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Sports At Six is a South Korean sports news television program. It is broadcast live from Studio C at Mantra Studios every Monday at 18:00 KST on VESK TV and VESK-SP in South Korea, and is available to stream internationally on VEXcess. Currently, the program is hosted by Shin Yuri and Cho Ahra. Throughout each episode's 120 minute runtime, a variety of sporting events, leagues, and championships in South Korea, Japan, and the West are summarised, with highlights of said events present alongside narration from the program's hosts. Special guests also feature each week. As of 2024, the show's theme tune is "Give Me That" by R3THR0.
Currently, the program focuses on the South Korean sports leagues K League 1, the KBO League, and the Korean Basketball League, Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, the Korean-Japanese Asia League Ice Hockey, the North American sporting leagues National Hockey League and the National Basketball Association, the English Premier League, and the international racing championship Formula One and its feeder series. Annual events such as the Wimbledon Championships, biennial events such as the Olympic Games, and quadrennial events such the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship are also covered on the program.
Sports At Six premiered on November 18, 2024, to over 800,000 real-time viewers, with its first 6 episodes averaging just under 1 million viewers nationwide per episode. It also consistently ranks highly on VEXcess' streaming charts. Critical response towards the program has been positive, with the choice to have two female presents praised alongside the show's detailed journalism, production, editing, pacing, hosting, interviews, and variety of content. Criticism has been directed at the program's lack of coverage for women's sports.