diff --git a/src/app/components/Metadata/index.test.tsx b/src/app/components/Metadata/index.test.tsx
index 6606afada3b..f6c99dadcca 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Metadata/index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/Metadata/index.test.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ interface MetadataWithContextProps extends MetadataProps {
   pageType: PageTypes;
   id?: string | null;
   pathname: string;
+  isUK?: boolean;
 }
 
 const MetadataWithContext = ({
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ const MetadataWithContext = ({
   mentionsTags,
   hasAppleItunesAppBanner,
   hasAmpPage,
+  isUK = false,
 }: MetadataWithContextProps) => (
   <ServiceContextProvider service={service} pageLang={lang}>
     <RequestContextProvider
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ const MetadataWithContext = ({
       pathname={pathname}
       service={service}
       statusCode={200}
+      isUK={isUK}
     >
       <MetadataContainer
         title={title}
@@ -208,6 +211,53 @@ it('should render the alternate links for article page', async () => {
   });
 });
 
+it(`should render the canonical link's top level domain as .co.uk for UK article pages`, async () => {
+  render(
+    <MetadataWithContext
+      service="sport"
+      bbcOrigin={dotCoDotUKOrigin}
+      platform="canonical"
+      id="c0000000001o"
+      pageType={ARTICLE_PAGE}
+      pathname="/sport/cricket/articles/c0000000001o"
+      isUK
+      {...newsArticleMetadataProps}
+    />,
+  );
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const actual = document
+      .querySelector('head > link[rel="canonical"]')
+      ?.getAttribute('href');
+
+    expect(actual).toEqual(
+      'https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c0000000001o',
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+it(`should render the canonical link's top level domain as .com for WS article pages`, async () => {
+  render(
+    <MetadataWithContext
+      service="mundo"
+      bbcOrigin={dotCoDotUKOrigin}
+      platform="canonical"
+      id="c0000000001o"
+      pageType={ARTICLE_PAGE}
+      pathname="/mundo/c0000000001o"
+      {...newsArticleMetadataProps}
+    />,
+  );
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const actual = document
+      .querySelector('head > link[rel="canonical"]')
+      ?.getAttribute('href');
+
+    expect(actual).toEqual('https://www.bbc.com/mundo/c0000000001o');
+  });
+});
+
 it.each`
   service    | pathName
   ${'news'}  | ${'/news/56427710'}
diff --git a/src/app/components/Metadata/index.tsx b/src/app/components/Metadata/index.tsx
index c631c2cbda4..9f664c73419 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Metadata/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/Metadata/index.tsx
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const MetadataContainer = ({
     canonicalNonUkLink,
     ampNonUkLink,
     pathname,
+    isUK,
   } = useContext(RequestContext);
 
   const {
@@ -102,6 +103,19 @@ const MetadataContainer = ({
     },
   ];
 
+  const pathsForUkLink = [
+    '/sport/formula1',
+    '/sport/cricket/articles',
+    '/sport/rugby_union/articles',
+    '/sport/rugby_league/articles',
+  ];
+
+  const isSport = pathsForUkLink.some(
+    path => pathname && pathname.startsWith(path),
+  );
+
+  const canonicalToUse = isUK && isSport ? canonicalUkLink : canonicalNonUkLink;
+
   const htmlAttributes = {
     dir,
     lang,
@@ -134,7 +148,7 @@ const MetadataContainer = ({
         content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=1"
       />
       <title>{pageTitle}</title>
-      <link rel="canonical" href={canonicalNonUkLink} />
+      <link rel="canonical" href={canonicalToUse} />
       {isEnglishService && alternateLinksEnglishSites.map(renderAlternateLinks)}
       {isoLang &&
         !isEnglishService &&