Editing ITV (TV network) (section)

===Sports===
{{Main|ITV Sport}}

*[[Association football|Football]]
**ITV holds joint rights for the [[FIFA World Cup]] and the [[UEFA European Championship]] with the [[BBC]] and has shown every World Cup live since 1966, on a shared basis with the BBC. This arrangement has been in place since the 1960s. ITV shares the rights for the [[FA Cup]] with the BBC, having previously done so from 1955 to 1988. ITV also held the live rights to the competition from 1998 to 2001 and from 2008 until 2014. The 24/25 season also added the Carabao Cup to its portfolio broadcasting both semi finals with the first leg of one and the second leg of the other and the final sharing the broadcasting rights with Sky Sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/30/ITV.football1?INTCMP=SRCH|title=ITV to pay £275m for FA Cup|first=Chris|last=Tryhorn|date=30 March 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=3 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203192151/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/30/ITV.football1?INTCMP=SRCH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/17/bbc-bt-sport-fa-cup-tv-rights|title=BBC and BT Sport to share FA Cup TV rights|first=Owen|last=Gibson|date=17 July 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523180515/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/17/bbc-bt-sport-fa-cup-tv-rights|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Horse racing]]
**ITV other flagship sporting coverage is as the exclusive free to air home of British horse racing. ITV's deal, which began on 1 January 2017, encompasses horse racing every Saturday afternoon on ITV or ITV4.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV announce Horse Racing Deal|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/british-horse-racing-announces-exclusive-domestic-tv-rights-deal-itv|website=ITV Press Centre|publisher=ITV|access-date=5 December 2016|archive-date=30 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030054031/https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/british-horse-racing-announces-exclusive-domestic-tv-rights-deal-itv|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Boxing]]
**ITV Sport has broadcast many boxing matches over the years under the ''[[The Big Fight Live|Big Fight Live]]'' banner and the sport was a regular fixture on ITV screens until the mid 1990s when ITV lost its two premier contracts to [[Sky Sports]]<ref name="bbcnews05">{{cite news | title = Hatton, Calzaghe and Khan on ITV | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4641585.stm | work = BBC News | date = 1 July 2005 | access-date = 20 March 2007 | archive-date = 7 March 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080307014808/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4641585.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2005, ITV returned to the ring when it reached an agreement to broadcast the main share of [[Frank Warren (promoter)|Frank Warren]]'s '''Sports Network''' fights. This continued until 2008, and in 2010 ITV decided to stop covering the sport as ITV thought that boxing was no longer commercially viable. In the late 2010s ITV showed some boxing on a pay-per-view channel [[ITV Box Office]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-show-eubank-jnr-world-title-fight |title=ITV to show Eubank Jnr World Title fight |publisher=ITV |date=13 December 2016 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=16 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216144516/http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-show-eubank-jnr-world-title-fight |url-status=live }}</ref> However ITV's boxing coverage is now restricted to [[Premier Boxing Champions]] which it shows on ITV4, having closed [[ITV Box Office]] at the start of 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.itv.com/itvboxofficefaqs|title=ITV Box Office Closure notice|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=4 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104024958/https://www.itv.com/itvboxofficefaqs|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Road bicycle racing|Cycling]]
**ITV has shown the [[Tour de France]] in 2002. Initially, live coverage was only broadcast at the weekend but since the 2010 Tour de France, [[ITV4]] has broadcast daily live coverage of every stage. ITV also broadcasts the Women's Tour and [[Tour of Britain]] live.
*Darts
**ITV4 covers six tournaments each year, including the [[UK Open]], [[The Masters (darts)|The Masters]] and the [[World Series of Darts (tour)|World Series of Darts]]. ITV had previously extensively covered the sport and did so from 1972 until it decided to drop the sport in 1988. ITV resumed coverage of [[darts]] in 2007 and since then it has gradually increased the number of events it shows.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV Darts 2015|url=http://sport-onthebox.com/2014/11/15/itv-adds-fifth-live-pdc-darts-tournament-for-2015/|website=Sport on the Box|date=15 November 2014|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905153105/https://sport-onthebox.com/2014/11/15/itv-adds-fifth-live-pdc-darts-tournament-for-2015/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Motorsport]]
**ITV's flagship motorsport coverage is of the [[British Touring Car Championship]] and has shown the event in full since 2002. ITV also broadcasts highlights of the [[World Superbike Championship]] and the [[British Superbike Championship]]. ITV had previously covered [[Formula One]] and did so for 12 seasons, from 1997 to 2008.
*[[Rugby football|Rugby]]
**ITV has broadcast every [[Rugby World Cup]] live since 1991. ITV also broadcasts the [[Women's Rugby World Cup]] and the Under 20 World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-15/rise-for-the-world-cup-on-itv/|title=Rise for the Rugby World Cup on ITV|date=15 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815120321/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-15/rise-for-the-world-cup-on-itv/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2016, ITV has shared coverage of the [[Six Nations Championship]] with the [[BBC]]. ITV broadcasts all England, France Ireland and Italy home matches live, while BBC shows all Scotland and Wales home matches live.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33463368?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_wales_news&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=wales|title=BBC and ITV bid wins Six Nations TV rights until 2021|work=BBC News|date=9 July 2015|access-date=9 July 2015|archive-date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117105213/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33463368?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_wales_news&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=wales|url-status=live}}</ref> ITV also shows 7 live matches from [[Premiership Rugby]] including the final and a weekly highlights show on ITV4 on Sunday evenings, repeated later on ITV1.
*[[Snooker]]
**Snooker is another sport which ITV dropped but has subsequently restarted showing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, ITV broadcast four tournaments per season. ITV dropped snooker after the 1993 British Open and the sport was mostly absent from ITV screens until the 2010s. In summer 2014 ITV and [[Barry Hearn]] announced they had signed a 5-year deal to cover 2 Snooker Tournaments per year, keeping coverage of the [[Champion of Champions (snooker)|Champion of Champions]] and a new tournament called the World Grand Prix.<ref>{{cite web|title=ITV new deal with World Snooker|url=http://sport-onthebox.com/2014/04/24/champion-of-champions-snooker-returning-to-itv4-for-2014/|website=Sport on the Box|date=24 April 2014|access-date=13 January 2021|archive-date=6 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206035819/https://sport-onthebox.com/2014/04/24/champion-of-champions-snooker-returning-to-itv4-for-2014/|url-status=live}}</ref> ITV now shows four tournaments each year, including the [[Champion of Champions (snooker)|Champion of Champions]] and the [[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]].