Italian Football
For the 2007/08 season, Channel 5 won the rights to broadcast a live Serie A game on Sunday afternoons, presented by Radio 1 DJ Mark "Chappers" Chapman. Games were also shown on sister channel, Fiver and a highlights show was broadcast on Saturday afterwards. Channel 5 announced in July 2008 that they would not be continuing to cover Italian football for the 2008/09 season. Mark Chapman maintained a relationship with Channel 5 when he hosted a UEFA Cup match in 2008 between Portsmouth F.C. and AC Milan and deputised for Colin Murray whenever he was unavailable. His ties ended when, in 2009, Chapman presented Match of the Day for the first time (with ex-Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez and Martin Keown) in a friendly International between Northern Ireland and Italy in Pisa, which Italy won 3-0. He has since been seen deputising on Final Score on the BBC whenever Gabby Logan has been unavailable or due to her covering other sports such as the 6 Nations and Gymnastics.
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