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1930s. 1936. 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service, from Alexandra Palace. 1937. 21 June – The BBC broadcasts television coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. 1938. 2 April – The BBC covers The Boat Race for the first time.
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.
Emily Salley - BBC Sport journalist at Wimbledon July 14, 2024 at 1:10 PM Carlos Alcaraz powered to victory over an out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic to retain his men's singles title at Wimbledon.
Jonathan Jurejko - BBC Sport journalist at Wimbledon July 1, 2024 at 6:40 AM Alcaraz is bidding to become the ninth man in the Open era to successfully defend the Wimbledon singles title [Getty ...
On 19 December 2021, Raducanu was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, becoming the first female tennis player to win the trophy since Virginia Wade in 1977. [219] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for her contribution to tennis. [220] [221] [222] [223]
French Open 2023: Latest scores. , Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 5-7, 2-5 Coco Gauff. A simple hold for Gauff to move to 4-2 and she’s edging closer to victory. Schmiedlova simply has to hold serve ...
Djokovic has been named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year a joint-record five times (2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2024) and the 2011 BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. [16] [17] He is a recipient of the Order of Karađorđe Star, Order of St. Sava, and the Order of the Republika Srpska.
Jonathan Jurejko - BBC Sport journalist at Wimbledon June 30, 2024 at 6:05 AM Emma Raducanu, who reached the last 16 as a teenager in 2021, missed last year's Wimbledon through injury [Getty Images]