Sport

  • BBC and ITV to share Six Nations coverage

    BBC and ITV to share Six Nations coverage

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    The UK’s two biggest broadcasters will each offer exclusive coverage of pre-agreed home games, with the BBC taking all Scotland, Wales and France home matches and ITV showing the England, Ireland and Italy matches.

  • BT Sport to show exclusive live coverage of Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup challenge

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    BT Sport and the BBC are to broadcast Sir Ben Ainslie’s challenge to win the 35th America’s Cup, with BT’s channels the only place for sailing fans to watch full live coverage of the contest.

  • Sky wins exclusive live rights to MLS

    Sky wins exclusive live rights to MLS

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    Sky Sports has won the exclusive rights to broadcast Major League Soccer live from the US for the first time.

  • Top sporting feel-good films

    Top sporting feel-good films

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    The competitive nature of sport lends itself well to the feel-good movie genre, offering plausible scenarios for the time-honoured tale of the likeable underdog who ultimately emerges victorious.

  • Rockstar Games to be honoured by BAFTA

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    Rockstar Games, the studio behind Red Dead Redemption and the hit Grand Theft Auto franchise, is to be honoured at this year’s British Academy Games Awards ceremony. The studio will be presented with the Fellowship – the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, television or games.

  • LEGO The Hobbit coming for all consoles in 2014

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    Video games fans will soon be able to re-live the action from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit in LEGO-form. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group are working on a new game based on the first two films of Jackson’s Trilogy. LEGO The Hobbit will be available in 2014 for all major platforms…