The FA Cup to be shown live on BBC TV and BT Sport from next year
16 Jul 2013 23:00
Huge boost for the Beeb as deal is struck for world's oldest football competition to return after a two-year absence on ITV
The BBC have won back the right to air live domestic football with a deal to show the FA Cup.
The world's oldest surviving football competition will return to the Beeb next year after a two-year absence, as part of a joint agreement with new broadcasters BT Sport.
The coup, due to be announced on Wednesday, has been brokered by the FA’s new chairman Greg Dyke - a former director general of the BBC.
The return of live FA Cup matches to BBC TV will be boost for anchorman Gary Lineker and his team of expert analysts, who have had to make do with highlights show in recent years.
ITV, who signed a two-year contract in 2012 for FA Cup and England internationals worth £90m, will keep the Three Lions' games.
It appears the deal has been brokered between the TV companies and Dyke in a bid to keep all broadcasters happy.
It is a huge boost for the BBC, who had suffered a series of setbacks in losing out on rights to commercial TV.
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