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BBC forced to apologise for technical fault during Kabaddi World Cup 2025 coverage
Another broadcaster also suffered a major issue
THE BBC was forced to apologise after suffering a technical fault during its coverage of the Kabaddi World Cup.
The incident occurred in Monday afternoon’s match between Hungary and Hong Kong China.
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The latter stormed to an incredible 73-20 win in Wolverhampton.
But fans watching at home missed part of the game after the BBC suffered a major glitch.
For starters, there was no audio available at all on their live iPlayer stream.
It resulted in a yellow band being posted on the screen, which read: “We apologise for the loss of audio on this stream.”
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But things got even worse when the video footage cut out completely too.
Gutted supporters were left facing a generic logo.
And a new message read: “Sorry for the break in transmission.
“We are working to fix this.”
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Kabaddi fans quickly jumped off the BBC’s coverage to instead watch the action on YouTube.
The match was also being broadcast live on the video streaming platform.
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But they too suffered an outage as supporters were greeted with a black screen featuring a pink square in the centre.
The footage then changed to a multi-coloured pattern as the coverage continued to be missed.
Eventually, both the BBC and YouTube got the action back on.
And it arrived just in time for the all-British battle between Scotland and Wales.
But the BBC still had no sound on air.
SunSport has contacted the BBC for comment.
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KABADDI
THE Kabaddi World Cup is here and SunSport will bring you all the action LIVE.
Kabaddi is India's second-biggest sport after cricket - and the national sport of Bangladesh - and sees players 'raid' the opposition half to earn points.
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
In attack, a single player from one team must ‘raid’ the enemy half and ‘tag’ opponents — with a point awarded for each defender tagged should the raider return to their own half successfully.
The time limit for each raid is however long the raider can hold their breath which is where the “Kabaddi, Kabaddi” chant comes in. The attacker must continually chant until either they reach back to their own half or are tackled — ending the raid.
Defenders, meanwhile, must stop the raider by either tackling them to the ground, pushing them out of bounds, or keeping them within their half until the attacking player runs out of breath — gaining the defending team a point.
Any defender successfully tagged and any raider successfully stopped are taken out of the game, however they can be ‘revived’ by each point gained in subsequent defensive or offensive plays.
WHEN IS IT ON?
- The Kabaddi World Cup 2025 starts on Monday, March 17.
- Live action starts at between 10am and 11am each day with the final match starting at 4pm or 5pm.
- Matches are taking place in Birmingham, Coventry, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
- Men's and women's group games run from Monday to Thursday, with the knockout stages beginning on Friday.
- Both the men's and women's final takes place on Sunday, March 23.
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