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4 August – BT Sport Europe is rebranded as BT Sport 3 so that it can show the full range of coverage from BT Sport. 13 August – BT Sport launches its football scores programme BT Sport Score. 19 August – Live Premier League football is shown on Friday evenings on a semi-regular basis for the first time as part of the new broadcasting deal.
TNT Sports is a group of pay television sports channels in the UK and Ireland, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and BT Group. It was formerly known as BT Sport and launched in 2013, covering various sports events such as Premier League, UEFA Champions League, UFC and MotoGP.
Leeds' first match after the first international break of the season saw them host Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool at Elland Road on 12 September, losing 3–0 with Pascal Struijk receiving a red card due to a challenge on Harvey Elliott that resulted in a serious injury.
In time, the two channels will be brought together under the TNT Sports brand, with fans able to watch top football, rugby, tennis and Olympic sport action all under one banner.
On 22 February 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced as the third step of recovery from the lockdown imposed on 4 January, that subject to certain criteria being met on vaccines, infection rates and new coronavirus variants, large football stadiums would be allowed to reopen on 17 May with a maximum of 10,000 spectators or 25% capacity, whichever was higher. [10]
The start and end dates for the season were released on 25 March 2021, [2] and the fixtures were released on 16 June 2021. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Manchester City successfully defended their title, winning for the second time in a row securing a sixth Premier League title and eighth English league title overall on the final day of the season; it was also the club's fourth title in the last five seasons.
The 2021 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2020–21 season, played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal on 29 May 2021. Chelsea won the final 1–0 against Manchester City for their second European Cup title.
Soccer Saturday is a weekly TV show on Sky Sports that updates viewers on the football matches in the UK on Saturday afternoons. It is hosted by Simon Thomas and features pundits such as Paul Merson, Alan McInally and Tim Sherwood.