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BBC News
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds secure live audio rights for Eubank v Benn clash
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds are set to bring boxing fans an unforgettable night with live audio commentary of the highly anticipated Ring Magazine showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn on Saturday 26 April, live from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The fight is more than a clash between two ferocious boxers, it's a continuation of a historic rivalry. Eubank Jr. and Benn's fathers, Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn, produced two epic battles in the 1990s which captivated the nation. Now their sons' step into the ring to continue their fathers' legacies. Darren Fletcher and BBC Radio 5 Live's boxing team will be ringside for the event with commentary starting on 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds from 7pm where listeners will hear two big fights from the undercard. The meeting of middleweights Liam Smith and Aaron McKenna will be followed by Anthony Yarde and Lyndon Arthur's re-match at light-heavyweight. On BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds fans will hear the main event live, as Eubank Jr and Benn finally step in the ring, just shy of 1,000 days since their first fight was announced. Audiences can also follow the fight on the BBC Sport website and app, including live text commentary. Radio commentary will be led by Ronald McIntosh with Steve Bunce and former WBC super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall alongside. Heidi Dawson, Controller, BBC Radio 5 Live & 5 Sports Extra says, "The history and the rivalry between the Benn and Eubank families will make this event unmissable. 5 Live will be ringside so fans can follow all the action across BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds, and the BBC Sport website and app. Big fight nights on 5 Live are something really special." For in-depth previews, fans can listen to the 5 Live Boxing podcast with Steve Bunce on BBC Sounds, offering expert analysis and immediate reaction after the main event. CF
BBC News
13-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sounds secure F1 rights
BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds have secured exclusive Formula 1 UK radio rights for the next three world champion Damon Hill has signed up to the 5 Live team from the 2025 season, which begins with the Australian Grand Prix this Gow and Rosanna Tennant are presenting and pit lane reporting, while Harry Benjamin will serve as the lead commentator, with Ben Edwards.5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website will broadcast live race commentary, including qualifying and practice sessions."With Lewis Hamilton moving stables to Ferrari, Max Verstappen going for a fifth consecutive title, and Lando Norris hoping to win his first drivers' championship, it's got all the elements to be the best season in history," Gow will be joined by McLaren Formula E driver Sam Bird, former W-Series driver Alice Powell and Marc Priestley, a former F1 race mechanic.
BBC News
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds secures exclusive UK radio rights for Formula 1 for the next three seasons
BBC Radio 5 live, 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds continues to bring the world's most prestigious motor racing competition to fans across the UK with an exclusive audio rights deal from 2025-27. 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website will broadcast live race commentary including qualifying and practice sessions, starting with live coverage of Practice 1 at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 14 March. Heidi Dawson, Controller of BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports Extra says: "We're bringing Formula 1 fans closer to the action with our exclusive audio coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra, and BBC Sounds. With a fantastic team that includes legends and rising stars, our listeners can expect to feel like they're right there in the pit lane." The stellar team of presenters and commentators will bring all the action and insights from the track. Jennie Gow and Rosanna Tennant are presenting and pit lane reporting, while Harry Benjamin will serve as the lead commentator, with Ben Edwards. Jennie Gow says: 'With Lewis Hamilton moving stables to Ferrari, Max Verstappen going for a fifth consecutive title, and Lando Norris hoping to win his first Drivers' Championship, it's got all the elements to be the best season in history. 'Sport is best when it's unpredictable, and F1 is just that. The only thing that is predictable is that the BBC Radio 5 Live F1 team will be across every session, every story, everything F1 - and we can't wait to share it all with you.' Damon Hill, the 1996 F1 World Champion, joins the team, bringing his extensive experience and unique perspective. He will be joined by Sam Bird, the current McLaren Formula E driver known for his dynamic racing style, Alice Powell, a former W-Series driver with a wealth of knowledge in motorsport, and Marc Priestley, a former F1 race mechanic who offers technical insights from his time in the pit lane. The 5 Live and BBC Sounds podcast Chequered Flag continues to provide fans with the latest interviews, reaction and reports within the world of Formula 1. BBC Radio 5 Live's extensive rights portfolio also includes live football such as Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, The Olympic Games, all of England's home Tests, one-day internationals and T20s, and Wimbledon Championships. RM4
BBC News
12-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
McIlroy hopes to see Woods return in 2026
The Players Championship 2025Venue: TPC Sawgrass Date: 13-16 MarCoverage: Live radio and text commentaries of the third and fourth rounds. Follow and listen on the BBC Sport website, app, 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds from 19:30 GMT on 15 March and from 18:00 on 16 March Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy says he hopes 15-time major winner Tiger Woods returns from injury in Tuesday 49-year-old Woods had surgery on a ruptured Achilles American has played a reduced schedule since suffering serious leg injuries in a car crash in 2021, and has not played in a PGA Tour event since The Open in July."It sucks," said McIlroy, who faced Woods in January in the technology-driven Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) they co-founded."He doesn't have much luck when it comes to injuries and his body."Achilles surgeries obviously aren't fun. [I'm] hoping he's in good spirits and hoping he's doing OK."We obviously won't see him play golf this year, and hopefully we see him maybe play in 2026."Asked if he thought Woods would return to competitive golf, four-time major champion McIlroy said: "I don't know what's in his head. But, judging by prior behaviour, he'll definitely try." McIlroy wants to end career on his terms McIlroy has been largely injury-free since rupturing an ankle ligament in 2015, which forced him to miss the defence of his Open before the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass starting on Thursday, the 35-year-old said he intends to retire with a "little bit left in the tank"."I can acknowledge how lucky golfers are to be able to do what they do for so long compared to other athletes, so whenever I feel like the time is right, I'll have no problem moving aside and letting the next generation do their thing," said McIlroy."When I've achieved everything I want to achieve in the game and I get to the point where I don't think I can maybe do that any more."I don't want to be out there embarrassing myself. I'd like to walk away maybe a little before I should."There's always one more, but that's OK. If you can come to terms with that and walk away on your own terms, then that's a good thing."Asked about the prospect of playing on the Champions Tour, he said: "Absolutely not. I will not play Champions Tour golf."I've said a lot of absolutes in my time that I've walked back, but I do not envision playing Champions Tour golf."Something has gone terribly wrong if I have to compete at golf at 50." McIlroy won his 27th PGA Tour title at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am last month, and finished tied for 17th and 15th in his two tournaments since - the Genesis Invitational and Arnold Palmer Invitational respectively."The two finishes post-Pebble have been almost like the worst that they could be," said McIlroy."I finished bad on Sunday at Bay Hill. I finished bad on Sunday at Torrey Pines as well."But the one thing I would say is from the turnaround in my putting from Torrey to Bay Hill was great. I finished fifth in putting last week, so to see that turnaround was really encouraging."That's something for me to be really encouraged about going into this week and then the next few months."World number two McIlroy, who won the Players Championship in 2019, will tee off alongside world number one and defending champion Scottie Scheffler and world number three Xander Schauffele at 17:29 GMT on Thursday.
