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Old 07-08-2016, 17:27
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On the page that has the yellow square with BBC sport on it. Or on your computer (if you don't need it for anything else).
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:29
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No, sadly not on the red button. If your TV is connected to the internet, then you may be able to get the tennis on your tv via the iPlayer. Mine isn't though, so have to make do with BBC website.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:31
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Serena took the first set.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:31
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On the page that has the yellow square with BBC sport on it. Or on your computer (if you don't need it for anything else).
No, sadly not on the red button. If your TV is connected to the internet, then you may be able to get the tennis on your tv via the iPlayer. Mine isn't though, so have to make do with BBC website.
Thanks. I'll have to wait until later cause I don't have flash player.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:34
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No, sadly not on the red button. If your TV is connected to the internet, then you may be able to get the tennis on your tv via the iPlayer. Mine isn't though, so have to make do with BBC website.
It's not through iplayer it's the BBC sport page. Same page that you can get online.

Thanks. I'll have to wait until later cause I don't have flash player.
Does that mean you can't watch any moving images on your laptop? What's the point of that?!
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:35
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Serena took the first set.
It's been topsy turvy.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:36
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It's been topsy turvy.
Doesn't matter as long as she wins.

Tennis is lovely without commentry. The BBC really shouldn't spend our money on so many commentators.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:39
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It's not through iplayer it's the BBC sport page. Same page that you can get online.


Does that mean you can't watch any moving images on your laptop? What's the point of that?!
Anything that requires flash player. I can watch YouTube and other sites which don't require Flash.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:45
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Will the men's final be next Sunday? At a reasonable time I hope.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:49
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Will the men's final be next Sunday? At a reasonable time I hope.
According to the schedule it starts at 4pm.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:51
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According to the schedule it starts at 4pm.
That will probably be Monday Rio time. They do things at their own pace it seems. Like mañana with the Spanish.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:54
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Tara Moore lost her ITF final to a qualifier, winning only 4 games.

The circuit moves on to Landisville, Pennsylvania.

Moore, Robson & Christie are in the main draw. Whybourn, Boulter & Webley-Smith, in qualifying.

Over in Gatineau, Canada, Katy Dunne and Samantha Murray are in the main draw, as are Brydan Klein and Edward Corrie.

Amanda Carreras is playing an ITF event in Belgium.

Dan Evans (top-seeded), Liam Broady and Lloyd Glasspool, are playing an ATP Challenger in Aptos, California with Cameron Norrie in the qualifying.

Must admit I'd not heard of Norrie, a South African born, former New Zealand junior who plays for Texas Christian University. His dad is Scottish, though so the LTA nabbed him.
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Old 07-08-2016, 17:59
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Never made a complaint before but i'm seriously considering making a complaint about BBC showing nonsense on the main channels, whilst hiding Tennis and Football on I Player channels (infact they are not even showing tennis at all by the looks of it). I mean how out of touch can you get? This is almost Sky Sports News levels of getting your priorities wrong.

To think these incompetent buffoons are trying to check up on people having a TV license to watch I player as well. Lmao.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:02
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Never made a complaint before but i'm seriously considering making a complaint about BBC showing nonsense on the main channels, whilst hiding Tennis and Football on I Player channels (infact they are not even showing tennis at all by the looks of it). I mean how out of touch can you get? This is almost Sky Sports News levels of getting your priorities wrong.

To think these incompetent buffoons are trying to check up on people having a TV license to watch I player as well. Lmao.
Didn't Eurosport also used to show the Olympics in years gone by? Or am I imagining it?
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:04
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Tara Moore lost her ITF final to a qualifier, winning only 4 games.

The circuit moves on to Landisville, Pennsylvania.

Moore, Robson & Christie are in the main draw. Whybourn, Boulter & Webley-Smith, in qualifying.

Over in Gatineau, Canada, Katy Dunne and Samantha Murray are in the main draw, as are Brydan Klein and Edward Corrie.

Amanda Carreras is playing an ITF event in Belgium.

Dan Evans (top-seeded), Liam Broady and Lloyd Glasspool, are playing an ATP Challenger in Aptos, California with Cameron Norrie in the qualifying.

Must admit I'd not heard of Norrie, a South African born, former New Zealand junior who plays for Texas Christian University. His dad is Scottish, though so the LTA nabbed him.
Ouch at Tara.

Thanks for the ITF updates CLL Dodge!
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:07
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Never made a complaint before but i'm seriously considering making a complaint about BBC showing nonsense on the main channels, whilst hiding Tennis and Football on I Player channels (infact they are not even showing tennis at all by the looks of it). I mean how out of touch can you get? This is almost Sky Sports News levels of getting your priorities wrong.

To think these incompetent buffoons are trying to check up on people having a TV license to watch I player as well. Lmao.
You're missing the point about the Olympics. The sports they are showing are ones that are rarely covered outside of the Olympics. If they put on tennis and football there would be an outcry from sports for whom the Olympics is their ultimate achievement and probably rightly so. Sure I have absolutely no intention of watching fencing or judo (or even boxing, cycling and swimming which are on throughout the year) but I understand why they haven't got Serena and Kerber on BBC1 weeks after Wimbledon.

Plus these days most people have online access (with the exception of those who decided to buy a laptop for branding over functionality naming no names...).

Didn't Eurosport also used to show the Olympics in years gone by? Or am I imagining it?
I don't know but Eurosport must have quite a limited audience as I have tried everything I can think of to get it (on my TV) and it is impossible.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:10
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You're missing the point about the Olympics. The sports they are showing are ones that are rarely covered outside of the Olympics. If they put on tennis and football there would be an outcry from sports for whom the Olympics is their ultimate achievement and probably rightly so. Sure I have absolutely no intention of watching fencing or judo (or even boxing, cycling and swimming which are on throughout the year) but I understand why they haven't got Serena and Kerber on BBC1 weeks after Wimbledon.

Plus these days most people have online access (with the exception of those who decided to buy a laptop for branding over functionality naming no names...).


I don't know but Eurosport must have quite a limited audience as I have tried everything I can think of to get it (on my TV) and it is impossible.
I have Virgin TV Big Kahuna with Movies package (XL package) so I always have access to Eurosport and BT Sport.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:12
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Isner v Kyrgios Atlanta final on Eurosport 2.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:12
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I have Virgin TV Big Kahuna with Movies package (XL package) so I always have access to Eurosport and BT Sport.
There's tennis on there now from Atlanta. Kyrgios vs Isner.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:19
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Murray next on Centre.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:19
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Andy vs Troicki on RB channel 7 now. Andys hair really suits him shorter. He looks quite handsome.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:20
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Andy vs Troicki on RB channel 7 now. Andys hair really suits him shorter. He looks quite handsome.
Thanks for the heads up. EPG says basketball.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:21
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Andy vs Troicki on RB channel 7 now. Andys hair really suits him shorter. He looks quite handsome.
I was just going to say he's had a haircut but I thought it was too frivolous.

Is he going to play in that GB t-shirt? How come the others have been mainly playing in normal sponsor's kit?
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:22
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Thanks for the heads up. EPG says basketball.
Someone in the Rio Day 2 thread told me.
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Old 07-08-2016, 18:22
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I was just going to say he's had a haircut but I thought it was too frivolous.
He looks really different without the big curly mop. A lot younger.
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