{{Infobox television channel | name = AFN Sports | logo_size = | logo = | logo_caption = | founder = | launch_date = {{Start date and age|2001|08|07}} | closed_date = | picture_format = 1080i (HDTV) | country = United States | owner = American Forces Network | parent = | language = {{Plainlist| * English }} | area = United States military bases | headquarters = Riverside, California, U.S. | key_people = | sister_channels = {{collapsible list| * AFN Prime * AFN Spectrum * AFN News * AFN Sports 2 * AFN Movie * AFN Family }} | website = {{URL|https://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ | MyAFN}} | availability_note = limited to U.S. military personnel in military bases | online_serv_1 = Affiliated Streaming Service | online_chan_1 = AFN Now | online_serv_2 = | online_chan_2 = }} '''AFN Sports''' is a rolling-sports channel, providing sports news and events, including ESPN's ''SportsCenter'' and live and delayed broadcasts of the NFL, NBA, NASCAR, MLB, NHL, NCAA college football, men's and women's NCAA college basketball, FIFA soccer and PGA Tour, as well as other highly rated team competitions. Most major boxing and martial arts events, including all pay-per-view events from WWE and other promoters, airs on the channel with no additional payment to the viewer.
==History== Sports broadcasts have been part of AFN as far back as the pre-satellite days, even becoming a part of the SATNET service introduced in 1982, enabling the introduction of live events. Until then, live coverage was only possible by radio.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20251202143548/https://www.stripes.com/news/2007-11-11/many-happy-with-afn-sports-lineup-1980544.html1 Many happy with AFN Sports lineup]</ref> This was replaced on January 2, 1997 by NewSports, a hybrid news and sports channel,<ref name="AFN BC">{{cite web |title=AFN History |url=https://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/media/afn80/documents/AFN-BC-History.pdf |format=pdf |date=2022}}</ref> which increased the amount of sports telecasts available to the viewer.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brockman |first1=Kristina |title=New NMC channels will change television viewing |url=https://timarit.is/page/6098777#page/n0/mode/2up |work=The White Falcon |publisher=Timarit.is |date=March 28, 1997 }}</ref> Most of the events carried by the service were shown on a tape delay, for nine hours on weekdays and twenty on weekends.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000519225954/http://www.afrts.osd.mil/afn3.htm#top NewSports]</ref>
In July 2001, it was announced that a full-time AFN Sports channel would launch on a separate capacity, while the existing NewSports would become AFN News.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frith |first1=Teresa J. |title=Residents will see new channels in August |url=https://timarit.is/page/5833825?iabr=on#page/n6/mode/1up |work=The White Falcon |publisher=Timarit.is |date=July 27, 2001}}</ref>
On September 23, 2011, AFN Sports started high definition broadcasts, becoming the first AFN channel to do so.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20251202142036/https://80.stripes.com/archives/afn-debuting-hd-sports-channel AFN debuting HD sports channel]</ref> During the 2013 government showdown, sports telecasts were briefly shown on AFN News.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20251202144639/https://www.stripes.com/news/2013-10-06/afn-airs-football-other-suspended-programming-to-follow-1837782.html1 AFN airs football, other suspended programming to follow]</ref>
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Sports Category:Sports television networks Category:Television channels and stations established in 2001