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

[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 6pm, with the match kicking off around 30 minutes later. The matches involve at least one Welsh regional team in them. Games are also shown on selected Sundays at 5pm during the season. S4C also have the rights to live matches from the EDF Energy Cup and the conclusion of the Konica Minolta Cup and the Principality Premiership at club level, as well as the Welsh Autumn Internationals and Six Nations at national level. Highlights of the Heineken Cup are also shown. BBC Wales produces most of the sporting coverage on S4C, as part of obligation to provide several hours of Welsh-language programming each week. In the past, the channel has shown action from the Welsh Premiership and Welsh/Scottish League, as well as action from the French Top 14 in 'Le Rygbi'.

[edit] Rugby League

S4C began its second foray into rugby league in June 2007, when they broadcast four Celtic Crusaders matches live starting with the home match against Barrow Raiders on Saturday 9 June 2007. The Crusaders are Wales' only professional rugby league club. The only other time that S4C have screened the 13-man code was when they showed all three of Wales' 1995 Rugby League World Cup matches where the Dragons progressed to the semi-final stage. These matches will be part of the first individual club deal with a television company in rugby league. However, since the Crusaders selection for the Super League competition, this coverage has now ceased.

[edit] Football

S4C broadcasts highlights of the Welsh Premier League every Saturday night usually after the rugby coverage. The channel also shows live matches from the Welsh Premier League, Welsh Cup, and highlights of Welsh internationals, as Sky Sports have the rights to live coverage. There is also coverage of selected European ties involving Welsh clubs. Coverage is shown under the Sgorio Cymru brand.

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

[edit] Harness Racing

S4C broadcast action from harness race meetings during the summer in 'Rasus', broadcast on Monday nights. The programme usually consists of live coverage from meetings at Tir Prince Raceway in Towyn and the Amman Valley Trotting Club in Tairgwaith. Live coverage of the annual two-day Tregaron festival is also broadcast as well as highlights programmes from meetings at Aberystwyth, Caersws and Boughrood.

[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] Cricket

From 2010, S4C will introduce coverage of county cricket from Glamorgan, including 5 live matches from the counties' Twenty20 matches and highlights from all other games. Live coverage will also include action from the newly-formed Welsh Village Cup.

[edit] From Channel 4

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

It also used to provide Channel 4's Test Cricket coverage when they had the rights to.

[edit] External links

S4C Sports Page

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