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In 2013, Basheer's football coverage moved exclusively to SBS, where he formed a commentary partnership with Michael Bridges for A-League Men games. From 2013 to 2017, SBS held the broadcasting rights for one A-League match per round, held on Friday nights, which was simulcast on Fox Sports. In 2014, he lent his voice to the commentary of the cricket video game [[Don Bradman Cricket 14]]. David also has extensive commentary experience covering major international events including 5 Olympic Games, 4 Commonwealth Games, Tour de France, World Championships of Athletics and several Grand Slam Tennis events.<ref name="SBS1" /><ref name="roland-garros1">{{cite web |title=Television Coverage - The Super Signal |url=http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/default_en.asp?id=2293 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420193149/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/default_en.asp?id=2293 |archive-date=20 April 2008 |work=Roland-Garros |publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis |access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>
At [[FIFA]]'s showpiece event, the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], Basheer was SBS's lead commentator in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] (where he was the first Australian to cover a World Cup final, between [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]].<ref name=az>{{cite web | title=David Basheer finds voice early in Adelaide as all-round sports commentator, with lead role at the World Cups | website=AdelaideAZ | url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/david-basheer-finds-voice-early-in-adelaide-as-all-round-sports-commentator--with-lead-role-in-world-cups | access-date=21 July 2023}}</ref>), [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] tournaments, becoming the first Australian to commentate a World Cup final in 2010 between [[2010 FIFA World Cup Final|Spain and the Netherlands]]. Basheer returned for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] alongside [[Martin Tyler]], Niav Owens, [[Sarah Walsh]], [[Mark Bosnich]], Richard Bayliss and former full-time SBS pundit [[Craig Foster]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-star team announced for SBS broadcast of FIFA World Cup 2022 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/all-star-team-announced-for-sbs-broadcast-of-fifa-world-cup-2022/5j841mlyz |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=silva/>
Basheer was a co-commentator on the world feed for the [[Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Summer Olympics]] football events, providing coverage for the official Olympics channel in the final between Brazil and Germany at the [[Maracanã Stadium]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}
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