Motorcycling’s FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) has secured new broadcast partners in Portugal and Greece ahead of its upcoming 2026 season.
DAZN, the international sports streaming service, has secured rights in Portugal, while ANT1+ will become the home of the competition in Greece.
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Under the agreement with DAZN, the platform will show all 12 rounds of this year’s campaign, including the two Portuguese events at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão and the Circuito do Estoril.
There will be significant local interest in the 2026 season with Miguel Oliveira set to make his debut with BMW.
The Portuguese rider begins his first WorldSBK campaign at the season-opening round at Phillip Island in Australia this weekend.
In addition to the WorldSBK class, DAZN will broadcast WorldSSP (Supersport World Championship), the new WorldSPB (sportbike) category, and the FIM Women’s Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR).
The Portuguese round in Portimão will be the second race on the calendar, taking place from March 27 to 29, while the Estoril race will be held on the weekend of October 9 to 11.
Meanwhile, ANT1+ will provide live and on-demand coverage of the WorldSBK season, as well as WorldSSP, WorldSPB, and WorldWCR. In addition, ANT1 TV will air highlights from each round.
The season-opening Australian round will be available for free on ANT1+.
Earlier this month, Sky Italia, the country’s pay-TV heavyweight, renewed its broadcast partnership with WorldSBK on multi-year terms.
Throughout the season, the category will once again be title sponsored by France-based oil and lubricants producer Motul, which struck an agreement in December that will see its title sponsorship rights run through the end of the campaign, with associated sponsorship to continue through 2030.
