Witness history in the making

THE Games begin on August 8 and SuperSport’s multi-channel coverage will ensure viewers miss none of the action from Beijing, beginning with the opening ceremony from the National Stadium in Beijing at 13h00 (on SuperSport 5, 6 and 7/10) through to the closing ceremony on Sunday, August 24, again at 13h00 on the same three channels.

SuperSport 6 is a 24-hour Olympic channel on which viewers will be able to catch live action of all the popular gold medal events. SuperSport 5 and SuperSport 7/10 will also feature live action when there is a clash of event times, with channel 198 serving as an overflow channel.SuperSport will be represented in Beijing by Crystal Arnold, Ponga Liwewe and Gerald de Kock, with Robert Marawa and Leigh-Ann Paulick presenting from the Randburg studios.There will be a daily magazine programme, with live links to SuperSport’s representatives in Beijing, for the duration of the Games.The programme, on SuperSport 6, will begin at 18h30 and run for two hours and will include interviews with athletes and highlights of the day’s events.SuperSport Update (on channel 220 on DStv) will include a 20-minute package of highlights from Beijing which will be incorporated into the regular 20-minute highlights programmes on that channel.This package will run as part of as loop that currently features rugby, soccer, cricket and best of the rest.There is plenty of exciting programming as part of SuperSport’s build-up to the Games.Look out for ‘Going For Gold’, ‘Africa To Beijing’, ‘Great Women Of The Olympics’, ‘Golden Moments Of The Olympics’, ‘Beijing Are You Ready?’, ‘The Olympic Spirit’, ‘Opening The Gates To The East’ and ‘Olympic Century’.On the New Media side, SuperSport will be ensuring that you are kept up to date with every detail from sport’s greatest extravaganza.SuperSport Active on DStv (press “ok” while watching any sports channel to access this service) will have news, the medals table and coverage of all the major sports, as well as selected results from Africa’s athletes.The SuperSport website will have full coverage from the Games.SuperSport 5 and SuperSport 7/10 will also feature live action when there is a clash of event times, with channel 198 serving as an overflow channel.SuperSport will be represented in Beijing by Crystal Arnold, Ponga Liwewe and Gerald de Kock, with Robert Marawa and Leigh-Ann Paulick presenting from the Randburg studios.There will be a daily magazine programme, with live links to SuperSport’s representatives in Beijing, for the duration of the Games.The programme, on SuperSport 6, will begin at 18h30 and run for two hours and will include interviews with athletes and highlights of the day’s events.SuperSport Update (on channel 220 on DStv) will include a 20-minute package of highlights from Beijing which will be incorporated into the regular 20-minute highlights programmes on that channel.This package will run as part of as loop that currently features rugby, soccer, cricket and best of the rest.There is plenty of exciting programming as part of SuperSport’s build-up to the Games.Look out for ‘Going For Gold’, ‘Africa To Beijing’, ‘Great Women Of The Olympics’, ‘Golden Moments Of The Olympics’, ‘Beijing Are You Ready?’, ‘The Olympic Spirit’, ‘Opening The Gates To The East’ and ‘Olympic Century’.On the New Media side, SuperSport will be ensuring that you are kept up to date with every detail from sport’s greatest extravaganza.SuperSport Active on DStv (press “ok” while watching any sports channel to access this service) will have news, the medals table and coverage of all the major sports, as well as selected results from Africa’s athletes.The SuperSport website will have full coverage from the Games.