News presentation and formats have long since changed and that too quite dramatically. From pre designed scripts that were just to be read; now news has grown to be more interactive with more features, reviews and interviews being added to the regular news bulletin.

Another major development is the airing of breaking news, live action as it happens from the hub of action. Breaking news is just not restricted to covering social, political or economic happenings but has extended to the world of sports. Sports breaking news is quickly becoming a regular feature of the majority of these news channels who focus on getting the complete lowdown about the sports action.

A great deal of sports information gets listed daily and is also listed as sports breaking news. But for the sports enthusiast, it is of extreme importance this data is authentic and of consequence. It has been seen in quite a few instances when sports bloopers are presented as sports breaking news. Usually it takes a while to filter such information and obtain information that is of any real consequence.

To fill out these discrepancies there are some reliable sports news channels that cover all the major sports breaking news events and provide them to their viewers. A few of these channels are ESPN, Sky Sports News, BBC Sport and Fox Sports and convey latest sports news from across the world for their viewers.

Fox Sports is one of the most favored sports news providers in the USA. Since their inception they’ve aimed at covering major and very popular sporting events from across the nation. Over the years this channel since the channel became very popular; it increased its network and started covering sports action from around the world. Initially their primary focus was around the NASCAR series as well as the Daytona 500 and had the exclusive broadcasting rights on the latter.

The channel then began focusing on Major League Baseball, National Hockey League games and the Bowl Championship Series and also since 2000 Fox Sports has been given the broadcasting rights with the airing of the World Series. Besides this, they, together with their sister channels, also cover football championships from countries such as Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Italy etc. Fox Sports in addition has forayed into the world of action sports with the help of Fuel TV another sister channel.

ESPN in contrast calls itself the “worldwide leader in the world of sports”. True to their declaration, they are successfully covering and provide live sports news and events t their viewers. Along with covering regular sports such as basketball, baseball, cricket, ice hockey etc, ESPN have been key in popularizing extreme sports by broadcasting the only one of a kind X Games that may be considered as one of the most prestigious of all extreme sports competitions.

Sky Sports and BBC Sport remain very well liked in Europe covering all the major sports action form that region. They have been going neck to neck in terms of viewership and cover every one of the sports breaking news and bring it across for their viewers through their sports news programs.