DSport picks up Ryder Cup rights

Pay-television broadcaster DSport has acquired rights to this year’s Ryder Cup golf event in the Indian subcontinent.

DSport will broadcast live coverage of the tournament, which will take place at Le Golf National near Paris from September 28-30. The Ryder Cup is contested by representative teams from the United States and Europe. Team USA is the defending champion but has not won on European soil since 1993.

DSport has previously broadcast each of golf’s four major championships. It holds rights to: the Open Championship until 2018the US Open until 2018; and the US PGA Championship until 2021. DSport also showed this year’s US Masters.