • Bledisloe Cup:
    • Fox Sports (2016-2020)
    • Network Ten (2016-2020)
  • Wallabies Rugby Internationals:
    • Network Ten (2016-2020): Home internationals
    • Fox Sports (2016-2020): Live nationally
  • Wallabies Spring Tour:
    • SBS: Home internationals
    • beIN Sports: All Matches Exclusively Live
  • All Blacks Internationals:
    • Fox Sports
    • beIN Sports: Spring Tour
  • Super Rugby:
    • Fox Sports: Every match live (2016-2020)
    • Network Ten: One delayed match every Sunday morning, and delayed coverage of finals matches which involve Australian teams (2016-2020)
  • National Rugby Championship: Fox Sports (2016-2020)
  • Shute Shield: 7TWO (2015-)
  • Currie Cup: Fox Sports (2016-2020)
  • Heineken Cup: beIN Sports
  • Mitre 10 Cup : Fox Sports (2016-2020)
  • Six Nations Championship: beIN Sports (Live), ESPN (Delay)
  • English Premiership: Fox Sports
  • Top 12 de la URBA: ESPN (WatchESPN)
  • Pro14: beIN Sports
  • European Challenge Cup: beIN Sports
  • Anglo-Welsh Cup: Fox Sports
  • England home internationals: beIN Sports



Sailing

  • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: Seven Network (until 2021)
  • America's Cup: Fox Sports (2017)



Soccer

Leagues

  • A-League:
    • Fox Sports (2017/18-2022/23): Live coverage of every game.
    • Network Ten (2017/18-2018/19): One live Saturday night game a week, plus all finals games live
  • W-League: Fox Sports (2017/18-2022/23)

SBS (2017/18): Two live games per week including Friday night and Sunday afternoon games (on Viceland)

  • English Premier League:
    • Optus Sport (2016/17-2018/19): Live coverage of every match
    • SBS (2016/17-2018/19): One live match on Saturday (first pick), one match during the week in the event of a mid-week round and one match on the final day.
    • Foxtel (2016/17-): Delayed coverage of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur's games
  • English Football League Championship: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
  • English Football League One:beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
  • English Football League Two: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
  • Spanish La Liga: beIN Sports
  • French Ligue 1: beIN Sports
  • German Bundesliga : beIN Sports (2011/12-2019/20),
  • Italian Serie A: Rai Italia, beIN Sports
  • Major League Soccer: ESPN, beIN Sports (2015-2018)
  • Argentine Primera División: beIN Sports
  • Brazilian League and São Paulo Championship: beIN Sports
  • Scottish Premier League: beIN Sports
  • Superleague Greece: Antenna Pacific

Domestic Cups

  • FFA Cup: Fox Sports (2017-2022) Live coverage of at least 10 matches from the Round of 32 onwards, including all Quarter Finals, both Semi Finals and the Final.
  • English FA Cup: ESPN (2012/13-2017/18)
  • English League Cup: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
  • FA Community Shield: ESPN
  • Copa del Rey: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the final.
  • Coppa Italia: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the final.
  • DFB-Pokal: beIN Sports
  • DFL-Supercup: beIN Sports
  • Trophée des Champions: beIN Sports
  • Scottish Cup: beIN Sports
  • Scottish League Cup: beIN Sports
  • Greek Cup: Antenna Pacific
  • Copa do Brasil: beIN Sports
  • Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: ESPN

International Club Competitions

  • AFC Champions League: Fox Sports featuring All Australian teams only.
  • Copa América Centenario: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the four quarter finals, two semi-finals, and final.
  • UEFA Champions League:
    • SBS: (2015/16-2017/18) One live match on Wednesdays and a weekly one hour highlights show on Thursday nights.
    • beIN Sports: (2015/16-2017/18) All games live.
  • UEFA Europa League:
    • beIN Sports (2015/16-2017/18)
  • OFC Champions League: NITV
  • CONMEBOL Libertadores:
  • CONMEBOL Sudamericana:
  • FIFA Club World Cup: Fox Sports

