BBC will NOT cover World Cup quarter-final from the USA as part of cost-saving drive

The BBC has decided not to send its presenters and commentators to the US for TV coverage of this week’s World Cup quarter-finals.

The Beeb, which has maintained its broadcast plans are flexible throughout the tournament, has now confirmed that the studio panel will not travel to America until the semi-finals.

This means they will spend less than a week in the country at license holders’ expense before returning to their home country.

All three Match of the Day presenters Gabby Logan, Mark Chapman and Kelly Cates, along with experts Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards and Joe Hart, will present the semi-finals live from the host cities for BBC TV and BBC Radio 5 Live.

Having spent the first four weeks of the tournament in Manchester, it makes sense that the BBC won’t increase its presence in the US until next week.

This is because The company holds the live broadcast rights to just one of this week’s quarter-finals (Spain vs Belgium on Friday evening). ITV will publish the remaining three EnglandThey will face Norway on Saturday night.

However, if England make it to the last eight, the BBC will broadcast their potential semi-final tie against first-choice Argentina.

Chapman, 52, will arrive in America ahead of his fellow presenters and host Radio 5 Live’s coverage of England’s last eight games in Miami.

at that time It has already been confirmed that Logan, 53, will host the finale in New York on July 19, becoming the first woman to do so.

However, his coverage of the tournament sparked controversy after he chose to base his World Cup studios in Salford.

They claim remote broadcasting has saved millions of taxpayers’ money, as part of Director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski’s cost-saving drive.

But that decision was quickly put to shame when ITV revealed its luxury Brooklyn studio overlooking the Manhattan skyline on the tournament’s opening day.