The Women’s Super League (WSL) has agreed what it calls “the most significant broadcast partnership ever for women’s football” in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The new five-year deal begins from the 2025-26 season and the Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) says it will enable supporters to watch every game from the top league of women’s professional football in England live.
Sources briefed on the deal, who weren’t authorised to speak publicly on the matter, estimate its value in the region of £65million. The previous agreement, announced in March 2021, was for an initial three years and was worth in the region of £7m per year.
Sky Sports will show up to 118 matches as part of the agreement with 78 of those exclusive to the subscription broadcaster including every game on the season’s closing weekend.
The BBC will carry live coverage of 21 WSL matches, including 14 exclusively with seven shared between the free-to-air broadcaster and Sky.
All non-televised matches will be available to watch live on YouTube after the WSL and Championship’s official channels replaced the FA Player as the divisions’ primary streaming service for the 2024-25 season.
As part of the new deal Sky will also have the option to show Women’s Championship and Women’s League…
 has agreed what it calls “the most significant broadcast partnership ever for women’s football” in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The new five-year deal begins from the 2025-26 season and the Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) says it will enable supporters to watch every game from the top league of women’s professional football in England live. Sources briefed on the deal, who weren’t authorised to speak publicly on the matter, estimate its value in the region of £65million. The previous agreement, announced in March 2021,...){kind=link}