The weekend is upon us and as any sports fan will know, that means hours of sitting in front of the telly watching your favourite sporting action.
This week’s sports chat has been dominated by talk of a European Super League that threatened to shake global football to its core. However, the idea didn’t last long as fans joined forces to fight a bunch of billionaires from stealing their game.
Now all of that’s out of the way (for now), English fans can focus on the Premier League run-in and the League Cup Final while here in Ireland, the SSE Airtricity League gathers pace. Meanwhile, there’s the Women’s Six Nations, NBA action and plenty of rugby thrown in for good measure.
Here’s the best of the live sport on TV this weekend…
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division
Finn Harps v St. Patrick’s Athletic – WATCHLOI.IE – 5.45pm – Friday, April 23
Shamrock Rovers v Bohemian FC, RTÉ 2 and WATCHLOI.IE – 7.45pm – Friday, April 23
Dundalk v Droheda United – WATCHLOI.IE – 6pm – Saturday, April 24
Sligo Rovers v Derry City – WATCHLOI.IE – 6pm – Saturday, April 24
Waterford FC v Longford Town – WATCHLOI.IE – 6pm – Saturday, April 24
SSE Airtricity League First Division
Athlone Town v Wexford – LOITV.IE – 7.45pm – Friday, April 23
Cabinteely v Shelbourne – LOITV.IE – 7.45pm – Friday, April 23
Galway United v UCD – LOITV.IE – 7.45pm – Friday, April 23
Treaty United v Cork City – LOITV.IE – 7.45pm – Friday, April 23
Cobh Ramblers v Bray Wanderers – LOITV.IE – 7pm – Saturday, April 24
Women’s National League
Bohemian FC v Peamount – LOITV.IE – 2pm – Saturday, April 24
Cork City v UCD Waves- LOITV.IE – 2pm – Saturday, April 24
Galway v Treaty United – LOITV.IE – 4pm – Saturday, April 24
Wexford Youths v Athlone Town – LOITV.IE – 6.30pm – Saturday, April 24
Women’s Six Nations
Italy v Ireland – RTÉ 2 – 12pm – Saturday, April 24
England v France – BBC 2 – 2pm – Saturday, April 24
Premier League
Arsenal v Everton – Sky Sports – 8pm – Friday, April 23
Liverpool v Newcastle United – BT Sport – 12.30pm – Saturday, April 24
West Ham United v Chelsea – Sky Sports – 5.30pm – Saturday, April 24
Sheffield United v Brighton & Hove Albion – Sky Sports – 8pm – Saturday, April 24
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Burnley – BBC One – 12pm – Sunday, April 25
Leeds United v Manchester United – Sky Sports – 2pm – Sunday, April 25
Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion – Sky Sports – 7pm – Sunday, April 25
League Cup Final
Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur – Sky Sports – 4.30pm – Sunday, April 25
Rainbow Cup
Ulster v Connacht – Premier Sports – 8.15pm – Friday, April 23
Leinster v Munster – eir Sport – 7.35pm – Saturday, April 24
NBA
Boston Celtics v Brooklyn Nets – Sky Sports – 00.30am – Saturday, April 24
Philadelphia 76ers v Milwaukee Bucks – Sky Sports – 8.30pm – Saturday, April 24
Phoenix Suns v Brooklyn Nets – Sky Sports – 8.30pm – Sunday, April 25
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