RTÉ Television Launch Over 200 Hours of Soccer Coverage
RTÉ Television today (Monday 3 September), announced details of their extensive soccer coverage for the new season, including over 200 hours of top quality football available to fans throughout Ireland.
RTÉ Television is the place to be for football fans this autumn as RTÉ Two features all of the Republic of Ireland’s crucial remaining Euro 2008 Qualifiers, Tuesday and Wednesday night’s live Champions League coverage, The Premiership, Eircom League, the FAI Ford Cup semi-finals and final, plus the FIFA Woman’s World Cup final.
Showcasing their renowned punditry skills will be RTÉ’s unrivalled soccer team including John Giles, Eamon Dunphy, Liam Brady, Graeme Souness, Ray Houghton and Trevor Steven, who will be joined this season by former Republic of Ireland Captain Kenny Cunningham and Midfielder Ronnie Whelan. Presenters Bill O’Herlihy, Darragh Maloney, Peter Collins and Con Murphy will anchor proceedings across the huge range of coverage while RTÉ’s soccer correspondent Tony O’Donoghue will continue to bring fans the all the latest football news and key interviews.
In addition to the hundreds of hours of soccer coverage at International, European and domestic level this season, RTÉ Television will exclusively broadcast the UEFA Euro 2008 Championships next summer live from Austria and Switzerland. RTÉ Sport has also been awarded the broadcasting rights for the FIFA 2010 and 2014 World Cups as part of its extensive portfolio of major international sports events.
Glen Killane, Group Head of Sport RTÉ, said “RTÉ Sport’s unrivalled soccer team are really looking forward to the prospect of delivering an exciting domestic and international season culminating in the Euro 2008 championships. In an increasingly competitive market, RTÉ Sport is proud to deliver such a range and breadth of coverage to soccer fans throughout Ireland free-to-air.”
Kicking off this September on RTÉ Two will be:
UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifier Slovakia V Republic of Ireland live on 8th September
UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifier Czech Republic V Republic of Ireland live on 12th September
UEFA Champions League Live beginning 18th September with Porto V Liverpool and 19th September with Sporting V Manchester United
All the best domestic action as Eircom League Live returns on 28th September
FIFA Women’s World Cup Final live from Shanghai on 30th September
The Premiership highlights programme continues on 15th, 22nd , 23rd and 29th September
Date: Monday, 3 September, 2007