The Sport Thread

[Steve Williams]

Is there no live coverage of the Invictus Games then?  Yes, it isn't the Paralympic Games but coverage seems to be somewhat comparable to how the BBC treated the Paralympics 20 years ago.  Thought they'd be live content on the red button at least.

In previous years, the Invictus Games haven't been a BBC Sport production, and the coverage has been based around the stories rather than the actual sport. So I wouldn't expect extended coverage of it as a sporting event.

I don't think the press cover it as a sporting event either, I think the equivalent would be a made-for-TV event like Paddles Up or World's Strongest Man.