Claro Sports

Claro Sports

Country	Mexico
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Mexico City, Mexico
Ownership
Owner	América Móvil
History
Launched	December 16, 2013 (2013-12-16)
Links
Website	www.clarosports.com

Claro Sports is a Latin American television channel of Mexican origin and is owned by América Móvil. Its programming is focused on sports. It is distributed exclusively by the television provider Claro TV, except in Mexico, where it is available through operators such as Star TV, Dish, Megacable, and Totalplay. The channel acquired the broadcasting rights for Latin America for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, as well as the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games.^[1] This channel replaced other networks in three countries: in Colombia, it replaced Claro TV's Canal Versus; in Mexico, it replaced the Viva Sports channel operated by MVS Comunicaciones; and in Venezuela, it replaced the Sport Plus channel, also known as Canal Plus, on some cable operators.^[2]

Before Claro Sports was launched on the air, the channel was known as Viva Sports, which was not widely distributed among cable operators and lacked a diverse programming lineup that could secure a stable audience. The channel was officially launched on December 16, 2013, backed by América Móvil and its director, Arturo Elías Ayub. The signal is available throughout Latin America, where América Móvil operates pay television systems. The first program was created based on an idea by producer Pepe Quirarte, and it was a news show hosted by Gabriela Cobo and Rodrigo Méndez. Shortly afterward, hourly news capsules titled "Tiempo Fuera" ("Time Out") were introduced. The channel also formed a partnership in Mexico with the Spanish newspaper Marca, with which it merged content and coverage. In this way, the team grew, and the content expanded, eventually becoming the established channel it is today. On July 28, 2019, Claro Sports began operations in Guatemala to offer local content for Central America and the Dominican Republic. In Guatemala, it holds the broadcasting rights for three teams in the National Football League and 11 clubs in the First Division League.^[3]

On July 31, 2022, during the broadcast of the León vs. América match from the 2022 Apertura Tournament on Claro Sports through its YouTube channel "Marca Claro," the television network Fox Sports took down the stream from that website, alleging copyright infringement. In response, Claro Sports restored the broadcast, only for it to be taken down again minutes later by Fox Sports.^[4] In an official statement, América Móvil, Claro Sports, and Marca Claro—through their content director Arturo Elías Ayub (who tweeted: “When you have a bad and expensive product like Fox Sports competing with a much better one like @MarcaClaro and @ClaroSports, you have to resort to dirty tricks like the one yesterday during the #León vs. #América match, even if it harms millions of fans”)—explained that they also held the rights to broadcast Club León’s home matches, and would be taking legal action against Fox Sports and its parent company, Grupo Multimedia Lauman, for damages.^[5] Fox Sports also released a statement accepting full responsibility for the incident but emphasized that they would not allow matches—whose rights are shared with other networks—to be broadcast for free, especially when some of them are aired on their Premium channel, which requires a paid subscription. Shortly afterward, both networks began negotiations to avoid further conflicts.^[6]

• Olympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games
• Youth Olympic Games
• Winter Youth Olympic Games
• Pan American Games
• European Games
• Central American and Caribbean Games
• World Police and Fire Games

• Mexico City International Marathon
• Women's Race

• Formula E
• Japanese Super Formula Championship
• National Auto Racing Championship

• Hard Knocks Fighting
• Professional Fighters League
• M-1 Global
• ONE Championship

• Thomas Cup and Uber Cup (Kunshan)
• Sudirman Cup (Gold Coast, Australia)

• NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

• Colombian Professional Baseball League
• Latin American Series
• Mexican Baseball League

• American Olympic Boxing Qualifiers (Buenos Aires)
• World Boxing Council
• Women's World Boxing Championship (Astana)
• Men's Olympic World Qualification (Baku)
• World Boxing Championship (Hamburg)

• Clásico RCN Claro
• USA Pro Cycling Challenge
• Tour of Oman
• Tour of Croatia
• Connected to the Vuelta (Special program of the Vuelta a Guatemala, together with La Red 106.1 FM from Radio Corporación Nacional of Guatemala)
• Mountain Bike World Cup

• Fencing World Championships (Rio de Janeiro)

• Liga MX: Club León and Club Pachuca
• Copa MX: Club León and Club Pachuca
• Liga de Expansión MX
• Liga MX Femenil: Necaxa
• Guatemalan National League: Malacateco, FC Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Deportivo Mixco, and Deportivo Guastatoya
• Primera División de Guatemala: Aurora FC, Quiche FC, Nueva Concepción, Deportivo San Pedro, Deportivo Achuapa, Deportivo Sansare, Deportivo Carchá, Sacachispas, Deportivo Suchitepéquez, and Deportivo Coatepecano IB
• Copa Libertadores de América (Only for Mexico)

• Liga de Football Americano Profesional de México
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
• ONEFA Season Final

• Copa Profesional de Microfútbol (Colombia)
• Copa Profesional de Microfútbol Femenina (Colombia)
• Copa Claro Sports de las Américas (Pan-American Futsal Club Championship)

• European Artistic Gymnastics Championship
• European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship

• Colombia Championship

• World Judo Championship (Guadalajara, Mexico)

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
• WWE This Week

• Isle of Man Tourist Trophy
• GP Colombia Cassarella Motorcycle Championship
• BMX Supercross World Cup (Argentina)
• BMX Supercross World Cup (United Kingdom)
• BMX Supercross World Cup (Netherlands)
• Asia Road Racing Championship

• European Short Course Swimming Championships
• Diving World Series (Rio de Janeiro)
• Diving World Series (Abu Dhabi)
• European Swimming Championship
• Diving World Series (Beijing)
• Paralympic Swimming Championship CDMX

• Global Champions Tour (Miami)
• Global Champions Tour (Antwerp)
• Global Champions Tour (Shanghai)
• Global Champions Tour (Hamburg)
• Global Champions Tour (Chantilly)
• Global Champions Tour (Cannes)
• Global Champions Tour (Mexico City)
• Global Champions Tour (Cascais)

• World Taekwondo Grand Prix (Mexico City)

• Davis Cup

• World Archery Championships

• ISAF Sailing World Cup (Miami)
• ISAF Sailing World Cup (Hyeres)

• NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship

• Marca Claro MVS Radio
• Jugando Claro
• Deportes en Claro
• Adrenalina
• Absolute X
• Ultimate Rush
• El corazón de la fiera
• Auto y pista
• Vidas extraordinarias
• Tread BMX
• Biatlón
• Enciclopedia del deporte
• Compacto León
• Claro soy Tuzo
• Fútbol y Tacón
• Sport Confidential
• La casa de los leones
• Road To Río
• Quisiera ser
• En el Diamante
• Football Stars
• Olympia
• Historia Olímpica
• Guide to the Games
• Noticias Claro Sports Colombia

• Television in Mexico

• Official website

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