Sky Sports Renews La Liga Deal
Sky Sports has signed a new deal for exclusive live coverage of Spanish top-flight football league La Liga for the next three seasons.
The new deal for Spain’s top league, now home to Cristiano Ronaldo following his summer move to Real Madrid, covers the 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons and Sky Sports will broadcast at least two live matches from each weekend of the season.
The coverage begins this weekend with Real Madrid v Deportivo from 7.00pm on Sky Sports 2, followed by two newly promoted sides; Real Zaragoza v Tenerife, at 9.00pm.
Sunday’s live game will be Valencia v Sevilla from 6pm on Sky Sports 2, while champions Barcelona v Sporting Gijon is available on Bank Holiday Monday from 8pm on Sky Sports 1 (the first half is available via the red button).
Revista de La Liga , Sky Sports’ weekly Spanish football magazine show, also returns on Tuesday September 1 at 5.30pm on Sky Sports1.
Other live football on Sky Sports for the 2009-10 season includes: 92 live matches from the Barclays Premier League; Up to 80 live matches form the Coca-Cola Football League; 30 live matches from the Clydesdale Bank Premier League; live ties from the Carling Cup and the Scottish Cup; live matches from Northern Ireland’s IFA Premiership and live international football, including crucial home World Cup Qualifiers for Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
