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World Athletics Championships 2025 TV coverage: BBC channels and live stream

Your guide to the World Athletics Championships 2025 on TV.

Keely Hodgkinson, in Great Britain athletics kit, holds her hand up and looks to the crowd with a competitor in the foreground.

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Published: Friday, 19 September 2025 at 1:20 pm

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The World Athletics Championships 2025 offers fans a chance to soak up the biggest names in world sport live on free-to-air TV.

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Coverage of the championships has been shown across BBC platforms throughout the event and that will continue as it wraps up in Tokyo this weekend.

Keely Hodgkinson is among the star attractions. The 800m Olympic champion endured a year-long injury lay-off following her golden dash at Paris 2024, but she's back in business and will line up in Sunday's final after easing through the opening rounds.

Georgia Hunter Bell will join her in the women's 800m final while George Mills, who runs for a medal in the men's 5000m, is among the other Great British athletes to watch this weekend.

RadioTimes.com brings you all the World Athletics Championships 2025 TV coverage details.

How to watch World Athletics Championships 2025 on TV

You can tune in to watch the World Athletic Championships 2025 live on BBC and TNT Sports from Saturday 13th September until the end of the event on Sunday 21st September.

World Athletics Championships 2025 BBC schedule

All UK time. All events live on iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Subject to change.

Check out the full World Athletics Championships 2025 BBC schedule below:

Day 1: Saturday 13th September

Day 2: Sunday 14th September

Day 3: Monday 15th September

Day 4: Tuesday 16th September

Day 5: Wednesday 17th September

Day 6: Thursday 18th September

Day 7: Friday 19th September

Day 8: Saturday 20th September

Day 9: Sunday 21st September

Live stream World Athletics Championships 2025 online

You can tune in for every BBC broadcast via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

TNT Sports coverage can be accessed simultaneously on discovery+.

Both online platforms are available via a range of devices including laptops, tablets and smartphones.

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