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

Another major development is the airing of breaking news, live action as it happens in 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 fast becoming a regular feature of most these news channels who aim at getting the complete lowdown about the sports action.

A great deal of sports information gets listed daily and is listed as sports breaking news. But for the sports enthusiast, it is actually of extreme importance this information is authentic and of consequence. It has been seen in quite a few cases where sports bloopers are presented as sports breaking news. It can take quite some time to filter such information and get information which is of any real consequence.

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

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

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

ESPN in contrast calls itself the “worldwide leader from the arena of sports”. True to their declaration, they have been successfully covering and provide live sports news and events t their viewers. Together 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 the kind X Games that may be regarded 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 when it comes to viewership and cover every one of the sports breaking news and bring it across for their viewers through their sports news programs.