Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the

Fox Corporation Fox Corporation (stylized in all-caps as FOX Corporation) is a publicly traded American mass media company operated and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Incorporated ...

, with the exceptions of the operations in Australia, which are part of Foxtel (majority-owned by Fox Corp. sister company

News Corp Australia News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,0 ...

) and the operations in Mexico are owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman while the operations in Argentina are owned by Mediapro but branding and contents are licensed to

and the rest of the international Fox Sports channels were sold to

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, following the acquisition.

Divisions

Fox Sports (United States) Fox Sports, also referred to as Fox Sports Media Group and stylized in all caps as FOX Sports, is the sports programming division of the Fox Corporation that is responsible for sports broadcasts carried by the Fox broadcast network, Fox Spor ...

, also known as the Fox Sports Media Group. *

Fox Sports International Fox Sports International (FSI) is an international sportscasting and production division of The Walt Disney Company. The division shares its name with both the United States-based sports division of Fox Corporation, and the chain of regional spo ...

, an international sports programming and production entity of

(previously owned by the

Fox Networks Group Fox Networks Group (FNG) is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that oversees international television assets that were acquired from 21st Century Fox. It produces and distributes more than 300 entertainment, film, sports and factual chan ...

until Disney's acquisition of most

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assets), which distributes sports programming to various countries. *

Fox Sports Australia Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as ...

, formerly Premier Media Group, owned by Foxtel (65% owned by

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-controlled

with

Telstra Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX ...

). * Fox Sports Argentina, owned by Mediapro, branding licensed to

* Fox Sports Mexico, owned by Grupo Multimedia Lauman branding licensed to

* FoxSports.com, a sports news website. *

Fox Sports Radio Fox Sports Radio is an American sports radio network. Based in Los Angeles, California, the network is operated and managed by Premiere Networks in a content partnership with Fox Corporation's Fox Sports division and iHeartMedia, parent company ...

is a national sports talk radio network managed by Premiere Networks in partnership with Fox Sports.

Channels

Current channels

Australia

Fox Sports (Australia) Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as ...

, a group of sports channels ** Fox Sports News 500 - Cable and satellite channel that continuously televises sports news 24 hours per day. **

Fox Cricket Fox Cricket is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening cricket (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Foxtel ...

501 - A 24-hour dedicated

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channel **

Fox League Fox League is an Australian subscription television channel dedicated to screening rugby league (both domestic and international) matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and is available throughout Australia on Fo ...

502 - A 24-hour dedicated

Rugby League Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

channel ** Fox Sports 503 **

Fox Footy Fox Footy (stylised as FOX FOOTY) is an Australian rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited, operated out of their Me ...

504 - primarily features the Australian Football League ** Fox Sports 505 ** Fox Sports 506 ** Fox Sports More+ 507

Argentina

* Fox Sports (Argentina), is an Argentine pay television network that broadcasts in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

. ** Fox Sports ** Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+ ** Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming is car-related.

Brazil

Fox Sports 2 Fox Sports 2 (FS2) is an American sports-oriented pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. The channel is based at the Fox Sports division's headquarters on the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City ...

: launched on January 24, 2014. Now run by Disney; will remain under that name until 31 December 2022, due to contractual language with CONMEBOL regarding its coverage of the

2022 Copa Libertadores The 2022 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores was the 63rd edition of the CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. On 14 May 2020, CONMEBOL announced t ...

Mexico

* Fox Sports (Mexico), is a Mexican pay television network that broadcasts in

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

. ** Fox Sports ** Fox Sports 2: formerly known as Fox Sports+ ** Fox Sports 3: formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 and its programming is car-related. ** Fox Sports Premium, is a pay-TV channel launched in 2022, it is specialised in broadcasting Mexican First Football Division matches.

United States

Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports ...

is a national sports network. *

Fox Deportes Fox Deportes (formerly Fox Sports en Español and stylized in all caps as FOX Deportes) is an American pay television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming in Spanish, aimed at the Hispanic population in the United State ...

presents sports programming in Spanish. * Fox Soccer Plus, a network with extended coverage of soccer and other international sport events; remains in operation even after closure of

Fox Soccer Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports World before that) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by Fox Corporation, which operated from 1997 to 2013. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australi ...

Former channels

Africa

* Fox Sports Africa, launched in August 2014 in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Asia

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...

, was a group of sports channels available in East and Southeast Asia, formerly ESPN Star Sports. These channels were closed on October 1, 2021. ** Fox Sports, formerly ESPN. ** Fox Sports 2, formerly Star Sports. ** Fox Sports 3, formerly ESPN HD and Fox Sports Plus HD.

Brazil

* Fox Sports Brazil, It was the Brazilian division of Fox Sports, that included 2 channels aimed at broadcasting sporting events 24 hours a day. ** Fox Sports: since February 5, 2012 the channel was already available in all Brazil. On January 17, 2022, Fox Sports was renamed ESPN 4.

