The Sports Channel was a British television channel, operated by British Satellite Broadcasting, that broadcast live and recorded sporting action, plus sports news and interviews. It launched along with the rest of the BSB network on 25 March 1990. In April 1991 it was effectively rebranded as Sky Sports following BSB's merger with Sky Television. BSB logo British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sky Sports is a group of 5 channels - Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 2, Sky Sports 3, Sky Sports Xtra, and Sky Sports News - operated by British Sky Broadcasting, mainly for their Sky Digital platform. ... BSB logo British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... link titlelink titleThe name Sky Television may refer to: British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in the United Kingdom SKY Network Television in New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The network's principally focused on football. In 1988, it had made an ambitious bid for live rights to the Football League, although their tender lost out in favour of one by ITV. BSB did acquire exclusive rights to England's home international matches at Wembley, as well as secondary live rights to the FA Cup in association with the BBC. The Sports Channel was the first broadcaster to cover the first two rounds of the FA Cup live. It also transmitted the 1990 FA Charity Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester United, and featured regular live coverage of Scottish and Italian football. The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... Wembley is a place in the London Borough of Brent. ... The FA Cups trophy is also known as the FA Cup. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... The FA Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is an English association football trophy. ... {{Football club infobox | clubname = Liverpool FC | image = fullname = Liverpool FC | nickname = The Reds | founded = 1892 | ground = Anfield | capacity = 45,000 | chairman = D.R.Moores | Chief Executive Officer = R.N.Parry | manager = Rafael Benitez | league = FA Premiership | season = 2005-06 | position = FA premiership, 5th | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FF0000... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

Other sports featured on The Sports Channel included rugby league from Britain and Australia, golf, boxing, darts, cricket and American football from the NFL. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby, the other being rugby union. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. ... A cricket match in progress. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ...

Programmes

Programming included The Main Event, a nightly primetime programme at 8pm which featured a headline event such as a live football match, Racing Today and news programme Sportsdesk, which numbered Jeff Stelling, Garry Richardson and Anna Walker amongst its presenters. The football presentation team included Martin Tyler, Andy Gray and Richard Keys, all of whom joined Sky Sports following BSB's amalgamation with Sky. BBC sport presenter and former tennis star Sue Barker began her British broadcasting career on the channel, while tennis commentator Gerald Williams fronted an interview series, GW Talks To, in which he met leading sports figures. Jeff Stelling is a British sport television presenter, currently hosting Soccer Saturday and Monday Night Football on Sky Sports. ... Anna Walker (born 4 December 1962 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England) is a British television presenter who has presented such programmes as, , Big Strong Boys and Holidaymaker. ... Martin Tyler Martin Tyler is a well renowned English football commentator. ... Andy Gray (born November 30, 1955) was a Scottish football player and is now a much respected football pundit for BSkyB. He started his career with Dundee United F.C., before moving to Aston Villa F.C., then on to Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. in 1979 for a then record... Richard Keys is the presenter of Super Sunday, and had launched Monday Night Football along with Ford Super Sunday. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Sue Barker (born April 19, 1956, in Paignton, Devon, England) is a television presenter and former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. ...