Match of the Day 2 and Match of the Day 2 Extra, are presented by Mark Chapman. The BBC shows highlights of the Premier League on Match of the Day which has been hosted by Gary Lineker since 1999. The BBC aired all its matches from the 2018 World Cup in 4K UHD and VR to a limited number of viewers subject to bandwidth. A near equal split of group stage and knockout stage games are shown, including a semi-final and the final is shown on both networks. The BBC shares the rights to the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship with ITV. In 2017, BBC Sport launched a new on-air identity, becoming the first BBC property to implement the broadcaster's new corporate typeface. The department moved into Quay House, MediaCityUK gradually in late 2011 and early 2012 with the first Sports bulletins being broadcast from the new BBC Sport Centre on 5 March 2012.

The new development at MediaCityUK marks a major decentralisation of BBC departments from London and a key investment in the north of England where BBC spending in the region had previously been low.

In May 2007, the BBC Trust approved plans for several BBC departments, including BBC Sport, to be moved to a new development in Salford.

Upon the launch of the BBC News website in 1997, sport was included in the BBC's online presence for the first time. This practice continued throughout the next two decades. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four coloured rings. Grandstand was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. This year’s winner will be awarded £500,000, with the total prize fund of more than £2m the largest ever at a snooker event.BBC Sport logo used from 2017 until 2022. Wales’ Mark Williams, at the age of 43, pulled off a major shock to win his third world title in 2018, beating John Higgins 18-16 in the final to become the second oldest winner in Crucible history. The tournament will be played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, starting on Saturday 20 April, with the final to be played on Sunday and Monday, 5-6 May. The 2019 World Snooker Championship begins this weekend with live TV coverage on the BBC.

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