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23 unusual facts about Eurosport


1993 Football League First Division play-off Final

Eurosport placed the game at #94 on its list of the 100 Greatest football matches of all-time.

2005 World Touring Car Championship season

Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of Eurosport, the championship was an evolution of the former European Touring Car Championship, elevated to World Championship status by the FIA for 2005 with the introduction of races outside Europe.

2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan

Before the start of the season the new Eurosport Asia Trophy was launched for drivers entered on a race–by–race basis for the three Asian rounds at the end of the season, starting in Japan.

Bert Sitters

Since 1989 he is a TV commentator of aquatic events with Eurosport.

CA Saint-Étienne Loire Sud Rugby

The 3,000 people in the stadium were not the only ones to witness the locals' 15–9 victory though, as the match was broadcast live on Eurosport, a first for a Fédérale 1 game.

Connie Henry

She has provided commentary for broadcasters such as Eurosport and the BBC, reporting on events such as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the Summer Olympics.

Digital television in the United Kingdom

The service carries some of the UK’s most watched channels including the Discovery Channel, UKTV Gold, Discovery Real Time, British Eurosport and Cartoon Network.

Elemental Technologies

In July 2012, Elemental products supported the broadcast of the 2012 Summer Olympics on internet devices for media companies including the BBC, Eurosport, Terra Networks and others.

Media and entertainment companies using Elemental products include the BBC, Big Ten Network, CBS Interactive, Columbus Communications, Comcast, Deltatre, Disney, ESPN, Eurosport, Foxtel, HBO, MLB, National Geographic, NBA, NHK, PBS, QVC, Telefonica, Terra Networks, TF1, VMMA, Warner Bros., WRN Broadcast, Viacom and Vubiquity.

Eurosport News

Eurosport News is a sports news channel part of the European sports network Eurosport, owned by Discovery Communications and TF1 Group.

FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012, Western European League

Across Europe Eurosport shows a recording of the world cup competitions on Wednesday evening.

Focus Bikes

In 2009 the company set up subsidiaries in the United States and Italy and began a European wide advertising campaign on Eurosport TV channel.

GF World Cup '06

The tournament is said to be the world's most prestigious non-IHF handball tournament for women, and most matches in the tournament were broadcast live on Eurosport.

Global Champions Tour

The Global Champions Tour (GCT) is an annually celebrated show jumping competition.The sponsors include Jaeger-LeCoultre and Eurosport.

James Parrack

Parrack currently commentates on swimming for the Eurosport television channel with Drew Gordon.

Jan Tops

Presenting sponsors CN and CN WorldWide have been with the GCT since the beginning, as well as media partner Eurosport who broadcasts the Global Champions Tour legs in 59 countries.

Rafał Jewtuch

He also commentates on snooker matches for Polish Eurosport.

Redemption Days

The song serves as the soundtrack to ITV's UEFA Euro 2012 coverage, British Eurosport's 2012 Tour de France coverage, the theme song to BP's advertising campaign for the 2012 Summer Olympics and features on the soundtrack of British film Victim.

Ria Stalman

She retired shortly after the 1984 Olympics to work as a journalist and athletics commentator withEurosport.

Rolf Slotboom

Apart from playing and writing, Slotboom also acts as commentator during poker broadcasts for Eurosport.

Timo Furuholm

He is the son of former Finnish footballer and current Eurosport commentator, Tapio Furuholm.

Tour de France Soundtracks

A short jingle was supplied to the television broadcaster Eurosport for use in their coverage of the 2003 Tour de France.

World Dressage Masters

Since beginning of 2011 Eurosport is the Global Media Partner of the World Dressage Masters.


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Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge

The winners were New Zealand’s Eurosport team, which was made up of Richard Ussher (Captain – New Zealand), Elina Ussher (Finland), Aaron Prince (New Zealand) and Gordon Walker (New Zealand).

European School of Luxembourg I

Participation in the Model European Parliament, the European Schools Science Symposium and the Eurosport Championship, as well as a number of other recreational projects, allows students to excel in other areas.

Eurosport Fight Club

The program is edited in Eurosport Central Building studios which is located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux commune, Paris by Samuel Pagal, Annie Vicaire and Charle-Henri Odin, the editors of the show.

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup

Formula Renault V6 Eurocup is a former type of formula racing, active from 2003 to 2004, started by Renault as a support series in Eurosport's Super Racing Weekends (ETCC and FIA GT Championship).

Graham Little

He has also worked on BBC Northern Ireland consumer affairs series In Your Corner, presented Eurosport's 2010 coverage of cycling's British National Road Race Championships, and fronted other cycling and golf programmes for Sky Sports.

Marc Huster

Since 1997 he comments on weightlifting events for Eurosport, in 2002 he started working for German broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.

Patsy Fagan

Fagan is currently coach of the Harrow professional Alfred Burden, and is now a regular commentator for snooker coverage on Eurosport, particularly the 12 PTC events.

Sportitalia

The financier Tarak Ben Ammar bought the frequencies in collaboration with the satellite channel Eurosport.

Vivacom

In addition to the three main stations, the Bulgarian National TV (BNT), bTV and Nova Televizia, the package includes bTV Cinema, bTV Action, bTV Comedy, Fox Life, Diema, CNN, Euronews, DW; the sports channels Eurosport and RING.bg; Fiesta TV, Animal Planet; the musical channels MAD, City TV, T rock, Planeta Folk, Fen TV, Balkanika; and the children's channels Е-KIDS and Super 7, among others.