<P> ESPN Deportes televises a large number of MLB games in Spanish throughout Latin America . Wapa 2 airs games in Puerto Rico, including spring training games and most of the World Baseball Classic games involving the team from Puerto Rico . In Brazil, ESPN Brasil has exclusive rights on TV (ESPN and ESPN+) and Internet (WatchESPN), with Fox Sports also broadcasting some games . </P> <P> Five in the United Kingdom previously screened MLB games, including the All - Star Game and the postseason games, on Sunday and Wednesday usually starting at 1 am BST . Most recently, Johnny Gould and Josh Chetwynd presented MLB on Five on that station . The channel covered baseball beginning on its opening night in 1997, but for financial reasons, the decision was made not to pick up MLB for the 2009 season . ESPN UK show live and recorded games several times a week--it is available with BT Sport and (on a subscriber - basis) Virgin Media in the UK . ESPN America televised a large number of games in the UK and dozens of other countries; in May 2013, ESPN announced that it would shut down the channel on July 31, 2013 . </P> <P> In Australia, MLB games are regularly shown on ESPN Australia (subscription). </P> <P> In the Middle East & North Africa, MLB games are broadcast on beIN Sports channels . </P>

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