BBC News
12-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Slow progress & slow play lead PGA Tour's agenda'
The Players Championship 2025Venue: TPC Sawgrass Date: 13-16 MarCoverage: Live radio and text commentaries of the third and fourth rounds. Follow and listen on the BBC Sport website, app, 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds from 19:30 GMT on 15 March and from 18:00 on 16 March While negotiations aimed at reunifying men's golf grind to a halt, the PGA Tour is taking steps to speed up Jay Monahan's state of the union news conference, before this week's Players Championship here at Sawgrass, made clear that eradicating slow play has become more of a priority than ever before for a circuit that has always indulged this, the tour's marquee tournament, will again be played in the shadow of the ongoing split brought about by the arrival in 2022 of the breakaway LIV year's Players will play out in the absence of the reigning US Open champion. Last year the Masters winner was missing and in 2023 there was no title of course, is because Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith all play on absence from the PGA Tour is felt more keenly this week than any other. The old debate as to whether the Players is the 'fifth' major is no longer relevant and will not be until the game we have the most stark imperative for a deal to be done with LIV's Saudi agreement, though, is not imminent. Monahan reiterated that no follow-up meetings are in the diary after the recent White House gathering with the Saudi Public Investment Fund's governor Yasir Al Rumayyan ended without settlement."We appreciate Yasir's innovative vision," Monahan said. "And we can see a future where we welcome him on to our board and work together to move the global game forward."As part of our negotiations, we believe there's room to integrate important aspects of LIV Golf into the PGA Tour platform. We're doing everything that we can to bring the two sides together."Monahan added that while his organisation has "removed some hurdles, others remain". In other words, something has to give to end the stalemate. And no matter how hard the golf media tried, the commissioner flat-batted every enquiry as to how that might be achieved. Monahan does not play verbal 'Bazball'; every non-answer dictated by the delicate nature of golf's he was more forthcoming, was an acceptance - at long last - that men's professional golf has a problem with slow play. It seems steps are being taken where the biggest offenders will start to be named and shamed."We've committed to addressing the speed of play," Monahan said as he announced working group recommendations that will be implemented to try to erase one of the sport's biggest blights."We will begin publishing speed-of-play-related statistics later this season," he added. From 14 April testing will begin on the PGA Tour's feeder circuits to impose stroke penalties on the slowest also confirmed that the use of range finders will be allowed at tournaments between next month's Masters and the US PGA Championship in May to see whether this improves round times."We're listening to our fans and we're responding, and clearly this is something where they would like to see improvement," the commissioner said."I think there's a real commitment from players across the board to make certain that we're doing everything that we possibly can to improve, and these three steps are just a start."This is a marked shift from an organisation that for decades insisted that slow play was not a problem. The rival LIV circuit has imposed stroke penalties on slowcoaches and now the PGA Tour is starting to respond."I look at this as a very positive development," Monahan insisted."I think it's pretty telling that when you've got six player directors that sit on our boards, and you've got 16 members of our Player Advisory Council, that there's a lot of shaking of heads and there's an understanding that this is an area where we need to improve."Two-time major winner Collin Morikawa says publishing data that shows which players are quicker than others, thereby identifying the slowest, is a good idea. "I don't know why you wouldn't want it to be released," said the 2021 Open winner."You just have to start giving guys actual penalties, whether it be strokes or FedExCup (point deductions). What I've learned is that monetary fines are useless."Morikawa added: "What is there to hide, right? If you're slow, you know you're slow. I mean, if you don't know, then there's an issue."To me, there's no issue with letting it out. It's only going to make things better because then you're either going to have a target on you, put a little more pressure and hopefully you pick it up, or you get penalised. It's very simple."Double US PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas agrees that publicly revealing which players are the slowest will have a beneficial effect. "Nobody wants to be known as that," said the US Ryder Cup star."I'm the first to admit I'm on the slow side of players. It bothers me, but I've talked to many officials about it, like I want to know why I'm slow because obviously the first thing that any slower player thinks is that they're not slow."Fans will surely welcome such long-awaited initiatives to improve pace of play on the game's biggest those awaiting some kind of resolution that brings the game back together are still left playing the waiting game.
