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			what sports did Eurosport have? cycling and winter sports? i cant think of anything else other than the Olympics coverage
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			Snooker (tons of it) and two of the four grand slam tennis tournaments too
		 
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					Originally Posted by vincerooney  what sports did Eurosport have? cycling and winter sports? i cant think of anything else other than the Olympics coverage |  Everytime I look up the listings for Eurosport UK.
 
Eurosport 2 HD was not broadcasting any live sports for 11 months outside Tennis rights.
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					Originally Posted by Media Boy UK  Everytime I look up the listings for Eurosport UK.
 Eurosport 2 HD was not broadcasting any live sports for 11 months outside Tennis rights.
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					Originally Posted by vincerooney  what sports did Eurosport have? cycling and winter sports? i cant think of anything else other than the Olympics coverage |  IIRC before they had any mainstream sports there was tractor pulling, truck trialing, drag racing and Icelandic 4x4.    
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					Originally Posted by heero_yuy  IIRC before they had any mainstream sports there was tractor pulling, truck trialing, drag racing and Icelandic 4x4.   |  In 1990 Eurosport did show WWE Wrestling.
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					Originally Posted by Media Boy UK  In 1990 Eurosport did show WWE Wrestling. |  So no real sport        
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					Originally Posted by Itshim   |  Eurosport had the Biathlon, cross country skiing,  combined with a bit of rifle shooting when you got tired of skiing. Fantastic entertainment.
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					Originally Posted by Paul  Well its been going for 30+ years, someone must have been watching it. |  At one time it was the sports channel offered by Sky and was FTA.  Sky Sports only came into existence after Sky effectively took over BSB.
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					Originally Posted by vincerooney  what sports did Eurosport have? cycling and winter sports? i cant think of anything else other than the Olympics coverage |  Cycling (world tours, including Tour de France, Giro, Vuelta, one-day classics, and cyclo cross), winter sports, motorcycle racing (World Superbike, British Superbike, occasionally American and Australian Superbike), 24hrs of Le Mans, various other car racing, Dakar Rally, tennis, snooker. And probably a few more sports I’ve forgotten.
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