BBC Sport streams

Play special event streams from the BBC

bbcsportstreams addon

A Kodi addon allowing access to special event streams from the BBC. These are usually, but not exclusively, streams of big sport events, like live broadcasts of all courts at Wimbledon.

Version 2.0.0 (published 26-06-2026) has seen a major update.

New features:

  • List only currently active streams.
  • All listed streams now have a title describing their content.
  • Optional 1080p and 4k streams.
    This requires your system to support h.265 decoding. To allow listing full HD and UHD streams, switch on the setting ‘Enable HEVC (h.265)’ in the add-on’s settings.

A massive thanks to @CasperMcFadden95 for his work on these new features.

Fixed:

  • playing anything on Kodi 19 (Matrix)
  • playing DASH streams on Kodi 19 - 21 (Matrix, Nexus, Omgea)

Note:

Once displayed on screen, the list does not automatically refresh. New streams will only appear after a manual refresh of the list. A refresh happens when you stop playing a stream, or when you (re-)open the add-on. To prevent an excessive number of requests, the list of streams is cached for a period of 5 minutes. In the worst-case scenario, it may take 5 minutes after a stream has become available on the web before it appears in Kodi.

Settings

Currently, the add-on has 2 settings:

  • ‘Enable HEVC (H.265)’
    If your system is capable of decoding HEVC, enable this setting to allow the add-on to list streams with full HD (1080p) and UHD resolutions. Please bear in mind that, whilst some systems may fail playing UHD, they may still be able to handle HEVC at 1080p.
    Switch this setting off to revert to h.264 encoded streams, with a maximum resolution of 720p.
  • ‘Log level’
    The amount of info the add-on writes to Kodi’s debug log. Please set at ‘debug’ if you create a log for the purpose of reporting an issue.

Installation

Currently, bbcsportstreams can only be installed from zip file. Download the zip from the addons directory or GitHub releases and install this as zip file in Kodi. Follow How to install from zip file for more detailed info.

Support

Because of the use of some hard coded URL’s, the addon can break any time. Please drop a note on github discussions if you find streams on the BBC sport website which are not on the general TV channels and not available in this addon. This is also the place to leave questions or remarks regarding this addon.

Source

Source code is hosted at https://github.com/dimkroon/plugin.video.bbcsportstreams

Disclaimer

This addon is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.