StarTimes Sports

StarTimes Sports is a chain of sports broadcasting channels operated by StarTimes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
==History==
StarTimes first foray into sports broadcasting began in 2012, when they purchased a package of Italian Serie A games to air one a week on its StartTimes KungFu channel. In 2013 StarTimes purchased a package to air one French Ligue 1 game everyweek on its StarTimes KungFu channel.
On 19 July 2014, StarTimes Sports 2 was launched as the first channel in the StarTimes Sports channel chain. 
This was informed due to StarTimes taking in more sporting content as it's satellite TV service expanded.
The new channel was to air football games from the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament, the French Ligue 1 and 2014 International Champions Cup.
On the 1st of June 2015, StarTimes added a third sports channel to the chain, StarTimes Sports Premium, this was after StarTimes Sports Focus was added earlier in the year.
Later on, in August 2015, StarTimes Sports Life and World Football were added to the StarTimes EPG bringing the total number of StarTimes Sports channels to five. 
StarTimes Sports 2 has since been rebranded to StarTimes Sports Arena.
StarTimes Sports channels broadcast a wide variety of sporting events ranging from association football, tennis, cricket, rugby, badminton, table tennis, motorsport, boxing and volleyball.
==List of channels==
*StarTimes Sports Focus (Sub Saharan Africa exp. South Africa)
*StarTimes Sports Arena (Sub Saharan Africa exp. South Africa) HD simulcast
*StarTimes Sports Life (Sub Saharan Africa exp. South Africa)
*StarTimes Sports Premium (Sub Saharan Africa exp. South Africa) HD simulcast
*StarTimes World Football (Sub Saharan Africa exp. South Africa) HD simulcast
*Sports 1 (South Africa only)
*Sports 2 (South Africa only)
*Sports 3 (South Africa only)
===StarTimes Sports Focus===
StarTimes Sports Focus is a channel which broadcasts sports news, highlights and interviews. It's programming also includes rugby and table tennis.
It also acts as a spillover channel for association football when necessary.
===StarTimes Sports Arena===
StarTimes Sports Arena is the chain's home for fight events, airing events from promotions like ONE Championship, Bellator MMA, Cage Warriors, Glory (kickboxing) and World Boxing Council. It is also used as a spillover channel for German Bundesliga and French Ligue 1.
===StarTimes Sports Life===
StarTimes Sports Life airs the Chinese Super League and Liga MX. It also airs golf, volleyball and X Games. It has aired tennis and cricket in the past and also French Ligue 1.
===StarTimes Sports Premium===
StarTimes Sports Premium airs a variety of sports, mainly from association football which include Bundesliga, Ligue 1, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Euro Qualifying tournaments and FIFA World Cup and it's qualifiers. It has aired Italian Serie A in the past. The channel also airs Basketball events like FIBA World Cup and it's qualifiers and the AfroBasket tournament. Motorsport also airs on the channel, from events like Formula E and World Rally Championship.
===StarTimes World Football===
StarTimes World Football is a football only channel.
It is the home of the Bundesliga on StarTimes, but also airs Ligue 1, Serie A, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League, FIFA World Cup qualifiers, International Champions Cup, FIFA World Club Cup, UEFA Europa League, FA Cup, Copa del Rey and Coppa Italia.
===Sports 1, 2 & 3===
Sports 1, Sports 2 and Sports 3 are StarTimes Sports channels carried on StarTimes' South African subsidiary, StarSat. They basically carry the same programming with the channels in the rest of Sub Saharan Africa, except for the UEFA Europa League and FIFA events which are held by rivals SuperSport in South Africa. 
== Sports Coverage ==
=== Football (Soccer) ===
Bundesliga (2015–2020)
Ligue 1 (2014–2019) 
FA Cup (2019–2021) 
FA Community Shield (2019–2021)
Coppa Italia (2018–2021)
Supercoppa Italiana (2018–2021)
DFL-Supercup (2015–2020)
Coupe de la Ligue (2018–2019)
International Champions Cup (2014–2019) 
UEFA Europa League (2018–2021) 
Serie A (2015–2018) 
FIFA World Cup 
La Liga (2020–2024) 
FIFA Women's World Cup 
Copa America 
Liga MX 
Chinese Super League (2017 – Present)
Copa del Rey (2020 – Present)
FIFA Club World Cup (2015–2018) 
Ghana Premier League 
Uganda Premier League
=== Basketball ===
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Afrobasket
AfroBasket Women
FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
=== Motorsport ===
Formula E 
Formula e
World Rally Championship
=== Rugby ===
Premiership Rugby
===Aquatics===
FINA World Aquatics Championships
===Tennis===
Hopman Cup
ATP Tour 250
Davis Cup
===Cricket===
Bangladesh Premier League
Pakistan Super League
===Boxing===
World Series of Boxing
WBC Boxing
WBO Boxing
===Volleyball===
FIVB Volleyball World League
===Table Tennis===
Table Tennis World Cup
ITTF World Tour
World Table Tennis Championships
===Badminton===
BWF World Tour
===Golf===
PGA Tour Highlights
LPGA of Korea Tour
Solheim Cup
===Mixed Martial Arts===
Bellator MMA
ONE Championship
Glory (kickboxing)
Cage Warriors
===Wrestling===
Major League Wrestling
Lucha Libre
TNA Greatest Matches
World of Sport Wrestling
== References ==
==External links==
* Official Website
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Category:Sports television
Category:Television stations in China
Category:Sports Television channels in China
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2014
Category:Television channels in China