Today is Deadline Day. At 7pm BST, Europe’s footballing transfer window ends. Or “slams shut”, as we are all obligated to say. That deadline is real, but Deadline Day is a total media invention, created largely by Sky Sports. It’s instigated by FIFA, football’s world governing body, but the vibe around it is all down […]
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Rugby Women’s World Cup England vs Samoa: The Red Roses look for another win after a victorious start to their campaign against the US. They face Samoa next. Kick off is 5pm BST/12pm ET. Watch for FREE on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Football Premier League Liverpool vs Arsenal: Is it too early to call
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The Greatest Show on Turf just go some new episodes. Channel 5 is bringing the NFL back to UK free-to-air television. A deal announced today means that it will be broadcast two Sunday night games every week. This is the first time in 20 years these games will be on UK terrestrial TV. Furthermore, Channel
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Charlotte Henry and Chuck Joiner return to discuss all things Apple TV+. In this show, Charlotte has an update on the impace Son Heung-Min is having at LAFC, and wonders how it is working out for Apple TV+. The episode also deals with the increased price of Apple TV+, which were put into immediate effect.
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Rugby Women’s World Cup: Can the Red Roses be victorious on home soil? They get their campaign underway on Friday, 22nd August. Kick off 7.30pm BST/2.30pm ET. Watch for FREE on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Football Premier League Tottenham Hotspur vs Man City: Spurs fans are furious after a deal to sign Eberechi Eze fell through, but
It’s been a big couple of days in US sports media. ESPN has (finally) launched its full-fat streaming product, and Yahoo! Sports Network is live. The first is the only way (for Americans) to get the full ESPN experience without cable. The latter comes with 60 hours of original programming. The services are huge steps forward
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The BBC has won the rights to show Bundesliga matches. However, they will be sharing those rights with YouTuber Mark Goldbridge, the first time such a deal has been done. Per The Athletic‘s Sebastian Stafford-Bloor: That game — and all other Friday night fixtures for the next two seasons — will be shown live on
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It’s the time of year when people are thinking ahead to Q4 2025 and how they can end their year on high. I’m certainly thinking about that for The Addition. With that in mind, I thought I’d share some predictions at the intersection of culture, media and sport for the coming three months. The usual
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