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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney

Amazon close to deal over Champions League rights in UK

Real Madrid celebrating victory at the Champions League final 2022.
Real Madrid celebrating victory at the Champions League final in May 2022. Photograph: Rob Newell/CameraSport/Getty Images

Amazon is close to securing a groundbreaking deal to broadcast live Champions League football in the UK from 2024, with highlights returning to terrestrial TV for the first time in nearly a decade in a midweek BBC Match of Day show.

The US internet retailer and streaming giant, which already has a broadcast portfolio spanning Premier League football, tennis and rugby, is understood to be set to split the UK rights with existing holder BT Sport in a new deal with the governing body, Uefa, running from 2024 until 2027.

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