List of sports television channels

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Sports channels are television speciality channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming.

The first sports channel was from the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1977 with the original SportsChannel (now MSG Plus). ESPN began broadcasting in 1979. Since then, many channels have surfaced around the world, many focusing on one sport in particular, or one region of a country, showing only their local team’s games. These networks have greatly improved the availability of sports broadcasts, generating opportunities such as the ability for one person to see every single game their team plays over the course of the season.

In the United States, these channels broadcast most regular season games of major pro sports league and many other sports as well, with over the air television networks stepping in during the weekends or special events (all-star games, championships, etc.).

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Algeria[edit]

Former channels

Benin[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

Cameroon[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

  • CRTV Sports and Entertainment Channel†

Côte d’Ivoire[edit]

Egypt[edit]

  • Nile sport
  • On Time sports
  • On Time sports 2
  • On Time sports 3
  • ZAMALEK TV
  • Al AHLY TV
  • Free Sports
  • Mazzika Sports
Former channels

Kenya[edit]

  • Bamba Sport
  • 365Sports Entertainment

Morocco[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Sudan[edit]

Uganda[edit]

Americas[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Brazil[edit]

National sports networks

Canada[edit]

National sports networks
† – Channel primarily televises others types of news or entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

  • Anthem Sports & Entertainment (Fight Network, GameTV, Game+)
  • Bell Media (CTV†, CTV 2†, ESPN Classic Canada, RDS, RDS2, RDS Info, TSN1, TSN2, TSN3, TSN4, TSN5)
  • Groupe TVA (TVA Sports, TVA Sports 2, TVA Sports 3)
  • OLN
  • REV TV Canada
  • Rogers Sports & Media (Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Canucks, Sportsnet Flames, Sportsnet Oilers, Sportsnet 360)
  • Sportsman Channel
  • Wild TV Inc. (The Cowboy Channel Canada, RFD-TV, Water Television Network, Wild TV

Premium, streaming and ethnic sports networks

Chile[edit]

Colombia[edit]

Costa Rica[edit]

Ecuador[edit]

Honduras[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Paraguay[edit]

Peru[edit]

United States[edit]

National sports networks
† – Channel primarily televises others types of news or entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

  • AFN Sports
  • Warner Bros. Discovery (TBS†, TNT†, TruTV†, HBO Max†)
  • beIN Sports USA
  • beIN Sports Xtra
  • BYU TV (otherwise Brigham Young University-owned family and faith network features coverage of BYU Cougars sporting events)
  • Comcast/NBCUniversal (NBC Sports, CNBC†, NBC†, Golf Channel, Olympic Channel, Peacock†, SYFY†, Telemundo Deportes, Universo†, USA Network†)
  • DAZN
  • Eleven Sports Network
  • Disney (ABC/ESPN on ABC†, ACC Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+, ESPN Deportes, ESPNews, ESPNU, SEC Network)
  • Fight Network
  • Fox Corporation (BTN, FOX†, Fox Deportes, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Sports, FS1, FS2)
  • FuboTV (Fubo Cycling, Fubo Sports Network)
  • GOL TV
  • MAVTV
  • MLB Network
  • MLB Strike Zone
  • NBA TV
  • Apple TV
  • NFL Network
  • NFL RedZone
  • NHL Network
  • Outdoor Channel
  • Pac-12 Network
  • Pursuit Channel
  • Ringside Network
  • Sportsman Channel
  • Stadium
  • The Ski Channel
  • Tennis Channel
  • TUDN (Univision†, UniMás†, Galavisión†)
  • TVG Network
  • TVG2
  • Paramount (CBS†, CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports HQ, Nickelodeon†, Paramount+†)
  • Willow
  • World Fishing Network
  • StreamEast (United States)[1]

Regional sports networks

  • Altitude
  • AT&T SportsNet (Northwest, Pittsburgh, Rocky Mountain, Southwest)
  • Bally Sports (Arizona, Detroit, Florida, Great Lakes, Indiana, Kansas City, Midwest, New Orleans, North, Ohio, Oklahoma, San Diego, SoCal, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sun, West, Wisconsin)
  • Cox Sports Television
  • NBC Sports Regional Networks (Bay Area, California, Chicago, Washington, Boston, Northwest, Philadelphia, SNY (8%))
  • Longhorn Network
  • Marquee Sports Network
  • MASN
  • MSG, MSG Plus and MSG Western New York
  • NESN and NESN Plus
  • Spectrum Sports (Spectrum SportsNet, Spectrum SportsNet LA, Spectrum Deportes)
  • YES
  • YurView California

