Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise outstanding coverage of sports.^[1]

Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
Country	Australia
Presented by	TV Week
First award	1977
Website	www.nowtolove.com.au/tv-week-logies

The first award for sports coverage was awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1977 as Best Sporting Documentary.^[2] In 1978, the award became Outstanding Coverage Of A Sporting Event.^[3] From 1981 it became Best Sports Coverage and in 1985 Best Coverage of Sport.

Logie Awards chosen by the public began in 1998,^[4][5] which included the Most Popular Sports Program until 2017.^[3]

SBS TV's The World Game won at least three Logies for coverage of the FIFA World Cup^[6][7] Les Murray and Craig Foster collected the TV Week Logie Award for Outstanding Sports Coverage in 2015, for their coverage on SBS TV's The World Game of the 2014 World Cup.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Key	Meaning
‡	Indicates the winning program

Best Sporting Documentary

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1977	Sportsnight‡	ABC

Outstanding Coverage Of A Sporting Event

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1978	The Australian Open Golf‡	Nine Network
1979	Bathurst Hardie Ferodo motor race‡	Seven Network

Outstanding Coverage of a Sports Report

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1980	Test cricket‡	Nine Network

Best Sports Coverage

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1981	The 1980 Moscow Olympic Games‡	Seven Network
1982	Cricket‡	Nine Network
1983	Commonwealth Games‡	ABC
1984	Cricket‡	Nine Network
1985	James Hardie 1000‡	Seven Network
1986	Australian Grand Prix‡	Nine Network

Most Outstanding Achievement in Sports

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1998	Australia vs Iran World Cup Qualifier‡	SBS
	Bathurst 1000	Network Ten
	1997 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network

Most Outstanding Achievement in Sports

Year	Program	Network	Ref
1999	1998 Commonwealth Games‡	Nine Network
	1998 Melbourne Cup Carnival	Network Ten
	1998 World Cup	SBS
	1998 Swimming Championships	Nine Network

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

Year	Program	Network	Ref
2000	FAI 1000 Bathurst‡	Network Ten
	1999 Pan Pacific Swimming‡	Nine Network
	Melbourne Cup Carnival	Network Ten
	1999 Rugby World Cup	Seven Network
2001	The Games of the XXVII Olympiad‡	Seven Network
	FAI 1000 Bathurst	Network Ten
	Melbourne Cup Carnival	Network Ten
	Nine's Summer of Cricket	Nine Network
2002	Bledisloe Cup‡	Seven Network
	Bathurst V8 1000	Network Ten
	Honda Indy 300	Network Ten
	Wimbledon Coverage 2001	Nine Network
	World Swimming Championships, Japan	Nine Network
2003	Ashes Test Series 2002-03‡	Nine Network
	Australian Formula One Grand Prix	Network Ten
	FIFA World Cup 2002	SBS/Nine Network
	The XIX Winter Olympic Games – Salt Lake City	Seven Network
	The XVII Commonwealth Games – Manchester	Seven Network
2003	Bob Jane T-Mart 1000‡	Network Ten
	AFL: Friday Night Football	Nine Network
	Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Network Ten
	Nine's Summer of Test Cricket	Nine Network
	Rugby League State of Origin	Nine Network
	Rugby World Cup	Seven Network
2005	Bob Jane T-Mart 1000‡	Network Ten
	AFL Grand Final	Network Ten
	Athens Olympic Games	Seven Network
	The Melbourne Cup	Seven Network
	NRL State of Origin 2: Qld vs NSW	Nine Network
2006	Super Cheap Auto 1000‡	Network Ten
	AFL Grand Final	Network Ten
	Australian Tennis Open	Seven Network
	Emirates Melbourne Cup Day	Seven Network
	Lexmark Indy 300	Network Ten
2007	2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Italy vs Australia‡	SBS
	3 Mobile Ashes Series, Second Test	Nine Network
	2006 Australian Tennis Open	Seven Network
	2006 Winter Olympics	Seven Network
	2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Network Ten
2008	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000‡	Seven Network
	AFL Grand Final	Network Ten
	3 Mobile Ashes Series, Fifth Test	Nine Network
	Australian Open Tennis Championships	Seven Network
	FINA World Swimming Championships	Nine Network
2009	Beijing Olympics‡	Seven Network
	AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	Beijing Paralympics	ABC
	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Seven Network
	Tour de France	SBS
2010	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000‡	Seven Network
	2009 AFL Grand Final	Network Ten
	2009 Australian Golf Open	ABC
	2009 NRL Grand Final	Nine Network
	Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven Network
2011	The Ashes 2010 First Test – Day One at the Gabba‡	Nine Network
	2010 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	2010 Melbourne Cup	Seven Network
	Rugby League – 2010 State of Origin – Game One	Nine Network
	XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi	Foxtel
2012	2011 State Of Origin – Game Three‡	Nine Network
	2011 Australian Open Tennis	Seven Network
	2011 Bathurst 1000	Seven Network
	2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven Network
	2011 Tour de France	SBS
2013	London 2012 Olympic Games‡	Foxtel
	2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven Network
	London 2012 Olympic Games	Nine Network
	2012 Toyota AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	Boxing Day Test Match	Nine Network
2014	2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival‡	Seven Network
	2013 NRL Grand Final	Nine Network
	2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	The Ashes Cricket — Australia v England	Nine Network
	Tour de France	SBS
2015	2014 FIFA World Cup‡	SBS
	2014 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven Network
	KFC T20 Big Bash League	Network Ten
	Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Seven Network
	2014 Toyota AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
2016	KFC T20 Big Bash League‡	Network Ten
	2015 Australian Open	Seven Network/7TWO
	Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival	Seven Network
	Holden State of Origin II	Nine Network
	NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final	Nine Network
2017	Rio 2016 Olympic Games‡	Seven Network
	2016 NRL Grand Final	Nine Network
	2016 Supercars Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000	Network Ten
	2016 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	KFC Big Bash League	Network Ten
2018	2017 Bathurst 1000‡	Network Ten
	2017 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	2017 Australian Open Men's Final	Seven Network
	Jeff Horn vs Manny Pacquiao	Foxtel
	The 2017/2018 Ashes	Nine Network
2019	2018 FIFA World Cup‡	SBS
	Australia Vs India: Second Test In Perth	Foxtel
	2018 Commonwealth Games	Seven Network
	2018 Invictus Games	ABC
	Supercars Championship: Bathurst	Network Ten
2022	Olympic and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020‡	Seven Network
	2021 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	2021/2022 Fox Cricket Ashes Coverage	Foxtel
	2022 Australian Open Women's Final	Nine Network
	State of Origin – Game 1	Nine Network
2023	State of Origin‡	Nine Network
	2022 AFL Grand Final	Seven Network
	2022 FIFA World Cup	SBS
	2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival	Network Ten
	2023 Australian Open	Nine Network
	Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games	Seven Network