Club channel coverage

  • Arsenal TV: - Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )
  • AVTV: Eurosport
  • Barça TV: Eurosport
  • Celtic TV: beIN Sports
  • Chelsea TV: - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
  • Citytv: - Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )
  • FCB.tv: beIN Sports
  • Inter Channel: Eurosport
  • Juventus Channel: - beIN Sports
  • LFC TV (Liverpool F.C. TV): - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
  • Milan Channel: beIN Sports
  • MUTV: - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
  • Rangers TV: beIN Sports
  • Real Madrid TV: FetchTV
  • Spurs TV: Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )

International Matches

  • Australian National Men's Team (Socceroos) matches:
    • Network Ten: (2018-2019)
    • Fox Sports: (2017-2022) Live coverage of every Socceroos World Cup Qualifier and international fixture.
  • Australian Youth: SBS
  • Australian Women's National Teams:
    • SBS
    • Fox Sports: (2017-2022)
  • FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA): ESPN
  • FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF): beIN Sports
  • FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF):
  • FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL): beIN Sports and ESPN
  • UEFA European Championship qualifying: ESPN
  • English Home Internationals: beIN Sports
  • Germany Home Internationals: beIN Sports
  • Spain Home Internationals: SBS
  • Brazil Internationals: ESPN
  • Other International Matches: beIN Sports, ESPN, SBS
  • A-League All Stars Game: Seven Network

International Tournaments

  • AFC Asian Cup: TBA (2019)
  • FIFA World Cup:
    • SBS (2018, 2022): 25 Matches Live including the first pick per matchday and all Socceroos' fixtures
    • Optus (2018): All Matches Live
  • UEFA European Championship:
    • SBS (2016): 8 matches from the knockout rounds.
    • beIN Sports: All matches live
  • FIFA Confederations Cup:
    • SBS (2017): 6 matches including all Socceroos' fixtures.
    • Optus (2017): All Matches Live
  • Other FIFA Tournaments: SBS
  • African Cup of Nations: beIN Sports Eurosport (2015)
  • Florida Cup: ESPN
  • Toulon Tournament: ESPN
  • International Champions Cup:
  • Joan Gamper Trophy: ESPN
Other
  • National Premier Leagues Victoria: Channel 31 Melbourne
  • SBS shows a football fixture as part of their Sunday afternoon football show The World Game. This is often from the UEFA Champions League, but is sometimes a game from one of a number of South American/European or Asian leagues.
  • Aurora has a one-hour highlights program showing highlights from Australia's various amateur leagues each week, called the Australian Premier League Highlights Show.



Swimming

  • Australian Swimming Championships: Seven Network (2016-2025)
  • FINA World Aquatics Championships: TBA (2019)



Ten-pin bowling

  • World Tenpin Masters: Fox Sports
  • PBA Tour: ESPN



Tennis

  • Australian Open Series
    • Australian Open: Seven Network (2015-2019)
    • Australian Open Junior Finals: ESPN (2017-2019)
    • Brisbane International: Seven Network (2015-2019)
    • Apia International: Seven Network (2015-2019)
    • Hobart International: ESPN (2017-2019), 7TWO (final highlights)
    • Hopman Cup: Seven Network (2015-2019)
    • World Tennis Challenge: ESPN (2017-2019), 7TWO (highlights)
    • Kooyong Classic: Seven Network (2015-2019)
  • French Open: Fox Sports (2014-2016), SBS (2018)
  • Wimbledon: TBA (2018)
  • U.S. Open: ESPN (2017-2021) / SBS (2017) Live coverage of quarter-finals night sessions, semi-finals and finals.
  • Davis Cup: Seven Network, beIN Sports
  • Fed Cup: Seven Network, beIN Sports
  • ATP World Tour (except Australian Tournaments)
    • ATP World Tour Finals: ESPN (2016-2020)
    • ATP World Tour Masters 1000: ESPN (2016-2020)
    • ATP World Tour 500: ESPN (2016-2020)
    • ATP World Tour 250 series: Fox Sports, Eurosport, beIN Sports
  • Next Generation ATP Finals: ESPN
  • Laver Cup: ESPN, SBS (highlights)
  • WTA Tour (except Australian Tournaments)
    • WTA Tour Championships: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
    • WTA Elite Trophy: Fox Sports (2017)
    • WTA Premier tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
    • WTA International tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
    • WTA Linz: Eurosport (2017)
  • Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Fox Sports



Volleyball

  • World Series of Beach Volleyball: ESPN



Wrestling

  • WWE Series: Fox8



References

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