The RTP Desporto channels opened with the coverage of the UEFA Women's Futsal Euro 2019 final four round in Gondomar.
The major international athletics competitions are all broadcast on RTP, with supplementary coverage by Eurosport.
RTP is currently broadcast the LPB, Taça de Portugal, Super Taça, selected national team qualifiers, Portugal clubs at the women's Euro Cup, and many more through national 2 and both regional (Madeira and Açores) channels.
RTP broadcasts one game per week of the Portuguese Futsal League and its playoffs in its entirety.
However, in 2004, when SportTV took total control of Liga's rights, they sold a two-year, 32-game package to TVI, a decision that was not appreciated be football fans, as many[who?]
RTP again lost the rights for Liga's coverage, when TVI outbid their controversial 20 million euros bid.
On rare occasions RTP broadcast Portuguese Rugby Union Championship matches.
There was also a controversy in 2007, when CDS-PP, a center-right party, wanted RTP to broadcast the 2007 Rugby World Cup, since Portugal had qualified for it.