S4C Sport

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S4C has the rights to many sporting events, which it covers in the medium of Welsh.

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[edit] Coverage

[edit] Rugby Union

S4C's rugby coverage has been at the heart of the Saturday evening schedule for over a decade. S4C has joint rights, along with BBC Wales and Setanta Sports, to broadcast matches from the Magners League, which it does under the Y Clwb Rygbi brand. The Saturday night coverage starts at 5:10pm, with the match kicking off around 20 minutes later. The matches involve at least one Welsh regional team in them. S4C also have the rights to live matches from the EDF Energy Cup and the conclusion of the Konica Minolta Cup at club level, and the Welsh Autumn Internationals and Six Nations at national level. Highlights of the Heineken Cup and French Top 14 (under the Le Rygbi brand) are also shown (The final of the Top 14 was shown live last season). BBC Wales produces most of the sporting coverage on S4C, as part of obligation to provide several hours of Welsh-language programming each week. The coverage is usually presented by, with commentary by Huw Llewelyn Davies and pitchside reports from Ray Gravell. In the past, the channel has shown action from the Welsh Premiership and Welsh/Scottish League.

[edit] Football

S4C broadcast highlights of the Welsh Premier League every Saturday night usually after the rugby coverage. The channel also shows matches from the Welsh Cup, and highlights of Welsh internationals, as Sky Sports have the rights to live coverage. Coverage is shown under the 'Y Clwb Pel-Droed' brand.

The channel also shows 'Sgorio', which broadcasts highlights of games from Serie A, Bundesliga and Premiera Liga. The programme is broadcast on Monday nights usually at 10pm.

[edit] Harness Racing

S4C broadcast action from race mettings during the summer and autumn in the show 'Rasus'. The coverage is usually highlights, but importent race meetings are shown live occasionally (much of the coverage of live races is on their digital service).

[edit] Rallying

Due to the Wales Rally GB, S4C bid for and successfully won rights to broadcast highlights from each event of the World Rally Championship. Coverage is shown the Thursday after the event.

[edit] From Channel 4

On its analogue service, S4C broadcast Channel 4's racing coverage.

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