{"id":858637,"date":"2026-08-17T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858637\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:18:09","slug":"tnt-sports-prepares-for-a-huge-season-of-live-football-with-seven-major-trophies-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858637\/","title":{"rendered":"TNT Sports prepares for a huge season of live football with seven major trophies on the line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 700 live matches across the Premier League, FA Cup, Women\u2019s FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, Europa League, Conference League and Serie A, TNT Sports and its streaming home HBO Max is set to deliver another unforgettable season packed with football\u2019s biggest stories, fiercest rivalries and most dramatic nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Young, EVP, WBD Sports Europe, said:\u00a0\u201cWith more than 700 live matches across domestic and European football, TNT Sports and HBO Max is an essential destination for football fans this season. The sheer volume of world-class football we bring together means there\u2019s always a big match, an unmissable moment, a compelling story or a trophy on the line. From the referee\u2019s first whistle in August to the biggest finals in May, we\u2019re looking forward to taking football coverage to a whole new level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TNT Sports will once again broadcast 52 exclusive live Premier League matches during the 2026\/27 season. Coverage begins with Manchester United travelling to newly promoted Hull City on Saturday 22 August before Andoni Iraola\u2019s Liverpool entertain Nottingham Forest the following Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UEFA Champions League returns with another season of blockbuster clashes as Manchester United make their return to Europe\u2019s elite competition alongside Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans can also look forward to the return of two of TNT Sports\u2019 most popular viewing experiences:\u00a0Goals Show, presented by\u00a0Matt Smith, ensuring supporters never miss a goal from across every UEFA Champions League match night; and\u00a0Multiview, allowing viewers to watch four live matches simultaneously on one screen. Switching between their preference match commentary throughout.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The season will also see exciting new European adventures, with AFC Bournemouth competing in Europe for the first time while Sunderland and Crystal Palace begin their UEFA Europa League campaigns in September. Brighton &amp; Hove Albion \u2013 pending a positive result in the Play-Off round this month \u2013 will return to European action in the UEFA Conference League from October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a successful first season broadcasting live coverage of the FA Cup, TNT Sports will once again feature the best matches right from the first round in November all the way to Wembley\u2019s showpiece fixture in May. The broadcaster will also offer live coverage of the Women\u2019s FA Cup live on its channels and platforms \u2013 showing at least one game per round from the First Round Proper which starts in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With more than 700 live matches across the Premier League, FA Cup, Women\u2019s FA Cup, UEFA Champions League,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-858637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}