Canada

Fox Sports World Canada Fox Sports World Canada was a Canadian subscription television channel. The channel's programming primarily featured soccer and covered other world sports such as rugby. Although its original Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Comm ...

, a defunct

specialty channel A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or target ...

primarily featuring soccer and other events around the world that operated from 2001 to 2012.

Latin America

, was a group of channels broadcast across Mexico, Central, and South America. Its main channel was rebranded in January 2022 as ESPN4: ** Fox Sports ** Fox Sports 3 (not available in Brazil): formerly known as Speed Channel, it was launched in 2012 ** Fox Sports Premium, is a pay-TV channel launched in 2017, it specialises in broadcasting Argentine First Football Division matches. Was rebranded as ESPN Premium.

Middle East

* Fox Sports Middle East was a sports channel that was distributed by Star Select as part of package television channels.

Netherlands

* Fox Sports (Netherlands) was a group of sports channels owned by Eredivisie Media & Marketing which for 51% was owned by

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, the channels was rebranded as ESPN. ** Fox Sports Eredivisie, 3 premium channels. It held the exclusive rights for the live matches of the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

, the highest Dutch football division. ** Fox Sports International (Netherlands), 3 premium channels covered several European football leagues.

Israel

* Fox Sports Israel was first broadcast in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

back in 2001 by satellite provider yes and since 2010 it broadcasts the HD version of the channel.

Italy

* Fox Sports Italy was an Italian sports channel launched in 2013 alongside Fox Sports Plus and Fox Sports 2, which carries soccer, MLB, NFL, NCAA Sports, Volley Champions League and

Euroleague Basketball Euroleague Basketball is the private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has been o ...

. In 2018, the channel has been dissolved.

Turkey

* Fox Sports Turkey was a sports channel that was distributed by the Turkish provider Digiturk.

South Korea

* JTBC3 Fox Sports, a sports channel was owned by joint owned by

Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited, (formerly Satellite Television Asian Region Limited (from 2001 trading as Star TV, stylised as STAR TV, and then as Star until 2009), subsequently Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited and Fo ...

and

JTBC JTBC (shortened from ''Joongang Tongyang Broadcasting Company'' (; stylized as jtbc) is a South Korean nationwide pay television network. Its primary shareholder is JoongAng Holdings, with a 25% stake. It was launched on 1 December 2011. JTBC ...

Japan

* Fox Sports & Entertainment began producing sports shows in 2013, which are broadcast in several Fox channels. The channel closed on March 31, 2020.

United States

Fox College Sports Stadium College Sports (formerly Fox College Sports) is a group of three American sports networks. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (under the joint venture Diamond Sports Group), the three channels air college and high ...

was a suite of three region-specific networks devoted to college sports that were sold to Diamond Sports Group in 2019. *

Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Mar ...

was a collection of

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regional sports network In the United States and Canada, a regional sports network (RSN) is a cable television channel (many of which are also distributed on direct broadcast satellite services) that presents sports programming to a local market or geographical region. ...

s broadcasting across the United States that was sold to Diamond Sports Group in 2019. In 2021, Fox Sports is gone, with the channels now being branded as Bally Sports. These regional channels include: **

Fox Sports Arizona Bally Sports Arizona (BSAZ) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts pro ...

** Fox Sports Carolinas **

Fox Sports Detroit Bally Sports Detroit (BSD) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group that operates as a Bally Sports affiliate. It provides coverage of local sports teams in the state of Michigan, primarily focusing on those in Metro ...

** Fox Sports Florida ** Fox Sports Indiana ** Fox Sports Kansas City ** Fox Sports Midwest ** Fox Sports New Orleans **

Fox Sports North Bally Sports North is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, and operates as a Bally Sports affiliate. The channel broadcasts coverage of sporting events involving teams located in the Upper Midwest region, with a focu ...

Fox Sports Ohio Bally Sports Ohio is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and is operated as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events in the state of Ohio, with a focus on professio ...

** Fox Sports Oklahoma ** Fox Sports San Diego ** Fox Sports South **

Fox Sports Southeast Bally Sports Southeast (BSSE) (originally named SportSouth from its inception until October 4, 2015, and Fox Sports Southeast (FSSE) until March 31, 2021) is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture betw ...

Fox Sports Southwest Bally Sports Southwest is a Texan regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group (a joint-venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios), and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regiona ...

** Fox Sports Sun ** Fox Sports Tennessee ** Fox Sports West ** Fox Sports Wisconsin ** Fox Sports Northwest ** Fox Sports Pittsburgh ** Fox Sports Rocky Mountain ** Fox Sports Utah ** Prime Ticket ** SportsTime Ohio **

YES Network The Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) is an American pay television regional sports network owned by Yankee Global Enterprises (the largest shareholder with 26%), Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios (which owns 20% ...

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Divisions

Channels

Current channels

Australia

Argentina

Brazil

Mexico

United States

Former channels

Africa

Asia

Brazil

Canada

Latin America

Middle East

Netherlands

Israel

Italy

Turkey

South Korea

Japan

United States

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