Fox Sports Africa
| Fox Sports Africa | |
|---|---|
| Launched | August 2014 |
| Network | Fox Networks Group Africa |
| Owned by | 21st Century Fox |
| Language |
English French |
| Broadcast area | Africa |
| Replaced |
Setanta Sports Setanta Action |
| Sister channel(s) | Fox, FX, Fox Crime, Fox Movies, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Gold, BabyTV |
| Website | www.foxsportsafrica.com |
Fox Sports Africa is an African sports television network owned by Fox Networks Group Africa that was re-branded in August 2014, replacing Setanta Sports and Setanta Action. The channel broadcasts across 30 nations in Sub-Saharan Africa in English and French. It was also previously available for a brief period in 2016 in Portuguese.
Its programming mainly features football from, Eredivisie, Belgian Pro League, English Football League Championship, Major League Soccer. The network was also a long-standing broadcaster of the South American competitions Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana across Africa until the rights moved in 2017.
Also broadcast are the bi-annual African Men's Handball Championship and African Women's Handball Championship; Euroleague basketball, Formula E, DTM, British Superbike Championship, UFC, NHL, Major League Baseball, NRL rugby league and PDC darts.
Previously, as the Irish-owned Setanta Africa, the channel broadcast GAA hurling and gaelic football, plus League of Ireland football.