{"id":668805,"date":"2026-10-29T12:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668805\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T12:06:12","slug":"heres-your-essential-sports-tv-viewing-for-the-weekend-%c2%b7-thejournal-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/668805\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s your essential sports TV viewing for the weekend \u00b7 TheJournal.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@journalmediastudio1699\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Journal Media Studio<\/a> \/ YouTube<\/p>\n<p>Connacht host Leinster on Friday night with both sides lacking their Ireland internationals, but still in fine form (TG4\/Premier Sports).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793275572_705_.jpeg\"  alt=\"sean-obrien\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n                                James Crombie \/ INPHO<\/p>\n<p>    James Crombie \/ INPHO \/ INPHO\n<\/p>\n<p>There are several huge soccer games throughout the weekend, including Chelsea v Man United (Saturday, TNT Sports), AC Milan v Inter (Saturday, BBC), Liverpool v Arsenal (Sunday, Sky Sports) and Boca Juniors v River Plate (Sunday, Premier Sports). Plus, the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final between Edendork and Clonduff takes place on Saturday (RT\u00c9).<\/p>\n<p>Try The 42 for Just \u20ac1<\/p>\n<p>Limited-time offer for new subscribers<\/p>\n<p>        Unlock every article and every podcast<br \/>\n        The only place to read Murray Kinsella, David Sneyd, Declan Bogue &amp; more<br \/>\n        Specialist analysis that makes sense of the action<br \/>\n        Weekly fan-favourite rugby, football and GAA podcasts<br \/>\n        Unmissable sportswriting and features that you won\u2019t find anywhere else<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the42.ie\/subscribe\/?utm_source=tje1trial&amp;utm_campaign=tjbox\" class=\"the-42-button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Get Your \u20ac1 Trial Now<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Journal Media Studio \/ YouTube Connacht host Leinster on Friday night with both sides lacking their Ireland internationals,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[163478,61,60,850,112],"class_list":["post-668805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-best-of-the-box","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}