Deals with the All England Club and UEFA secure more free live sport via the BBC’s broadcast and streaming outlets.
- Wimbledon to stay on the BBC until 2033
- Coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s football games to remain free-to-air until Euro 2028.
BBC Sport and The All England Lawn Tennis Club have announced a new agreement that will see the Wimbledon tennis Grand Slam remain free-to-air for audiences across the UK through to and including 2033.
Earlier this year, the All England Club let it known they were concerned about the BBC’s increasingly “stale” coverage.
The BBC says the new deal means viewers and listeners can continue following the action from SW19 each summer across all of its traditional broadcast and streaming outlets, plus social media.
Licence fee payers have been promised that the BBC’s coverage will include “deeper storytelling, enhanced analysis, and technology” going forward. Viewers will have a greater choice of match coverage through the BBC iPlayer.
Free-to-air coverage of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland men’s football
Meanwhile, the BBC has extended its rights agreement with UEFA for a further two years. It means every Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland senior men’s international football match remains live and free-to-air until June 2028. Free-to-air coverage of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish men’s football had become a hot topic after previous rights were snapped up by Viaplay, which has since exited the UK sports market. The BBC stepped in to offer free-to-air coverage in 2025.
The new agreement will see the BBC broadcast around 60 live matches across the next two years, including this autumn’s UEFA Nations League fixtures and every European Qualifier to Euro 2028 involving the three nations.
ITV holds the equivalent rights to England games.
By: Marc Thornham