| Division of: | ABC Television |
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| Major Broadcasting Contracts: | VFL TAC Cup Shute Shield Queensland Cup WNBL W-League Paralympic Games Lawn Bowls |
| Parent: | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website: | ABC Sport |
ABC Sport is the name given to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's sport's programming broadcast on ABC Television and ABC Local Radio.
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ABC Television broadcasts significantly less sport than the other Free-to-air Australian TV networks. ABC currently holds the broadcast rights to a range of sports, which are broadcast on ABC1 & ABC2.
| Sport | Event | Broadcast Partner(s) | Date | Notes |
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| Association football | W-League | 2008- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals. | |
| Association football | Matildas Internationals | Live and replayed football internationals featuring the Australian Women's National Football Team including the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup. | ||
| Australian Rules Football | Victorian Football League | 1987- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, Victoria only | |
| Australian Rules Football | South Australian National Football League | Fox Sports (2000s-2008) | 1970s- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, South Australia only |
| Australian Rules Football | West Australian Football League | 1980s- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, Western Australia only | |
| Australian Rules Football | Tasmanian State League | - | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, Tasmania only | |
| Australian Rules Football | Northern Territory Football League | - | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, Northern Territory only | |
| Australian Rules Football | Tiwi Islands Football League Grand Final | - | Live on ABC1 in Northern Territory, live nationwide on ABC2 | |
| Basketball | Women's National Basketball League | 1981- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals. | |
| Golf | ANZ Ladies Masters | - | ||
| Golf | Women's Australian Open | - | ||
| Lawn Bowls | Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls | 1981-2011 | One game every Saturday afternoon at 5pm, and another game Tuesday morning at 3.30am | |
| Paralympic Games | Paralympic Games | 1970s- | Highlights ABC1, Live ABC2 | |
| Rugby League | Queensland Cup | Fox Sports (Highlights) | 1996- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, Queensland only |
| Rugby Union | Shute Shield | 2000s- | One Saturday afternoon game a week live plus finals, NSW only | |
| Original Programming | Offsiders | Sports panel show on Sunday morning | ||
| Original Programming | Late Night Legends | Shows classic sporting events, late at night |
| Sport | Event | Broadcast Partner(s) | Date | Reason/Subsequent Broadcasters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympics | Montreal 1976 | Seven Network, Nine Network | 1976 | Dropped: Network Ten (1984-1988), Seven Network (1992-2008), Nine Network (2010-) |
| Baseball | Claxton Shield | 1970s-1988 | ||
| Basketball | National Basketball League | Fox Sports | 1979-2001 | Dropped: Network Ten |
| Commonwealth Games | Edmonton 1978, Brisbane 1982, Edinburgh 1986 | Nine Network (Highlights) | 1978, 1982, 1986 | Dropped: Nine Network, Network Ten (2010, 2014) |
| Cricket | Sheffield Shield | 1970s-1990s | Dropped: Fox Sports | |
| Cricket | Test cricket | Nine Network | 1960s-1979 | Dropped: Nine Network, Fox Sports |
| Golf | British Open | 1970s-1980s | Dropped: Nine Network, Fox Sports | |
| Lawn Bowls | Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls | - | 1981-2011 | |
| Netball | Commonwealth Bank Trophy | C7 Sport (1997-2002) | 1997-2007 | |
| Tennis | Hopman Cup | 1995-2010 | Dropped: Network Ten |
The program Offsiders is first played on ABC1 on Sunday mornings and reviews and debates the previous weeks action. ABC News 24 is to introduce the new program Contact Sport twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays at 5:30pm.
ABC Sport also hold the radio rights to several Australian and international sporting events, including AFL (5 games a week south of the Barassi Line), NRL (5 games a week north of the Barassi Line), Australian international cricket games, the Olympics and selected Ford Ranger One-Day Cup games, amongst other major sporting events.
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