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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024-25

A TV cameras at Derby’s Pride Park
Derby’s Pride Park. Each of the 72 EFL clubs will be featured live on Sky at least 20 times next season. Photograph: Jez Tighe/ProSports/Shutterstock

Sky Sports plans to broadcast football during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season.

As Sky insisted it “takes ­seriously” the responsibility of minimising disruption for match-going fans, it announced that every game in the opening weekend of the ­English ­Football League season would be broadcast live, including those scheduled to start at traditional kick-off times.

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