News Summary:
talkSPORT recently appointed Jon Norman to the newly created role of Sports Rights Manager on September 9, 2026, a position designed to drive the brand's next phase of global growth and expand its live rights footprint. Previously, on September 8, talkSPORT, in collaboration with T5C, launched Predict 6, a free-to-play football predictor game for the 2026/27 Premier League season, enabling listeners and digital users to forecast match winners, correct scores, and goalscorers. In August, a talkSPORT prediction on August 7 backed West Ham to win the Championship title and make an immediate return to the Premier League, placing Nuno Espírito Santo’s side at the top of the table for their first second-tier campaign in over a decade. Earlier that month, on August 3, talkSPORT also announced it would showcase three Matchroom Major events from the World Nineball Tour, including the Florida Open, Arizona Open, and US Open Pool Championships. This followed the July 17 confirmation that talkSPORT would provide radio coverage for The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow alongside BBC Radio 5, with the BBC having acquired national radio rights for the event.