News presentation and formats have long since changed and that too quite dramatically. From pre designed scripts which were merely to be read; now news has grown to be more interactive with more features, reviews and interviews being combined with the regular news bulletin.
Another major development has been the airing of breaking news, live action as it happens in the hub of action. Breaking news is not limited to covering social, political or economic happenings but has extended to the world of sports. Sports breaking news is quickly becoming a frequent feature of most these news channels who aim at finding the complete lowdown about the sports action.
A great deal of sports information gets listed daily and is listed as sports breaking news. But for the sports enthusiast, it is of extreme importance this information is authentic and of consequence. It has been seen in a number of instances when sports bloopers are presented as sports breaking news. It can take a while to filter such information and get information which is of any real consequence.
To fill out these discrepancies there are some reliable sports news channels which cover virtually all of the sports breaking news events and bring them to their viewers. Some of these channels are ESPN, Sky Sports News, BBC Sport and Fox Sports and convey latest sports news from across the world for their viewers.
Fox Sports is one of the most popular sports news providers in the USA. Since their inception they’ve focused on covering major and very popular sports activities from across the nation. Through the years this channel as the channel became very popular; it increased its network and started covering sports action from around the world. In the beginning their primary focus was on the NASCAR series and the Daytona 500 and had the exclusive broadcasting rights of the latter.
The channel then began concentrating on Major League Baseball, National Hockey League games and also the Bowl Championship Series and also since 2000 Fox Sports has been given the broadcasting rights with the airing of the World Series. Besides this, they, along with their sister channels, also cover football championships from countries such as Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Italy etc. Fox Sports in addition has forayed into the world of action sports with the help of Fuel TV another sister channel.
ESPN on the other hand calls itself the “worldwide leader in the arena of sports”. In keeping with their declaration, they have been successfully covering and provide live sports news and events t their viewers. Along with covering regular sports such as basketball, baseball, cricket, ice hockey etc, ESPN have been key in popularizing extreme sports by broadcasting the only one of the kind X Games which can be considered as one of the most prestigious of all extreme sports competitions.
Sky Sports and BBC Sport remain very well liked in Europe covering all the major sports action form that region. They have been going neck to neck when it comes to viewership and cover every one of the sports breaking news and carry it across to their viewers through their sports news programs.