Channel Seven and SBS are the sole joint partners for the 2008 Olympics.
There will be no Pay TV coverage of the 2008 Olympics.
Channel Nine and Foxtel/Austar won the rights to broadcast the 2012 London Olympics.
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SBS will broadcast over 220 hours of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games from Saturday 9 August to Sunday 24 August, as the Complementary Olympic Broadcaster.
Coverage will commence daily at 11am (AEST) on SBS during the 16-day event.
SBS will cover Cycling Road Races, Football, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Handball, Basketball, Badminton, Water Polo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Boxing, Hockey and Baseball.
And the best part is that SBS will stay with each event from start to finish, with expert analysis from SBS's team of presenters including Les Murray, David Basheer, Craig Foster and Michael Tomalaris.
"SBS will feature a diverse range of high quality events from the Beijing Olympics including our signature sports, Football and Cycling," said SBS Head of Sport, Ken Shipp.
"Over 15 hours of Olympic action will be broadcast on SBS daily, with approximately 75 percent of the action shown LIVE, showcasing great sporting events in their full form and presented by the talented and expert SBS Sports team," he said.
Catch breaking Olynmpic news from China, latest results and current medal tally, video blogs and photo galleries on the World News Australia as well as the full television broadcast schedule on
www.sbs.com.au. Olympics.