The service has launched with www.bbc.co.uk/tennis covering the Australian Open tennis tournament. Content will be available online beyond the conclusion of the two-week event.
A football section dedicated to the African Nations Cup (www.bbc.co.uk/africancup), which begins at the weekend, has also been set up with content including live audio webcasts of World Service radio commentaries.
Other football sites include an F.A. Cup section (www.bbc.co.uk/facup) with a competition that offers the chance to win tickets to the final. Punters have to answer FA Cup-related questions to receive points, and the highest scorers are entered into the prize draw.
BBC online cricket (www.bbc.co.uk/cricket ) is also boosted this weekend, with full coverage of the first one-day international in India, as well as ball-by-ball score tracking. From February 8, the England cricket team’s tour of New Zealand will be covered and there will be a live audio webcast of Test Match Special (www.bbc.co.uk/tms).
Coverage of the Six Nations rugby union tournament (www.bbc.co.uk/sixnations) goes live on January 23.
