91Èȱ¬ ONE Winter/Spring 2006 Highlights
Sport
World Cup Football
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The World Cup, Germany 2006: 64 games, 32 nations, 12 stadia
and an estimated one billion viewers.
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Football's greatest players
and most charismatic managers unite in a tournament that will
excite the world.
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Live and highlights action form the basis of coverage on 91Èȱ¬ ONE
and 91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live, with 91Èȱ¬i – both online and through
interactive TV – allowing 91Èȱ¬ Sport to provide viewers, listeners
and internet users with the ultimate World Cup experience.
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Gary Lineker presents live coverage from the studio with Mark
Lawrenson, Alan Hansen and guests delivering their own brand of
expert analysis and comment on the action from the pitch. Commentators include John Motson and Steve Wilson.
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Leading the way with a unique tri-media service, 91Èȱ¬ Sport brings
the whole of the UK together to experience one of the world's
greatest sporting occasions.
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FA Cup
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The New Year opens with the
all-important Third Round of the
125th FA Cup – the world's
oldest and best-known
domestic football championship
– when the big guns from the
Premiership enter the
competition for the first time.
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Gary Lineker presents live
coverage of three games over
each FA Cup weekend in Match
Of The Day Live.
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The 91Èȱ¬ also
has first choice of the semi-finals
and live coverage of the
all-important final in May.
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In
addition, Football Focus runs
throughout the year, and brings
all the latest FA Cup news,
views and opinion.
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The Commonwealth Games
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With more than 5,000 athletes
from more than 70 countries,
the Commonwealth Games
from Melbourne are set to
be one of the year's top
sporting events.
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The Games feature some 16
different sports with disciplines
including diving, badminton,
athletics, rugby sevens, cycling
and squash.
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91Èȱ¬ Sport brings
live coverage of the Games
from Melbourne throughout the
night from 11.00pm to 5.00am. There
are also regular updates and
live coverage throughout the
day and a round-up of all the
day's top stories from
7.30 to 9.00pm.
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The Grand National
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One of racing's crown jewels,
the Grand National is the
world's greatest steeplechase.
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Sue Barker and Clare Balding are joined by Richard Pitman,
Peter Scudamore, Norman
Williamson and Lydia Hislop,
who report and provide analysis
from the paddock on the day of
the 159th Grand National.
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Rishi
Persad is out and about
reporting from around the
course, and Angus Loughran provides viewers with all the
latest betting and form news.
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As host broadcaster, providing
live coverage across the world,
the 91Èȱ¬'s 52-camera operation
includes "Rider-cams" on three
jockeys, as well as cameras
mounted on four of the fences.
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Wimbledon
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Wimbledon is the 91Èȱ¬'s
showcase tennis tournament,
one of the highlights of the
British sporting calendar and,
for many, the epitome of
British summer.
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The Wimbledon Tennis
Championship is one of the
91Èȱ¬'s most popular sporting
spectacles and live coverage
features on both 91Èȱ¬ ONE and
TWO throughout the two-week
tournament.
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As well as
choosing from the matches
shown on the 91Èȱ¬'s terrestrial
channels, viewers have further
options of which matches
they watch via the 91Èȱ¬'s
interactive services.
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Sue Barker is the main
presenter and she is joined by
a line-up of top commentators
and contributors including John
McEnroe, John Lloyd, John
Barrett, Chris Bailey, Andrew
Castle and David Mercer.
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Virginia
Wade, Annabel Croft, Sam
Smith and Jo Durie commentate on the women's
games.
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John Inverdale presents
the 91Èȱ¬'s evening highlights
programme, Today At
Wimbledon, in which viewers
can catch up with all of the
day's top action and stories.
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Six Nations Rugby
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Following on from last year's
Grand Slam victory by Wales,
the northern hemisphere's
most prestigious rugby
championship kicks off once
again in February, with
coverage of every match from
the Six Nations live and
exclusive on the 91Èȱ¬.
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Will Jonny Wilkinson and Gavin
Henson be back in action after
injury?
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The competition begins
on the weekend of 4 February
with live coverage of Ireland v
Italy and England v Wales on
the Saturday and, on the
Sunday, Scotland v France.
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Coverage is presented by John
Inverdale and Jill Douglas, with Jeremy Guscott and Jonathan
Davies as studio pundits.
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