Uruguay[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

Current channels[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Azerbaijan[edit]

Afghanistan[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

Bhutan[edit]

Brunei[edit]

Former channels[edit]

China[edit]

  • Anhui TV Sports Channel
  • BTV Sports
  • CCTV-5
  • CCTV-5+
  • CCTV-16
  • JSBC Sports & Leisure Channel
  • Shandong Sports Channel
  • Shenzhen Sports Channel
  • SMG Great Sports
  • Tianjin Sports Channel

Hong Kong[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of business news channels, only offers sports part-time

India[edit]

Current channels[edit]

  • Star Sports Network
    • Star Sports 1 (including HD)
    • Star Sports 2 (including HD)
    • Star Sports 3
    • Star Sports Select 1 (including HD)
    • Star Sports Select 2 (including HD)
    • Star Sports First
    • Star Sports 1 Hindi (including HD)
    • Star Sports 1 Tamil
    • Star Sports 1 Telugu
    • Star Sports 1 Kannada
    • Star sports 1 Malayalam (including)
  • Sony Sports Network
  • Eurosport (including HD)
  • 1Sports
  • DD Sports
  • Sports18 Network
    • Sports18 1 (including HD)
    • Sports18 2
    • Sports18 Khel
    • Sports18 Hindi
    • Sports18 Tamil
    • Sports18 Kannada
    • Sports18 Telugu
    • Sports 18 Malayalam

Former channels[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

Current channels[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Iran[edit]

Israel[edit]

Former Channels

Japan[edit]

Jordan[edit]

  • Jordan sports
  • Jordanian Sports Channel
  • ON Sport
  • JSC Sports
  • Al Faisaly TV

Kazakhstan[edit]

Kuwait[edit]

Kyrgyzstan[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Mongolia[edit]

Myanmar[edit]

  • SKYNETSPORT 1
  • SKYNET SPORT 2
  • SKYNET SPORT 3
  • SKYNET SPORT 4
  • SKYNET SPORT 5
  • SKYNET SPORT 6
  • SKYNET SPORT +
  • SKYNET SPORT HD
  • Canal+ SPORT HD
  • MRTV SPORT

Nepal[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Former Channels[edit]

Qatar[edit]

Former channels

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Current channels[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Singapore[edit]

Current channels[edit]

Former channels[edit]

South Korea[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Syria[edit]

Tajikistan[edit]

Turkmenistan[edit]

Thailand[edit]

Current channels[edit]

Former channels[edit]

United Arab Emirates[edit]

Former channels

Uzbekistan[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of programs, only offers sports part-time

Current channels[edit]

  • VTV2†
  • VTV3†
  • VTV5†
  • VTV9†
  • VTC3†
  • ON Sports+†
  • ON Sports
  • ON Sports Action
  • ON Sports News
  • ON Football
  • ON Golf
  • HTV Thể Thao
  • K+CINE (including K+1)†
  • K+LIFE (including K+NS)†
  • K+SPORT2 (including K+PC)
  • K+SPORT1 (including K+PM)
  • SKTV Sports 1 (including SKTV16)
  • SKTV Sports 2 (including SKTV6)
  • SKTV Sports 3 (including SKTV20)
  • SKTV Sports 4
  • SCTV15
  • SCTV17
  • SCTV22

Former channels[edit]

Albania[edit]

Andorra[edit]

Austria[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Croatia[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

Estonia[edit]

Finland[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

Former channels[edit]

  • Rutuu+ Urheilu 1
  • Rutuu+ Urheilu 2

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Greece[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Iceland[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Italy[edit]

Kosovo[edit]

Latvia[edit]

Lithuania[edit]

Luxembourg[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Norway[edit]

Poland[edit]

Portugal[edit]

Romania[edit]

† – Channel primarily televises others types of entertainment channels, only offers sports part-time

Russia[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Slovakia[edit]

Former channels[edit]

  • Trojka (STV)
  • Digi Sport
  • Digi Sport 2
  • Digi Sport 3
  • Digi Sport 4
  • Digi Sport 5
  • Digi Sport 6
  • Slovak Sport.TV
  • Slovak Sport.TV 2
  • Slovak Sport.TV 3
  • Orange Šport
  • Orange Šport 2
  • Orange Šport 3
  • Orange Šport 4

Slovenia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

Former channels[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Former channels[edit]

Oceania[edit]

Australia[edit]

New Zealand[edit]

Former channels[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]