SBS Sports is a South Korean

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sports channel that broadcasts major sports events including the

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and professional sports in Korea such as baseball and volleyball. It also broadcasts the

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, boxing matches and ISU

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matches. SBS Sports is currently run by

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Kim Kee-sung.

History

In 1995, the channel was launched as Korea Sports TV. Five years later, in 2000, it was rebranded as SBS Sports Channel. In 2010, due to a partnership with ESPN, the channel was again rebranded as SBS ESPN. In 2014, the name is reduced to SBS Sports.

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* Park Sang-joon * Jin Dal-rae * Hong Jae-kyung * Jo Min-ho * Yoon Sung-ho * Lee Dong-geun * Lee Jae-hyung * Kim Nam-hee * Jo Jung-shik * Kim Min-ah * Yoo Hee-jong * Kim Se-hee * Jang Yoo-rye * Jung Woo-young * Ahn Hyun-joon * Kim Se-yeon * Yeo Eui-joo

Commentators

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Ice skating Ice skating is the Human-powered transport, self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

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* Billiard : Oh Sung-kyoo *

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: Oh Il-soo *

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

: Choi Chun-shik, Lee Sang-yeol, Lee Jong-kyung,

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: Kim Ki-tae *

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: Yoo Jin-sun *

Boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

: Hong Soo-hwan * Jokgu : Jung Chang-ma

Programming

Football

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Coupe de la Ligue The Coupe de la Ligue (), known outside France as the French League Cup, was a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1993 and, unlike the Coupe de France ...

Trophée des Champions The Trophée des Champions (, ) is a French association football trophy contested in an annual match between the champions of Ligue 1 and the winners of the Coupe de France. It is equivalent to the Super cup, super cups found in many other count ...

AFF Championship The ASEAN Championship (formerly known as the AFF Championship or AFF Cup), currently known as the ASEAN Hyundai Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the biennial football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) for men's natio ...

(

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) * Football at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games – Men's tournament * 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round * Audi Cup *

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Olympics

* Summer Olympic (until 2024) * Winter Olympic (until 2022)

Ice skating

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Baseball

KBO League The KBO League () is a professional baseball league in South Korea. The league comprises ten teams. The KBO League was founded with six franchises in 1982 and is the most popular sports league in South Korea. The Kia Tigers are the most success ...

* WBSC Premier12 (

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)

Basketball

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* Women's Korean Basketball League

Volleyball

* V-League (both men and women competition) *

FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was an annual women's volleyball competition created in 1993. The men's version of the competition was called World League. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitio ...

Notes

References

External links

* {{SBS

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Television channels in South Korea Sports television networks in South Korea Korean-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 1995