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BBC outbid by TNT Sports for 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Media | The Guardian · Matt Hughes · last updated

  • BBC will miss out on Games for first time since 1954

  • Broadcaster exploring idea of some free-to-air coverage

The Commonwealth Games will not be broadcast on the BBC next year for the first time since 1954, with TNT Sports buying the live UK rights for next summer’s event in Glasgow.

The BBC are understood to have made an offer to continue their 72-year coverage but were outbid by TNT’s owners Warner Bros Discovery, with the Commonwealth Games prioritising a larger financial offer above the bigger audience guaranteed by terrestrial television.

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