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ARTICLE · 04 AUGUST 2011

Sports Shorts

A new rights deal, under which the BBC and Sky Sports will both broadcast Formula 1 in the country between 2012 and 2018, has been announced today.

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Andrew Nixon
Andrew Nixon

Sky win F1 Rights

A new rights deal, under which the BBC and Sky Sports will both broadcast Formula 1 in the country between 2012 and 2018, has been announced today. The new carve up will see Sky Sports broadcast every race, qualifying session, and practice live and the BBC will show half the races live, as well as the qualifying and practice sessions from those races.

GB triathlete Wiltshire receives 6 month ban

Harry Wiltshire has been suspended for 6 months by the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for unsportsmanlike conduct.

He was disqualified from the European Championships for impeding Javier Gomez during the swimming leg. The race was ultimately won by GB's Alistair Brownlee and although there was no evidence, per se, that Wiltshire's actions were part of a plan to assist Brownlee, the ITU still deemed it appropriate to suspend him. Interestingly, the ITU does not have its own internal appeals procedure, so should Wiltshire and the British Triathlon

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