5 live Sport

The original format featured the major sports events each Saturday afternoon, broadcasting between 1:30 pm and 5 pm, with updates from the major footballing fixtures and second half commentary on a top match. The location of the commentary game would usually be revealed around 3 pm. Sports Report then followed at 5 pm.

The main focus of the programme, especially between August and May, is still on the football season, and in particular the Premier League. 5 Live Sport has live Premier League commentaries on Saturdays at 3 pm and 5:30 pm, Sundays at 2 pm and 4:30 pm and Monday nights at 8 pm. They also have live commentaries from the Champions League and FA Cup. The programme also has extensive coverage of the England national team. Mark Chapman is the main presenter. Other major events such as the Formula One (European cities only), Six Nations and The Ashes are also aired. In the summer, major sporting events such as the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games, Wimbledon and the Open are all given extensive coverage.

• Athletics – Sonja McLaughlan
• Cricket – Adam Mountford,[6] Nikesh Rughani[7]
• Football – John Acres,[8] Robyn Cowen,[9] Juliette Ferrington,[10] Gary Flintoff, Roddy Forsyth,[11],Betty Glover, Laura Kenyon, Pat Murphy, Rob Nothman,[12] Jonathan Overend, Aaron Paul,[13] Will Perry,[14] Nikesh Rughani,[15] John Southall,[16] Chris Wise[17]
• Formula One – Jennie Gow

• Athletics – Mike Costello and Ed Harry[18]
• Cricket – Jonathan Agnew, Charles Dagnall, Isa Guha, Alison Mitchell, Henry Moeran[19]
• Football – Alistair Bruce-Ball,[20] Ian Dennis, Conor McNamara, John Murray, Vicki Sparks[21]
• Formula One – Jack Nicholls[22]
• Golf – Alistair Bruce-Ball,[23] Iain Carter,[24] Conor McNamara, John Murray, Katherine Downes
• Racing – John Hunt[25]
• Rugby League – Dave Woods and Stuart Pyke
• Rugby Union – Iain Carter,[26] Chris Jones,[27] Conor McNamara, Sara Orchard[28]
• Tennis – Russell Fuller, David Law, Gigi Salmon[29]

• Athletics – Darren Campbell, Allison Curbishley
• Boxing – Steve Bunce
• Cricket – James Anderson, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Alec Stewart, Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan
• Cycling – Rob Hayles
• Football – Michael Brown, Rachel Brown, Karen Carney, Lee Dixon, Dion Dublin, Jermaine Jenas, Clinton Morrison, Leon Osman, Pat Nevin, Micah Richards, Robbie Savage, Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton, Andy Townsend, Stephen Warnock, Ian Wright
• Formula One – Jolyon Palmer
• Rugby Union – Danny Care, Matt Dawson, Paul Grayson, Ugo Monye
• Tennis – Pat Cash, John McEnroe, Mark Woodforde