Premier Sports is the home of superb live football, from the top Spanish teams in LALIGA to all the top competitions in Scotland, plus top English teams in action ahead of the start of the season. And there’s plenty more for sports fans too, including rugby union, mixed martial arts, motorsport and more.And you can enjoy the live action at no extra cost this August, part of a fantastic summer of sport on Virgin TV. Simply tune in to Premier Sports 1 HD (Virgin Channel 551) or Premier Sports 2 HD (Virgin Channel 552) for matches from LALIGA, the Scottish Premiership, Scotland’s Premier Sports Cup, and the pre-season programme featuring Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and more. That’s right – we’re giving you a full month of top-class action, on us.If you want to upgrade your TV package to include Premier Sports, you can do so on your Virgin TV box by going to Apps, opening Subscriptions and following the instructions.Want to know more about what you can watch on Premier Sports this month and beyond? Read on…LALIGA:It’s one of the best leagues in the world with some of the best players in the world. Premier Sports is where you can watch the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, not to mention last season’s surprise package Girona, who disrupted the top of the table with their irresistible attacking football under head coach Michel.So if you want to watch Antoine Griezmann’s silky creative skills, Barcelona stars like Gavi and Pedri displaying their playmaking class or Jude Bellingham powering home another goal – not to mention new Real Madrid signing Kylian Mbappé – Premier Sports is the place.Scottish Premiership:Starting in 2024/25, for the next five seasons Premier Sports will be showing live action from the Scottish Premiership, as the biggest clubs in Scotland do battle for the league trophy. The talent-packed squads of Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers will no doubt be in the thick of the title race, while the likes of Hearts, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock will be striving for a top-half finish European qualification – and aiming to break into the top two. It’s always an exciting and passionately contested league, and you can watch live on Premier Sports.Premier Sports Cup:Premier Sports is the current title sponsor of the Scottish League Cup and brings you live action from every round of this exciting competition. The group stage, which begins in summer, brings together Premiership, Championship, League One, League Two and Highland and Lowland League teams in a group stage that sees some topsy-turvy clashes.The top five seeds then join in the second round in August (see below for live matches) and it’s a straight knock-out race to reach the final in December. Could one or more of those lower-ranked clubs go deep in the competition?Scottish Cup:It’s the second oldest football competition in existence – and in fact, its trophy is actually the world’s oldest. Since 1873, all of Scotland’s clubs have been competing for the prestigious cup, and this season will see 130 teams crossing the white line to compete and visualising doing the same at Hampden Park on 24 May 2025. The first round proper takes place at the end of September, and Premier Sports will be showing live action from every round.More football:As well as the Scottish cup competitions, Premier Sports also shows the German DFB-Pokal and the Coppa Italia, which means you can see top teams like Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Inter Milan in regular action on Premier Sports. And you can also see how the biggest club teams are shaping up ahead of the start of the season with live coverage of some great pre-season matches.Rugby Union:Premier Sports is also the home of great rugby. You can enjoy live matches from the United Rugby Championship featuring the top club sides from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and South Africa, as well as France’s Top 14, where some of the best clubs in the world are based including European champions Toulouse. And there’s international club competition too, with live matches from the European Challenge Cup throughout the rugby season.More sports:Want to enjoy the chills and thrills of ice hockey? Premier Sports has live action from the NHL and the UK’s EIHL, as well as the world championship. More of a motor racing fan? Enjoy NASCAR racing, speedway from Sweden, and touring cars. And if you like combat sports, Premier Sports has you covered too, with MMA fights from the leading European promotion KSW.Want to subscribe to Premier Sports?If all that August action at no extra cost makes you hungry for more from the LALIGA, Scottish Premiership, international football, United Rugby Championship and all the rest, you can add Premier Sports 1 HD and Premier Sports 2 HD to your TV bundle for £12.99 a month.To do so, simply go to Apps > Subscriptions on your Virgin TV Box and follow the instructions.
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