Soccer on Turner Sports is a number of programs that currently airs
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
matches in the
United States. These matches are from International, European, and American competitions.
Programming
UEFA Champions League
In 2017, Turner Sports announced that they had acquired the rights to air all of the matches from the
UEFA Champions League live. The contract originally ran from 2018–2021. Tuner later announced that they would air 4 matches per week on
TNT and the remainder of the matches on new streaming service
B/R Live. All matches will be commentated through world feed. During the 2019-2020 season, Turner Sports opted out from the rest of the contract after airing 12 round of 16 matches, eventually giving up the rights. It eventually moved to
CBS Sports where it became the rightsholder for English-language Broadcasts of the UEFA Champions League.
UEFA Europa League
Turner Sports formerly carried the
UEFA Europa League through the same contract as the Champions League programming. While it could have aired the UEFA Europa League final, it was later moved to CBS Sports for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season.
UEFA Super Cup
Through their
UEFA contract, the
UEFA Super Cup has been broadcast by
Turner live on TNT.
2019 Liverpool Pre-season Matches
Turner Sports aired all
Liverpool F.C. pre-season matches during July. Selected matches are broadcast on TNT while all matches are on B/R Live.
FIFA World Cup
Turner Sports aired the
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...
live on TNT in the United States. The tournament was hosted by
Ernie Johnson. Meanwhile,
Bob Neal,
JP Dellacamera, and
Randy Hahn were the play-by-play announcers with
Rick Davis,
Ty Keough and
Mick Luckhurst on color commentary. Also utilized by TNT for the 1990 World Cup was
Craig Sager and Paul Ryden.
USSF
Turner Sports will air
USMNT and
USWNT matches for a 8-year deal from 2023 to 2030, replacing
ESPN/ABC and
Fox Sports. Luke Wileman will handling play-by-play duties, while
Sara Walsh hosting studio coverage and
Melissa Ortiz reporting on sideline. Joined them as co-commentator or studio analysts will be
Julie Foudy,
DaMarcus Beasley,
Shannon Boxx and
Kyle Martino
Kyle Hunter Martino (born February 19, 1981) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player who spent seven seasons with the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer as a midfielder and is currently a tel ...
.
References
External links
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